HARVESTING DREAMS: EXPLORING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG SAKADAS IN MURCIA, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL Introduction Greetings Introduce yourself to the informant (your name, school) Explain to the informant that we are doing a research study to explore the lived experiences of young sakadas in Murcia, Negros Occidental. For this research we will be asking them their experiences, challenges and coping mechanism as a young sakadas and also to know what is their perception about child labor. Confidentiality All the information collected during the course of this study will be kept safe and secret. Study Identifiers We will not use your name or any other identifying information and everything that you say will only be used in research purposes. INTERVIEW GUIDE 1. Tell me about yourself (Name, Age, Gender etc...) 2. How are you doing today? Preferences/Perception About Child Labor 1. What is child labor? How does this make you feel? 2. Why does child labor exist? 3. Where do child laborers tend to work? Are these safe places for children to work in? 4. How would you feel if at a very young age, you had to go to work every day? 5. What does WE Reasearchers do to take a stand against child labor? 6. How can you take positive steps to raise awareness of child labor to the next generation? Experiences, Challenges and Coping Mechanism of Young Sakadas 1. Why do you work in this line of work at such a young age? 1.1 What are the reason? 2. Tell me about your experiences about the time when you first heard and called to be a sakada? 2.1 What are your assumptions about being a sakada? 3. Upon getting acquainted by the plantation life, how did you feel? 3.2 Were there changes on your assumptions? Was it confirmed? Rejected? Cite specific situations when you felt the changes on your assumptions. 4. How did you feel when you were called again to work in the plantation for several weeks to months? 4.3 Were there adjustments on your part? How did you cope with the successive work in works placed on your shoulders in the plantation? Were there challenges? Cite specific situations when you felt you need to adjust, cope. 5. What are your realizations after such activities? Cite specific situations. 5.1 Is being a sakada easy? Suited to the young like you? Cite specific situations when you realized something about this line of work. 6. How do you feel about in the planation after the first months of entering? 6.1 Were there any regrets about being a part of it? Were there sighs of relief? Were you thankful? 7. How has this affected you personally? 7.1 Were there any changes in your mindset or way of thinking? Has this opened or touched something within you? What has changed personally? 8. What were the challenges encountered as young sakadas and the challenges of the plantation life itself? 8.1 What are the weaknesses of the work from your point of view? Problems or challenges encountered on the part of being young sakada. The work itself? Sustainability? Adjustment? 9. What are the strengths of being a young sakada? 9.1 How has this strengthened you? What were your contributions? 10. What are your personal realizations about your work? 10.1 Were there changes on your perceptions about this work? Have you discovered something about yourself? Have you proved or disproved? something? Would you recommend it? 11. What do you think about being a sakada now? 11.1 How will you describe being a young sakada in a word or in a phrase?
