National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty, ipinagdiriwang

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00:00National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty.

00:03Our Alamin, along with Secretary Lopez Santos III,

00:07the lead convener of the National Anti-Poverty Commission.

00:10Secretary, good afternoon.

00:14Good afternoon, Usec.

00:17I'm here in San Joaquin, Iloilo.

00:21It's a good opportunity for me to be a part of your program, Bagoong Pilipinas.

00:29Thank you for inviting us.

00:32Sir, first of all, what is National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty

00:37and what is the theme of this year's celebration?

00:43National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty

00:46is a proclamation of our President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2004.

00:53This was initiated in 1987

00:58when they observed overcoming extreme poverty.

01:04This is the All Together for Dignity 4th World Foundation

01:10that built commemorative stones in Paris.

01:15This was adopted by the United Nations and declared in 1992

01:21as International Day for Eradicating Poverty.

01:24The following year, in 1993,

01:29our President Pedro Ramos declared

01:33that there will be a National Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty.

01:38This was initiated and the NAPSEA was approved

01:43by the observance of this National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty.

01:49Here in the Philippines, we do this every year

01:53with our various government agencies and local government units

01:57and various sectors.

01:59What is the purpose and importance of this National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty

02:07and what is the role of NAPSEA in this celebration?

02:13It is important because this is the goal of our government

02:20to reduce the incidence of poverty in our country.

02:24As of now, it still stands at 15.5% poverty incidence

02:29and we want to reduce it to a single-digit poverty incidence.

02:34That is why our government's programs

02:39are expected to contribute to eradication of poverty.

02:44But this is the purpose of our 2040 ambition,

02:49poverty eradication by year 2040.

02:52For now, our target up to 2028

02:55is at least 9% poverty incidence rate in our country.

03:00So it is really important to do this

03:04because this is our commitment every year

03:08that we are doing something

03:10and we are targeting our poorest Filipino families

03:16to increase their livelihood.

03:20Sir, can you tell us about what happened yesterday

03:24during the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty?

03:28And you mentioned earlier the commemorative sites

03:33that are similar to what they did in other countries.

03:37What did you do here in the 7 commemoration sites in the country?

03:43Yesterday, we had a simultaneous observance and commemoration

03:49of the 7 sites here in our country.

03:52Of course, the main one is here in Risal Park, Luneta.

03:57The first one we built was a replica of a stone from Paris.

04:00This one is in Davao City, Esperanza, Agusan, Del Sur.

04:07There is one in Antique, Barotakbeo, Iloilo,

04:13Buenavista, and Quezon.

04:17So those are the commemorative sites

04:20that we built yesterday and simultaneously.

04:23We also have different agencies of our government here.

04:29There are many who attended us, including Ombudsman,

04:33PSA, NEDA, DSWD, DSUD, PCUP, DepEd,

04:43Department of Agriculture, DNR, and many other agencies of the government

04:47that helped us.

04:48And of course, all the local governments and basic sectors

04:52that are part of the National Anti-Poverty Commission.

04:56They provided information about their programs.

05:01Others provided various services to our residents

05:05in those various sites.

05:09So now, Secretary, what other steps and initiatives

05:14were implemented by NAPC to address poverty in the country?

05:18And what is the impact of this event on the lives of Filipinos?

05:24As we mentioned yesterday,

05:29this is what I mentioned in our last program,

05:33the immediate rollout of the National Poverty Reduction Plan

05:37into Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan

05:40with all local government units nationwide.

05:43This is our commitment and we are working with the DILG

05:49to immediately formulate and implement the LGU

05:55respective Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan.

05:57Again, we believe that through the local poverty efforts,

06:02this will harmonize and converge programs to priority communities

06:08which we identified, including the Mangisda.

06:13And now, we are here in San Joaquin, Iloilo

06:17for their celebration of Peacer Pork Day

06:21and of course, with the farmers.

06:24We are also targeting geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas,

06:29informal settlers, vulnerable communities

06:35in indigenous peoples' communities.

06:39These are the priorities we are targeting

06:42and this will continue until 2028.

06:48Sir, how can we say that our programs and initiatives

06:55in raising awareness about poverty in our country have been successful?

07:00What are the measures?

07:03First, of course, we are looking at the impact of this

07:08on the overall poverty reduction in our country.

07:11Our agencies have their own established monitoring tools

07:16in their program implementations.

07:19The ultimate goal of this is what the Philippine Statistics Authority is doing

07:23if the poverty in our country is decreasing.

07:28The PSA is part of the National Anti-Poverty Commission

07:35and we believe that they are doing a good job

07:39especially now that the PSA has a mandate in our government

07:43to end the community-based monitoring system

07:46and that will tell us where the poor are,

07:50who are the poor, what are their needs

07:54and what are the immediate and long-term solutions

07:57to the poverty alleviation program of our country.

08:00So these are the things that we are working on together.

08:05Okay. What is your reaction to the news that the hunger rate in our country has increased?

08:18Again, this is a self-rated survey that we are doing

08:24and we know that self-rated is the feeling of those people

08:31and this will serve as a challenge for us to improve our programs.

08:37As a monitor of the programs of our government,

08:43we discuss this in regular meetings of the government sector,

08:48regular meetings of the basic sector, NAPC.

08:52But if there are situations like this,

08:54this is a challenge to all of our governments

09:00and a challenge to our countrymen

09:03to improve our programs.

09:09Okay. For our countrymen,

09:11how can individuals help with the poverty eradication

09:17in their own communities?

09:21As President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos said,

09:26the poverty reduction program is a whole of government,

09:29whole of nation, and whole of society approach.

09:32So for the national government agencies,

09:34our programs should be implemented properly.

09:38Local government units should continue to help down to barangay level.

09:44And for our basic sector and communities,

09:49they can also help in an individual capacity.

09:54They can help their neighbors,

09:56help their relatives who are in a situation of poverty and hunger,

10:02and they can help each other.

10:05The same goes for the private sector, the development partners.

10:08And I think this is all connected.

10:12There are mechanisms where these stakeholders talk to each other.

10:16The private sector talks to the LGUs,

10:19the LGUs talks to the communities,

10:22the national government agencies talks to the LGUs and communities.

10:26So these are the mechanisms that we are working on

10:29for the coordination and implementation of our government's programs.

10:36Lastly, Mr. Secretary,

10:38a message to our countrymen from NAPCI,

10:42not only about our commemoration this week,

10:46but also about our efforts to eradicate extreme poverty in the country.

10:53Again, thank you very much.

10:55We are happy that we had the opportunity to send a message to our countrymen.

11:01You should know that the National Anti-Poverty Commission

11:05and all the agencies of our government

11:08are working on our commitment to reduce poverty in our country.

11:13We are a non-profit organization that connects with all stakeholders,

11:17the private sector, and the international community

11:20so that we can focus our available resources to the communities in need.

11:27We expect the participation and expansion of all sectors in our society.

11:33Thank you very much. Good afternoon to all of us.

11:39Thank you very much for your time, Secretary Lopez Santos III,

11:43the lead convener of the National Anti-Poverty Commission.

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