Stories of Homeworkers

Antonina Tina : From Sewer to Leader

Antonina C. Tina is currently the National Coordinator of PATAMABA. She is 58 years old and married, with two children. Antonina started homeworking as a sewer at the age of 15. She is still one today.

Mayeng's Secret : Profile of a Model Homeworker-Leader

Maria Nebla or Mayeng, the current regional coordinator of the PATAMABA in the Visayan islands, used to make handicrafts made of native weaving materials. When the market for these disappeared because of cheap competition from abroad, she went into making meat dumplings and selling dried fish. She also became a daycare worker, and by undergoing various training provided by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), she learned many food processing skills which she used to teach others as a DSWD regional trainer, and which she is now teaching to PATAMABA members all over the region.

Life Stories

Six subjects of varying backgrounds and experiences  were selected for in-depth interviews, one from each field site.