CODE-NGO, media hold dialogue on PEACe Bonds

 

The Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) conducted a roundtable discussion Monday with members of the media to clear confusion over the Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates (PEACe Bonds).

The matter of the PEACe Bonds has stirred much publicity and controversy since the recent appointment of former CODE-NGO chair Corazon “Dinky” Soliman as Social Welfare Secretary by Pres. Aquino. It has also generated interest as the bonds are set to mature in October 2011. Throughout the discussion, CODE-NGO and some business reporters lamented that some facts about the transaction are not being properly reported, were twisted or just disregarded.

“We are here, conducting this dialogue because we want to keep the public informed. We want to be transparent and honest regarding the conduct of the PEACe Bonds transaction and how the trading gain from the private capital market, is being managed and used for poverty alleviation” said CODE-NGO executive director Sixto Donato Macasaet.

The net trading gain of P1.4 billion was remitted to CODE-NGO by its agent, RCBC, which bought the PEACe Bonds through a public auction from the government in 2001 and sold them in turn to private investors. The Arroyo administration, on the other hand, received the full net present value of the 10 year bonds at that time, which was P10.17 billion.

The 1.4 billion trading gain, which are in fact private funds, has since been entrusted as an endowment fund to the Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF), which manages and preserves the fund for poverty alleviation projects. The utilization of the fund as well as PEF accomplishments has always been made available to the public through its website, http://www.pef.ph/.

Former PEF treasurer Senen C. Bacani, however, clarified that neither PEF nor CODE-NGO has information on how the money generated from the auction of the PEACe bonds was spent as the P10.17 billion went to the government and not to the CODE-NGO network.

“Critics are barking up the wrong tree. CODE-NGO and PEF can explain how the 1.4 billion, a private fund, is being utilized for projects to assist poverty-stricken Filipinos, especially those in the rural areas. But if you want to know how the P10.17 billion government money was spent, it would be best to ask the people who ran the government at that time.”

Vitaliano Nanagas II, a banking and financial adviser, refuted allegations that the auction of the zero coupon bonds was rigged. The banks involved in the public auction acknowledged that the CODE-NGO offer was lower. The sale was conducted through an auction, wherein the lowest bid wins. CODE-NGO and its agent RCBC had to outbid 14 prominent banks to purchase the PEACe Bonds.

“We were out-bid,” said Nanagas. “I was working for a bank at that time and honestly, mas mababa talaga yung submission ng CODE-NGO.” (RCBC's bid for CODE NGO was truly lower than ours).”

CODE-NGO board members were asked if they were willing to face another Senate investigation into the PEACe Bonds. Macasaet and Bacani said they will continue to appear in inquiries whenever asked, and present documents supporting the legality of the PEACe Bonds. Moreover, regarding the current congressional hearings on the issue, they are hoping for a final report from the House of Representatives to bring closure to the matter, as declared by the Resolution author, Cong. Rufus Rodriguez. The Senate and the House separately investigated the PEACe Bonds in 2002, but neither ever released a committee report.

“We are willing and ready to appear at any hearing to show there is nothing illegal about the PEACe Bonds.”

Bacani ended the forum by assuring reporters that Hector Soliman, spouse of Dinky Soliman, was never involved in the PEACe Bonds transaction. “It is true that Hector was Corporate Secretary of the PEF board, but I assure you he had nothing to do with the PEACE Bonds. He has long worked with NGOs and is known to those in the PEF Board who come from NGOs. We asked him to help out with the SEC registration of PEF and that lasted for only about five months.”

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CODE-NGO: No law broken in PEACe Bonds deal

The Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) today told members of the House of Representatives that rules were not bent to favor CODE-NGO in the sale of the Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificate (PEACe) Bonds.

CODE-NGO executive Sixto Donato Macasaet said in the House of Representatives Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability inquiry on the PEACe Bonds that the controversial transaction “followed all legally mandated and required government procedures.”

