Badjao Community

Badjaos are those people who are abandoning of wealth by means of taking the risk just to go beyond in their everyday life. They are the group of people that mostly needed the support of the government in terms of giving their necessities. Literary, they are poor and lack of everything like having a life in a successful way. Poverty is the mirror of their everyday life and because of that; they do believe that they can only maintain their life alive by being persevere to dare life that offer.

In Batangas, wherever you go, when you wander your eyes in any places here, there is many badjaos meander making please to give them money and even foods. You can feel the scarcity to their faces and look like reminding me that once I help them is one way to surpass to their pity life. That convincing part of that every moment makes my hearts to be good. Also the eagerness to surpass how hard life is, is just an attestation that to their mind life is still beautiful. In my opinion, I think they have their own happiness that maybe we cannot make out the meaning of that. Not like us that have an understanding that if life satisfy our needs and wants will become better for us to live. We cannot really understand also their culture and their language that is why other people taking advantage their weakness and sometimes go with the trouble because other people did not respect them.

Those perceptions to them change when we visit one of the communities of badjaos here in Batangas. I realize that not all what I’m thinking about Badjaos are true. We met a couple who are taking care to a group of Badjaos. They have a good hearts. Chances offer them to Badjaos by making their life acceptable by others. A new hope open for recognition of the fact that they can also mingle to others and do what an ordinary people can do. That couple that consider them as their parents brought them to a place where they can teach good manners. They also proffer education and know the words of GOD. The couple have a very high standard of kindness they want to make other life become better.

When we visit their place, I am so touch because of their warmth welcomed to us. The big smiles of their hearts brought me to gladness. The hug and greetings that they gave to us symbolizes their respect to us. The couple gave them chance to prove that they are also a part of our nation, a true-blooded Filipino who wants a good life in bringing them to a peaceful life. Badjaos are now having their vision to their dreams to come true and to level up their way-life. I hope government will also focus in helping those people.

I am so thankful because we had given a chance to experience that an unforgettable moment, even in just an hour, we made them happy and we made them feel the acceptance by others. I wish we will visit again their place and help them even in just simple ways.