BY: ANALIZA S. MACATANGAY
PILI, Camarines Sur, August 29 (PIA) --- Gawad Kalinga (GK) beneficiaries from all over the region trooped Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Camarines Sur Convention Center here sharing their respective community’s best practices and showcasing convergence of cooperation, camaraderie and solidarity as a powerful tool to alleviate poverty.
Some 1,500 participants, representing the GK Area Coordination Team and Management Teams from South Luzon, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon, and Masbate, converged in the 1st Bikol GK Kapitbahayan Congress and shared their stories of hope, spirit of harmony and sharing.
Chief executives and representatives of towns with GK site also showed their support by personally gracing the said occasion.
Also highlighting the assembly was awarding of cash prizes to best GK communities who shared their best experiences and learning leading to an improved life and harmonious co-existence with their neighbors through their presentation or performance dubbed as GK Village People Competition.
Garnering the judges’ nod for the 1st place is GK Balatas in Camarines Sur, GK Bibirao in Camarines Norte as 2nd placer and GK Aroroy in the province of Masbate on the 3rd slot. They will receive a cash prize of P50,000.00, P30,000.00 and P20,000.00 respectively.
Bai Linda Eman, GK area coordinator for South Luzon, said that the cash prizes will not be taken home immediately as the winners still have to comply with their set requirements. Eman said that the winners cannot take home the cash prize until they have an approved project proposal from GK.
GK communities have to submit a livelihood or productivity project that is suited to the economic viability of their respective communities. This should also significantly include the community members as recipients and beneficiaries of whatever project they intend to push for implementation.
GK’s mission is to restore the honor and dignity of the people, particularly of the poor by providing them with a safe and decent haven, in a community nurtured by the culture of sharing and giving. It endeavors to build communities and end poverty of the 5million families by 2024, give land to the landless, provide home for the homeless and food for the hungry.
GK officially known as Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation is a Philippine-based poverty alleviation and nation-building movement that envisions to empower people with faith and patriotism and pictures a nation of caring and sharing communities. It was founded by Antonio Meloto or “Tito Tony” who believes that being heroes to one another through bayanihan will help us realize a slum-free, word class Philippines. (MAL/LSM-PIA5/Camarines Sur)
- See more at: http://r05.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=861376970575#sthash.KFxxSqK9.dpuf
PILI, Camarines Sur, August 29 (PIA) --- Gawad Kalinga (GK) beneficiaries from all over the region trooped Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Camarines Sur Convention Center here sharing their respective community’s best practices and showcasing convergence of cooperation, camaraderie and solidarity as a powerful tool to alleviate poverty.
Some 1,500 participants, representing the GK Area Coordination Team and Management Teams from South Luzon, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon, and Masbate, converged in the 1st Bikol GK Kapitbahayan Congress and shared their stories of hope, spirit of harmony and sharing.
Chief executives and representatives of towns with GK site also showed their support by personally gracing the said occasion.
Also highlighting the assembly was awarding of cash prizes to best GK communities who shared their best experiences and learning leading to an improved life and harmonious co-existence with their neighbors through their presentation or performance dubbed as GK Village People Competition.
Garnering the judges’ nod for the 1st place is GK Balatas in Camarines Sur, GK Bibirao in Camarines Norte as 2nd placer and GK Aroroy in the province of Masbate on the 3rd slot. They will receive a cash prize of P50,000.00, P30,000.00 and P20,000.00 respectively.
Bai Linda Eman, GK area coordinator for South Luzon, said that the cash prizes will not be taken home immediately as the winners still have to comply with their set requirements. Eman said that the winners cannot take home the cash prize until they have an approved project proposal from GK.
GK communities have to submit a livelihood or productivity project that is suited to the economic viability of their respective communities. This should also significantly include the community members as recipients and beneficiaries of whatever project they intend to push for implementation.
GK’s mission is to restore the honor and dignity of the people, particularly of the poor by providing them with a safe and decent haven, in a community nurtured by the culture of sharing and giving. It endeavors to build communities and end poverty of the 5million families by 2024, give land to the landless, provide home for the homeless and food for the hungry.
GK officially known as Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation is a Philippine-based poverty alleviation and nation-building movement that envisions to empower people with faith and patriotism and pictures a nation of caring and sharing communities. It was founded by Antonio Meloto or “Tito Tony” who believes that being heroes to one another through bayanihan will help us realize a slum-free, word class Philippines. (MAL/LSM-PIA5/Camarines Sur)
- See more at: http://r05.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=861376970575#sthash.KFxxSqK9.dpuf
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