Macasaet added that the Arroyo government did not favor CODE-NGO, and even rejected their proposal for a negotiated sale of the bonds – even as negotiated bond sales are legal and have clear and generally accepted rules. The zero-coupon bonds were instead auctioned by The Bureau of Treasury to Government Securities Eligible Dealers (GSED). CODE-NGO and its agent RCBC Capital had to outbid 14 prominent banks to purchase the PEACe Bonds.

The sale of the bonds to CODE-NGO and RCBC raised P10.17 billion for the Arroyo government in 2001. The bonds were then resold by RCBC, for CODE-NGO, to private investors, thus generating the P1.4 billion trading gain that has been used as an endowment fund for poverty alleviation programs.

CODE- NGO also belied allegations that Social Welfare Secretary Corazon (Dinky) Juliano Soliman was involved in the Peace Bonds transaction. Soliman resigned as chair of CODE-NGO in January 2001 when former President Gloria Arroyo appointed her as DSWD secretary, and was hence no longer connected to CODE-NGO when the bonds were issued in October 2001.

Macasaet clarified that Atty. Hector Soliman, spouse of Sec. Dinky Soliman, also had no participation in the PEACe Bonds transaction. He only assisted the founding of the Peace Equity Access for Community Empowerment Foundation (PEF), which managed the endowment funds donated to it by CODE-NGO for poverty alleviation projects. PEF was registered with the SEC on Nov. 27, 2001.

PEF Board Members sought Atty. Soliman’s help in its founding year as “he is known as a lawyer working for the poor, and with NGOs.” Atty. Hector Soliman resigned as PEF corporate secretary on March 1, 2002.

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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Bangkok, 17 October 2010— Decent and productive work is one of the most effective ways to fight poverty and accelerate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, says the United Nations Millennium Campaign in observance of the 2010 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

This year’s observance focuses on decent work, meaningful employment, income-generating livelihoods under the theme of ‘From Poverty to Decent Work: Bridging the Gap.’ The theme underlines that combating poverty is linked to the satisfaction of basic social needs, including education, health, food, sanitation, shelter and clothing, as well as the provision of sufficient work opportunities as stipulated in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

“Different facets of poverty are manifested in every MDG being off track. When a child doesn’t go to school or a family cannot afford health or sanitation, the underlining cause is poverty,” says Minar Pimple, Regional Director, UN Millennium Campaign Asia and the Pacific Regional Office.

Almost 70% of the world’s poor live in Asia and the Pacific region, according to the UN Asia-Pacific Regional MDG Report 2009/10. Whilst Asia and the Pacific is anticipated to serve as the engine that pulls the global economy out of recession, the same report shows a contrast picture to that speculation. Hundreds of millions of people in this region are still left in appalling destitution—living on less than $1.25 a day, lacking clean water and sanitation, their families devastated by the tragic and needless deaths of mothers and children.

“Asia and the Pacific region are at greater risk of losing development gains made during the past decade and even plunging deeper into poverty should the global economic crisis persist. Thus the fight against poverty is of extreme urgency and should be put at the forefront of national development policy. It must go hand in hand with efforts to accelerate the achievement of the MDGs,” he continues.

A clear resonance of the global call against poverty was made last month when millions of people around the globe joined the annual Stand Up Take Action Make Noise campaign, sending a message to end poverty to the world leaders gathering at the Millennium Development Goals Summit in New York.

The subsequent MDG Summit agreed on an action agenda to intensify the global poverty fight, recognizing the importance and urgency of investing in economic and social policies that foster job creation and promoting decent labour conditions as measures to eradicating poverty, strengthening economies and building peaceful and stable societies.

Echoing the UN Secretary-General’s message on this occasion, Mr. Pimple emphasizes that, “Widespread economic uncertainty and fiscal austerity should not be excuses to do less. Rather, they are reasons to do more to meet the target of ending global poverty by the 2015 target. One way of doing so is to strive to expand job opportunities and safe working conditions everywhere.”

