In 2010, her daughter Janeth, who sells accessories in Barangay Kalunasan in Cebu City, left her two sons-– Lito, 12, and Jomar, 8, with her in Barangay Buhisan, also in Cebu City.
Janeth gave P100 a month to Gemal, which was hardly enough to sustain their needs for a day.
So Gemal continued to work as a laundry woman and masseuse to send her two grandsons to school.
While waiting for classes to be over, she would clean the school garden for free.
In 2010, she was hired as a school guard by former principal Dr. Howard Devilleres, and received P500 a month. After a month, Gemal’s yearning to go back to school returned.
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