Elizabeth Salubre (34) was my (Analyn) classmate in high school. In early March, I received a message from her in Facebook asking if she qualifies to apply for the livelihood assistance that PSHF gives. Upon assessment, I responded that we can help her indeed and she was very happy to hear the good news.

 

Elizabeth is married to Jason (41) and they have three children Eliza Rose (13), Patrick Jaysean (11) and Princess Jayne (10). Elizabeth is a barangay councilor since 2023. She is assigned as chairman on the committee of Education as well as in resolutions and ordinances receiving a monthly honorarium of 7,000 pesos ($120) a month. Jason, on the other hand, is a chess trainer. Most of his clients are from his hometown in Panabo, a city in the north of Mindanao island. This job is not regular but a good month for Jason gives him an average of 10,000 pesos ($170). When no one hires him, he goes home to be with his family here in Bohol.

 

An opportunity came to Elizabeth when her sister-in-law, Dimple, offered her an online job. The latter is working as a virtual assistant for three years now and has gained several clients. Dimple hired Elizabeth and she pays her from the salaries she will get from her employers too. Since Elizabeth is new to the job, this will be a good training ground for her so that when she has enough experience already, she can apply directly to the employers in the future. Elizabeth started her job early this month and her tasks are doing research and data entry. She works from 5 pm to 10 pm every Monday to Friday and is paid 3,500 pesos ($60) a month. 

 

According to Elizabeth, she can maximize her earning if she is well-equipped as now she is just using her mobile phone. It is for this reason that she is applying a loan to us so she could buy a laptop. When she has this equipment, she could now accept higher paid tasks such as updating spreadsheets and video editing. Elizabeth will also use a portion of the loan to have an internet connection as currently, she just goes to a relative’s house who has a Wi-Fi just just to get a stable signal. 

 

The additional income is significant for Elizabeth especially for her son, Patrick Jaysean, fondly called as PJ by his family, who has special needs. He has autism and PJ is attending an occupational and speech therapy every Tuesday in Tagbilaran city, Bohol’s capital. Aside from it, he is enrolled in a private school in Maribojoc to a regular kindergarten class and will be graduating in 24th of this month. Elizabeth and Jayson are persistent in giving their son the intervention he needs and the improvements that PJ has shown is a great reward for them. He can now say what he wants as before he will just be pointing at it. Amazingly, he can do addition, subtraction and multiplication of a one digit number in his head.

 

It has always been a pleasure for PSHF to help such a dedicated mother like Elizabeth and we wish her success in her new endeavor.

 

 

Analyn T. Gallibot

PSHF Bohol

March 2026