The photo of a poor girl eating her lunch with only “kamote at isda” (sweet potato & fish) went viral after photos uploaded on social media under the Facebook page of Grasya TV.”

The girl in the viral photo is identified as Cristine T. Nonan who was seen eating kamote and isda during her lunch time at school.

The said photo touches the heart of the netizens causing the online community to express their reactions to the post. Some said that this is the real scenarios of the students in most remote areas of the country. They usually bring foods for their lunch and eat during the end of their classes at the noontime break. The picture of this girl is a reality that described the lives of our poor students in most provinces who come to school in spite of poverty and difficulties in the struggle of life just to attain something of value in preparing the good future.

According to Ma’am Almera, she knows Cristine and her parents who are ordinary famers in Zamboanga del Sur. She said that she took picture of Cristine because she wanted to let the world knows and remind the public that not all students can afford to buy delicious foods like other had.

Here is the full post:

“Sa Mga Taong NAG AAKSAYA NANG PAGKAIN NILA. THIS WILL BREAK YOUR HEART ❤💔😥😔

sa likod nang larawan nayan ‘ nagsisimbolo na di lahat ng kabataan ay nakakain nang masasarap na pagkain ‘ siya si CRISTINE T. NONAN na nakatira sa ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR !

ANG KANYANG MGA MAGULANG AY FARMES SA NASABING LUGAR ‘ ACCORDING TO HER TEACHER KiNUNAN NIYA NANG LITRATO ANG KANYANG ISTUDYANTE DAHIL SAKABILA NANG KANILANG KAHIRAPAN NAGSISIKAP PARIN PUMASOK SA PAARALAN”

” HINDI HADLANG ANG KAHIRAPAN PARA MAKAMIT ANG MGA PANGARAP SA BUHAY ”

SALUTE TO YOU BABY GIRL & GODBLESS MAAM ALMERA”