The National Anti-Poverty Commission will launch its flagship anti-poverty reduction agenda, Kilos para sa SAMPUNG BATAYANG PANGANGAILANGAN (Kilos SAMBAYANAN), in a forum where the Human Development and Anti-Poverty Reduction Cabinet Cluster (HDPRCC) will highlight their programs and projects on poverty reduction, on Sunday, July 16, at Brgy. 286 Delpan, Tondo, Manila.
Kilos para sa Sampung Batayang Pangangailangan (Kilos Sambayanan), according to NAPC Secretary Liza Maza, is a call for convergence and a commitment among all sectors of society to address poverty across its many dimensions. It also represents the ultimate measuring of the impact of government programs on the lives of the poor.
“The deprivation that the poor suffer from are far too complex and diverse to be defined by one – dimensional measures such as income. Ang kahirapan ay hindi lamang kakulangan sa kita. Ang kahirapan ay ang hindi pagkamit ng isang tao ang mga bagay na bumubuo sa maayos na pamumuhay gaya ng pagkain, tirahan, malinis na tubig, hanggang sa mga oportunidad para sa pagpapaunlad ng sarili gaya ng edukasyon, trabaho, pensyon atbp,” Sec. Maza said.
Based on a multi-dimensional view of poverty and a universal rights-based approach to poverty eradication, NAPC, in consultation with the basic sectors has identified food and agrarian reform, water, shelter, education, healthcare, work, social protection, healthy environment, peace, and participation as the 10 basic needs of the poor (Sampung Batayang Pangangailangan).
“The poor are working in the informal sector, industrial areas, and agricultural lands. They are ambulant vendors, factory workers, farmers, fisherfolks, who work more than our daily eight hours, and yet are still left with insufficient means to fend for themselves because we have been providing them with band-aid solutions - kung maraming malnourished, magpapafeeding program. Kung kailangan ng pabahay, makikipila sa mahabang listahan ng mga nagnanais magkabahay,” Sec. Maza added.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA, 2016), at least 20 million Filipinos are still poor. The minimum wage of P454 for agricultural and manufacturing workers, and P491 for the non-agricultural workers are still less than half of the P1,088 family living wage or the income needed to cover the basic needs of a family everyday, excluding the expenses for education and hospital emergencies. A family of five need at least P6,329, on average, monthly to meet the family’s basic food needs and at least P9,064, on average, monthly to meet both basic food and non-food needs. PSA data showed that 1.3 million families or 8.2 million Filipinos do not have enough income cover their monthly expenses on food, while the latest survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said that 2.7 million families experienced hunger at least once in the first quarter of 2017.
“We are bringing Kilos SAMBAYANAN closer to the poor and marginalized sectors because our goal is to create a strong mass movement, politically and economically empowered to ensure that their needs are being addressed by their government, through active participation in governance and nationalist development. It is fitting that we are launching Kilos SAMBAYANAN in the birthplace of Andres Bonifacio, who founded and led the Katipunan against social injustice and oppression during his time,” Sec. Maza said. ####
For Reference:
Ireene Flores-Corsiga
Communications and Public Relations Committee
09977219756
July 15, 2017
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