Renelle’s Reviews > Doctor to the Barrios > Status Update

"When a farmer starts to save, plan and manage, it means that he is beginning to look ahead. He has begun to look beyond his walls, beyond his nipa hut. And when a man looks at the future, this means that there is hope and confidence in his heart."

"May it not be that one oft he basic problems confronting our people is the matter of communication? Many times we in our ivory towers are speaking on Channel 3 and the farmers are listening on Channel 2."

"For the farmer, the only reality is the present moment. In his poverty and disappointment, he does not relish looking ahead. After all, who wants to look ahead to another bleak uncertain future? Past hardships are bitter enough."

"Loneliness recurs during times when one is discouraged, when things do not seem to move, when that feeling of "what's the use?" creeps in."

"...the four basic provlems of the masses were illiteracy, disease, poverty, and civic inertia."