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Join the Flash Mob for Universal Primary Education on Trinoma Activity Center on January 22

Aided by Web 2.0 tactics, silence and spectacle, Manila’s socially conscious youth will take part in a Flash Mob for the Future at the Trinoma Mall Activity Center on Friday (January 22) 6PM to highlight their disappointment with the slow progress in providing Universal Primary Education, which is part of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), a set of goals committed to by world leaders in September 2000. With the motto, “Maki-alam, makialam!” the participants will be asking that more attention be given to achieving MDG 2.

Flash Mobs, performances meant as disruptions, came into being in New York in 2003. A product of new social formations brought about by Web 2.0, Flash Mobs have been used extensively in the West as symbols of nonconformity with societal norms. People meet and make plans over social media, such as Facebook, with stealth as one of the main pre-requisite actions. On January 22, participants from ten youth organizations, including the Far Eastern University of the Philippines’ Dance Company and Young Public Servants (YPS), who are part of the iMDG online community of MDG youth activitists, will come together in a show of unity. Other iMDG members will be organizing events and communicating with one another at www.asiapacific.endpoverty2015.org/imdg.

iMDG, a project of the UN Millennium Campaign, is undertaken in the Philippines by Youth Vote Philippines (YVote), a seven-year project comprising a 5-year monitoring and reporting on the candidates’ positions and actions on the MDGs . The Flash Mob for the Future will send the message that iMDG members are aware of the problem on Universal Primary Education and will be voting in May on the basis of the strength of candidates’ programs on the acceleration of the MDGs, particularly on Education.

With a such a high rate of literacy in the Philippines, standing at 93.9 percent (one of the highest in Southeast Asia), it is surprising that only just over 70 percent of those enrolled in grade 1 will reach grade 5. In the past 20 years there has been a 7 percent increase in Universal Primary Education (MDG 2), just under half the increase needed for the achievement of MDG 2 by 2015.

For Manila’s youth in Manila this situation is an indication that politicians are failing the next generation of Filipinos. Members of the iMDG community will continue to pressure politicians on this point in the months following the Flash Mob. A large multimedia mass will highlight the benefits of meeting MDG promises back in 2000. A multimedia petition will be handed to politicians in April of this year, which expects to elicit formal public statements on a Breakthrough Plan to accelerate MDG progress from 2010-2015.

Other events involving the media include Pictures for Politicians, a challenge for photographers to capture in an artistic manner the many reasons for reaching the MDGs. In the Artwork for MDGs young elementary school children and professionals will be given the freedom to choose the medium of their liking and display what they see as the benefit of achieving the MDGs. Lastly, a forthcoming Films for Change contest will ask budding videographers to produce a short video that will showcase the importance of achieving of MDG 2.

To find submission dates and event guidelines and obtain other information, youth are invited to join the iMDG community at www.asiapacific.endpoverty2015.org/imdg where more information can be found

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Edukasyon sa Kariton ni Efren Peñaflorida

Para isang developing country tulad ng Pilipinas na humaharap sa suliranin ng kahirapan nagiging option na lang ang edukasyon at healthcare para sa karamihang napapalang sa extreme poverty line. Which is according to United Nation Millenuem Report that most of the family lives in extreme poverty line ay nabubuhay lamang sa halagang below $1 Dollar or 45 Pesos, which mostly goes straight to major needs of the family which is for food, at ang edukasyon naman ay nagiging pinakahuli sa priority ng pamilya.

Pero para kay Efren Peñaflorida at sa volunteers ng Kariton Klasrum ng Dynamic Teen Company hindi hadlang ang kahirapan para manatiling manmang at salat sa maayos na edukasyon kaya sa umulan man o umaraw dala ang kanilang kariton na may laman ng mga libro, black board, lapis, crayons at papel ay naglalakbay sila lingo-lingo sa iba’t ibang lugar para magklase. And the only classroom they can afford is by setting the class in the cemetery na kung saan tahimik ay makakapag aral mabuti ang mga batang tinutulungan nila.


