Meloto lends assistance to housing plan
Manila Standard
THE National Anti-Poverty Commission and Gawad Kalinga have signed a memorandum of agreement to build houses in 700 poorest towns and cities.
At a news conference, Secretary Domingo Panganiban, commission head, thanked GK founder Antonio Meloto in behalf of executive director Jose Luis Oquiñena for efforts to “galvanize their relationship and give the much-needed help of slum dwellers” as part of the government program to uplift the lives of the marginalized segment of the society.
“We are glad to have such partnership with GK,” he told reporters.
Meloto said the commission and GK, officially the Gawad Kalinga Community Development, were in the process of identifying poor communities in the Bicol region, Southern Leyte and the Visayas.
He said GK has invited architects, engineers and other volunteers to lend a hand in putting up decent housing facilities for informal settlers.
“The problem of poverty is so immense and intense that the government cannot work alone without help from others.”
Meloto said GK has a lot of experts and local and international partners to promote the spirit of community by building homes for the poor.
“[The problem with us is that] We leave everything to the government and always blame the government.”
He appealed to the eight million migrants and migrant Filipino workers to pitch in toward creating opportunities for the impoverished. Meloto also called for a stop to political bickering and set aside religious differences to alleviate “extreme poverty in the Philippines.”
Rio N. Araja
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