Family closes computer shop amid pandemic, turns to selling chicken wings to aid sick kin

A family that was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic found a way to rise from the closure of their five-year-old computer shop business by selling chicken wings to help their sick and elderly relatives.

According to Bernadette Reyes’ Monday report on “24 Oras,” the Quetulio took several blows from the impact of COVID-19.

Dimple, a dentist, and Apple, an airport staff in Kuwait, both lost their jobs due to the pandemic.

Their family’s computer shop run by their parents was also shuttered due to COVID-19 restrictions.

“Wala na kaming ipang-araw-araw. Kailangan naming kumita para meron kaming gagastusin sa araw araw naming pagkain,” their mother Delia said.

Rather than succumb to their losses, the family decided to start a chicken wing business with a 1,000-peso capital.

Their home-based business generates P800 to P1,000 a day.

“Natuto po kami sa advertising so medyo may alam po ako kung paano mag-post sa social media, paano mag-edit ng promotions, ng pictures, videos para sa product namin,” Apple said.

The family said their motivation to pursue their new venture is their uncle who suffered a stroke, their bed-ridden grandmother, and their aunt who is recovering from brain aneurysm.

“Okay na kami kung hindi kami kakain ng tatlong beses ng isang araw pero hindi pupuwede ‘yung mga may sakit na sila ang walang makakain saka walang panggamot,” Delia said.

A portion of their earnings from selling chicken wings goes to their sick relatives.

“Tito, lola, tita, sana okay lang kayo diyan. Hangga’t may matutulong kami, bibigyan po namin kayo. Pagaling po kayo,” Apple said.

“Sa lahat ng nakakaramdam ng lungkot at hindi makabangon sa panahon ngayon, dasal lang at saka mag-isip kayo ng kung papaano kayo kikita at magkaroon ng perang papasok,” Delia added. —Julia Mari Ornedo/LDF, GMA News