Efren Peñaflorida's interview on TV Patrol World

Hindi biro para sa mga taong kasama sa Kariton Klasrum project na ito na kung saan binubuhos nila ang kanilang mga oras at pagod para ihatid ang edukasyon at labanan ang kamangmangan sa mga lugar na nangangailangan nito. Ang suliranin ng edukasyon ay kabilang sa 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) na pinag usapan ng mga world leaders noong 2000 at kailangan solusyunan pagdating sa 2015. Ang usapin ng edukasyon ay nakapaloob sa MDG number 2, Achieve universal primary education na kung saan not all had the change to get the opportunity of having primary education because of poverty where majority of the children living in extreme poverty is forced to work in order to support the needs of their family.

Efren Peñaflorinda is now nominated as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes for 2009, and after knowing all his efforts for our youth isn’t it enough for us to support his plight? Suportahan natin nya at iboto sa CNN Heroes 2009 by visiting http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/ or by just clicking the image below.

I Vote for MDG

Importante para sa isang developing country tulad ng Pilipinas lalo na at humaharap ito sa mga issue tulad ng kahirapan, gutom, problema sa edukasyon, laganap pa rin ang domestic violence at pang aabuso sa karapatan ng kababaihan at bata, suliranin pa rin ang pagtaas ng bilang ng sakit tulad ng AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis at maraming iba, at patuloy pa rin ang pagkasira ng kalikasan, marahil nararapat din na maging mapanuri na rin tayo kung sino ang nararapat maupo at manguna sa ating bansa na may mga panukala at platapormang masasagot ang issue na ito.

Noong taong 2000 ay nagsama sama ang mga world leaders ay bumuo ng 8 United Nation Millennium Development Goals:

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
2. Achieve universal primary education.
3. Promote gender equality and empower women.
4. Reduce child mortality.
5. Improve maternal health.
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
7. Ensure environmental sustainability.
8. Develop a global partnership for development.

At dito sa Pilipinas importante ang pito sa goals na ito na dapat isa-alang-alang mabuti ng mga taong bubuto kung nasa plataporma ito ng mga tatakbo sa 2010 Election, hindi lang presidente ang kailangan natin, kundi isang leader ng bansang kikilos at hihimukin ang mga kababayan nitong kumilos para labanan ang problema ng kahirapan.



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Stand Up Take Action Pledge

Buong giting kaming naninindigan kasama ang milyon-milyong tao sa buong mundo. Sa paggunita ng Pandaigdigang Araw na Naglalayong Wakasan ang Matinding Kahirapan, inihahayag namin ang pangakong labanan ang matinding kahirapan, gutom at di-pagkakapantay ng bawat tao.

Kami ay naninindigan at di tatanggap ng anumang dahilan habang limampung-libong tao sa buong mundo ang namamatay araw-araw dulot ng matinding kahirapan at lumalaking agwat ng mayaman at mahirap.

Kami ay naninindigan at nananawagan sa mga pinuno na tuparin ang kanilang pangako at mga mithiin ng Millennium Development Goals - at hinihingi naming higitan ang kanilang mga layunin.

Kami ay nananawagan, kaisa ang mga tao mula sa higit isang daang bansa:

Sa aming mga pinuno - gawin ninyong pangunahing tungkulin ang pagsagip sa buhay ng pinakamahihirap, isaalang-ala ang pananagutan sa bawat mamamayan, lutasin ang di-pagkakapantay, maging tapat at matuwid, supilin ang katawalian at itaguyod ang karapatang pantao.

Magkakaiba man ang aming mga tinig, iisa ang aming pangarap. Iisa ang aming layunin at mahalagang hangarin - ang wakasan ang matinding kahirapan at pagkagutom.

Kami ay naninindigan, nananawagan na agad wakasan ang kahirapan upang makamtan ang kapayapaan at kaunlaran na nararapat para sa aming minamahal na bayan.

Batid namin na kami ay may responsibilidad. Bawat isa ay may pananagutan.

Tigilan ang pagdadahilan. Hanggang 2015 na lang! Kumilos, manindigan at tuparin ang mga pangako!

Magkaisa tayo. Labanan ang kahirapan.

NGAYON NA.

