By
Gideon C. Corgue
PAGADIAN CITY – All
women should carefully craft their decisions to ensure a bright future for
their children, according to Ms. Junaflor Cerilles, federated president of the
women Empowerment Movement-Rural Improvement Club (WEM-RIC) of Zamboanga del
Sur.
Speaking before a recent gathering
of women at the city gym here in consonance with the 2015 Women’s Month
Celebration, Cerilles said “it is very crucial for women to decide freely and
responsibly for the future of their children.”
This year’s women’s month
celebration carries the theme, “Juana, Desisyon Mo ay Mahalaga sa
Kinabukasan ng Bawat Isa, Ikaw Na!”
A five-minute video clip entitled
“A
mother, A daughter and A pineapple,” which featured an extremely poor,
uneducated and single mother selling pineapple to feed her only child, was shown
on a giant screen before the participants.
The
story told of a mother who taught her daughter how to peel and cut the
pineapple before she would sell it in the market. The daughter was also taught
certain strategies to make her pineapple saleable like making a pineapple ice
cream.
The
mother also advised her daughter to observe marketing techniques of fellow
vendors in selling their products.
Cerilles
then told the audience of the three important lessons from the story: first, the
mother was setting herself as good example; second, she taught her daughter on
how to be resourceful, creative and innovative; and third, she taught her child
to solve her own problem.
“I
hope that you will internalize the message of the video for you to replicate
what the mother did for her child,” Cerilles appealed.
“As
mothers, it is our decision to give education and proper nutrition to our
children for them to become responsible and productive citizens of our country
for whatever the future of our children be mainly depends on our decision today,”
Cerilles stressed
“We
need to teach them little and basic things. We will let them experience, explore
and solve their own problems to gain confidence and that when we are no longer living
in this world they’ll be fine,” Cerilles concluded.
Zumba dance contest and the search for Miss Local Council
Woman 2015 also highlighted the said activity.
