Passion leads to success Mar 2023 None By Ronaline Canute When you enjoy what you do and when you have a clear purpose of why you do it, your vision will be fixed on winning and never on quitting. Rolly Richard Zalameda Rolly Richard Zalameda, 27, became a village-based artificial insemination technician (VBAIT) at a young age of 16. Coming from a simple family in Barangay Lao, Ormoc, Leyte, he is third of seven siblings. His interest on becoming a technician was piqued when DA-PCC at Visayas State University (DA-PCC at VSU) recruited his father, Rolando, to train as a technician in 2011. Richard had just finished high school then. While being an active technician as his day job, Richard was also able to attend to schooling as he took a vocational course in seafaring with specialization in stewarding at the Ormoc City Institute of Technology. After three years, he also tried finishing his college education but eventually decided to stop so that he could start working for his family. That was when he became a full-fledged VBAIT. “Becoming a VBAIT was difficult at first because I had no service record yet that will prove clients that I can deliver,” Richard recalls. In tandem with his father, Richard soon established a name of his own as a capable technician initially in their barangay. “From only three services a month, we are now serving the whole of Ormoc,” Richard said. Getting clients is no longer a problem for the father and son duo as anyone who would come looking at the calves borne out of their AI service in their place instantly becomes an avid fan and patron of their work. As a proof of his performance, he hit a 56% efficiency rate during the first semester of 2022 according to DA-PCC at VSU. The efficiency rate refers to the number of carabao that were successfully impregnated and gave birth through AI. Richard also takes home an additional PHP100 as an incentive for every service and another PHP100 for every calf born out of it. With his earnings as a VBAIT, he was able to acquire a motorcycle that he could use when servicing remote areas. Richard also earns additional income from providing other technical services to farmers such as delivering a calf, deworming, and administering vitamins to the animals. All this know-how he learned through a training with DA-PCC at VSU. “When other farmers see the beauty of calves that are borne out of the AI that I administered myself, I feel fulfilled. It’s an instant reminder that, really, hard work and not ever quitting pay off,” Richard said in glee. Even in the face of bad weather and a pandemic, I continued to provide AI services in Ormoc as long as there were dairy farmers in need. I am fulfilled in this calling as I can feel the happiness of the farmers when their carabaos get pregnant.
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