Ang silbi ng 45 pesos at ang isyu ng kahirapan

Para sa atin ang 45 pesos ay barya barya lang na kung saan karaniwang nagagamit pang load, pang-load sa ating mga cell phone credits, pampamasahe, pambili ng miryenda na minsan ay kulang pa, kahit nga sa mga budget meal sa mga leading fastfood kulang pa ito para makabili ng isang value meal. Pero sa kabila ng perception natin sa halagang hindi ay meron mismong mga taong nabubuhay sa ganitong kakarampot na halaga at pinagkakasya niya sa kanyang mga pamilya. Kagaya ni Aling Delma Melado isang may bahay na nakilala naming na naninirahan sa ilalim ng tulay. Kasama ang United Nation Development Program (UNDP) ay kinamusta naming ang mga taong naninirahan sa ilalim ng tulay ng Navotas at sa loob ng tunnel sa Kalookan. Kasama na rin ang mga katanungang paano nila nagagawang mabuhay sa ganung kakarampot na halaga para sa pagkain at iba pang necessity na kailangan ng isang ordinaryong tao, at paano pa kung marami sila sa pamilya.

Mula noong 2004 na data na ibinigay sa akin ng UNDP at hanggang ngayon 33% mula sa population ng Pilipinas ay nakakaranas ng tinatawag nilang extreme poverty na kung saan ang budget nila sa loob ng isang araw ay less than 1 Dollar o 45 pesos sa pera natin. Na ang tanging napupunan lang ng halaga nito ay mismong para lang sa ilang piraso ng noodles, kalahating bigas at kung papaladin naman ay may kasama nang ilang piraso ng tuyo, itlog at sabon depende na rin kung paano ito i-bubudget, pero paano pagsisiksikin ang mga ganitong pangangailangan kung ang pamilya na nag bu-budget nito ay kulang kulang sa lima ang miyembro?

Bukod sa suliranin sa pagkain nariyan din ang problema sa kalusugan o health care para sa pamilya lalo na sa mga babaeng nagdadalang tao at mga bata, ayon sa research ang karaniwang pamamaraan ng pagbubuntis ng mga taong naninirahan under extreme poverty ay hindi na nagagawang mag paycheck up o uminom ng gamut na kailangan sa pagbubuntis at ang ilan ay pinapalad manganak sa health center, habang ang ilan dito ay sa mismong bahay nanganganak sa pamamagitan ng hilot at sa kasamaang palad ay may mga inang namamatay sa pagbubuntis, mga sanggol o minsan pareho. Pero kung sakaling pinalad ang mga sanggol at inang mabuhay ay wala ring vaccine na masusustento sa mga bata na kung saan ayon din sa reseach hindi malalang sakit ang siyang kinamamatay ng mga batang below 5 years old kundi mga sakit na nakukuha sa maruming tubig at malamig na sahig na pinaghihigaan ng mga bata, ang diarrhea at pulmunya ito ang mga sakit na kumikitil sa buhay ng mga bata below 5 years old dahil walang pera pambayad sa mga ospital, at ganun din sa pampalibing salat sila sa perang susustento para dito.

Kamangmangan ito ang kasama ng kahirapan na kung saan instead nasa loob sila ng paaralan ay nasa lansangan ang mga kabataan para mag trabaho para madagdagan ang budget ng pamilya, mga murang katawan na kailangan magbanat na ng buto para magtrabaho.

Narito ang rough documentary ko sa naganap na immersion ko sa Navotas at Caloocan na naganap noong October 11 kasama ang UNDP.



Oct 16-18 ay ang Global campaign for Stand Up Take Action na kung saan ang main campaign ng Pilipinas ay Stand United Fight Poverty, tulad ng nabanggit ko sa taas kahirapan ang problema ng bansa natin na kung saan domino effect ito na damay pati ang kalusugan, edukasyon at gutom. Nabanggit ko na ang mukha ng kahirapan last year sa aking Blog Action Day post, at gayun din I’m inviting you to join this campaign, magkaroon ka ng stand, tama na ang napakaraming excuses at pagiging detach sa problema ng bayan kumilos ka na, tumayo, magsalita, kumilos laban sa kahirapan, may magagawa pa tayo at simulan na natin ngayon na dahil hanggang 2015 na lang ang deadline para maayos natin ang lahat at sa taong iyon makikita nating bumangon na ang mga bansang dumadanas ng matinding kahirapan kasama tayo, kasama ka at ako sa labang ito!

Stand Up and Take Action to End POVERTY

We will spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty, to which more than a billion of them are currently subjected. -- Millennium Declaration


On October 16 - 18 as part of the United Nation’s End Poverty Millennium Campaign, UN launches Stand Up and Take Action to End Poverty, it’s a global effort that invites all to participate and take actions on the issues of poverty in the world.

Last year naisulat ko sa as Blog Action Day 2008 where I discuss the faces of poverty; Physical, Mental, Spiritual and Emotional poverty which covers 5 of the 8 Millennium Development Goals that was discussed last 2000 and signed by 189 world leaders and the MDGs discussed on my BAD’08 post were:

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health

The remaining MDGs include:

6. Combat HIV/AIDs, malaria, and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development

Number 6 and 7 is also part my advocacy which is AIDS/HIV and climate change awareness.

In line with this campaign I’m supporting right now, I encourage the readers of this blog to sign up for the email updates of Stand Up and Take Action (SUTA) that is located in the Supports and Advocates section of my blog, the email you will be receiving will be coming from the group of SUTA and aside from the email subscription I’m inviting you to visit http://standagainstpoverty.org.

This blog entry is just a promotion of the campaign there will be more updates and personal views regarding this campaign soon.

As I am embracing this campaign I'm encouraging you to STAND UP and ACT NOW to fight POVERTY and stop APATHY!

Ang Sa Wari Ko Supports BLOG ACTION DAY 08 in its war against POVERTY

Isa akong simpleng mamamayan sa Pilipinas, sa usapin ng kahirapan hindi natin kailangan ng technical na mga bagay bagay para alamin ang mga issue na tulad nito dahil ang kahirapan o poverty na ngayon at sama sama nating nilalabanan gamit ang makabagong paglalahad ng information tulad ng blogging. October 15, 2008 ang araw na itinakda sa sama samang pagkikipaglaban ng Pinoy sa Blog Action Day Philippines at ng mundo sa Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty. At dito nakikibahagi ako sa labanan na ito sa pamamagitan ng pakikibahagi ko sa aking mga readers kung ano ang adhikain ng samahang ito.

Ang usapin ng kahirapan ay isang napakahabang paglalahad ng samu't saring kwento physical man, spiritual, mental at emotional na aspeto sa lipunan, dahil ang kahirapan ay hindi lamang nagsasaad sa kasalatan ng tao sa pagdating sa kanyang mga pangunahing pangangailangan. Samu't saring mukha ng kahirapan na hari nawa'y matustusan ng karampatang gamot para mapigilan at para malunasan:

Physical Poverty - Gutom, kakulangan sa maayos na tirahan, pagkabaon sa utang, at kulang sa pagtustos sa araw araw na pangangailangan, iyan ang larawan na pisikal na kahirapan ng bansa. Kawalan ng trabaho ito ang pangunahing kadahilan ng pisikal na kahirapan, ang hindi maayos na source of income ng pamilya na nagdudulot ng gutom sa typical na pamilya ni Juan dela Cruz, na nagreresulta rin sa malnutrition at sakit. Kagaya ng mga magsasakang Sumilao Farmers na umaasa na makuha nila ang lupaing sinasaka nila dahil ito ang source ng kanilang ikinabubuhay.


Spiritual Poverty - Ayon sa World Vision: "It’s something that doesn’t make headlines next to war, disease and lack of clean water, but in many ways it is equally important when it comes to survival. For people all around the world, including Australia, spirituality can be a source of strength when coping during adversity. It can also be a guiding principle for forgiveness and tolerance that can help prevent conflicts ever happening." Ang poverty ay hindi lamang nailalarawan sa kasalatan ng tao sa pisikal nitong pangangailangan kundi kung ano ang pinaniniwalaan niya sa buhay at kung ano ang pananaw niya sa buhay. Paano maitataguyod ng isang ama ang pamilya kung salat siya sa ambisyon niyang maiangat sa kahirapan ito. Gayon din ang isang inang maaalagaan ang kanyang mga anak kung sa paniniwala niya ay hindi siya nararapat maging isang ina. Gabay ito ang kailangan ng mga mamamayan upang mapunan ang pagkukulang nila sa kanilang spiritual status sa lipunan.

Emotional Poverty - Para mga biktima ng karahasan at pagmamaltrato at saksi rin ng mga bagay tulad nito, sila ang mga taong nakakaranas ng emotional poverty o ang paghina ng kanilang confidence sa buhay at ang pagkakaroon ng takot o trauma isa ito sa malalang uri ng kahirapan na patuloy na nilalabanan ng Commission of Human Rights at ng ilan pang mga Non-Government Organizations na ang layunin ay sugpuin ang mga kagaya nitong pag violate sa karapatang pang-tao mula sa discrimination, human trafficking at ang hindi masugpu-sugpong domestic violence. Tulad ng mga bagay na ito nakiisa noon ang blog na ito sa paglaban sa anumang uri ng karahasan at human rights violation.

Mental Poverty - Para sa isang 3rd World Counrty kagaya ng Pilipinas, mas inuuna ng karamin ay sagutin ang pangangailangan ng kumakalam niyang sikmura kaysa salat nitong kaisipan at kamalayan sa buhay. Edukasyon ito ang karaniwang naisasangtabi sa panahong kailangan mabuhay ni Juan dela Cruz kasama ang kanyang pamilya. Hanggang ngayon nasa debatehan pa rin ang ideya na kung ang education ba sa lipunan ngayon ay isang karapatan o isang privilege sa mga taong kayang abutin ang nagtataasang matrikula. Dahil sa pagtaas ng matrikula ay napipilitang tumigil ang mga kabataan sa pag aaral dahil hindi na sila kayang matustusan ng kanilang mga magulang kundi mas itutuon na lang nila ang kanilang mga kinikita para sa pangangailangan ng pamilya at ito ay pagkain, tirahan at damit. Pero sa para may kakayahang matustusan ang edukasyon masasabi rin ba nating sapat ang nakukuha ng kabataan pagdating sa inaasam nating maayos na estado ng edukasyon sa bansa lalo na ngayong may ilang mga anomaly na dapat sagutin ng Department of Education?

Sa huli babalik tayo sa simula bakit salat tayo sa pisikal na pangangailangan dahil salat tayo sa kaalaman para magkaroon ng maayos na trabaho. Gayon din sa pagkakaroon ng iba't ibang uring pag violate sa karapatang pantao at patuloy na pananahimik natin dahil salat tayo sa kaalaman na may karapatan tayong lumaban at ipaglaban ang ating mga sarili. Ang usapang kahirapan o poverty ay isang mahabang labanan na ang unang sagutin dapat ay kung paano natin bubuhayin ang kamalayan ng tayo. I may not contribute physically in the needs of poeple who is burdened with poverty, but I can help in sharing awareness to others, bilang Pinoy sa pamamagitan ng wika ko para maabot ko ang mga kapwa Filipino ko, dahil ang pagbabago ay hindi nangyayari overnight, hindi naaabot ang ibang tao sa malayong lupain nang ganung kadali, umpisahan natin sa sarili ang pag alam ng ating karapatan bilang tao at kung ano makakabuti sa sarili natin at ibahagi sa kapwa. (Changes doesn't happen overnight, and it doesn't jump to nation to other nation that easy, but by sharing ito locally to your fellow countrymen, with your own language. It should start from ourselves first to educate ourselves what's good for us and what is our rights and share it to others). Hindi ko nagawang magbahagi ng anumang kaya kong gawin pero isa lang ang alam ko na sana sa kabila ng pagbabahagi ng ideya kong ito, may isa, o dalawa akong maabot at mainform sila ukol sa labang ito, ang laban ng lahat sa kahirapan.







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