The National Anti-Poverty Commission (Napc) is calling on government agencies to comprehensively address the problem of poverty by taking into consideration the people’s 10 basic needs when crafting projects for the community.
The Napc on Wednesday launched the Mindanao-leg of its Kilos Sambayanan campaign, an anti-poverty drive which seeks the convergence of local government units, government agencies, and communities to attain the Filipino’s 10 basic needs in the Muslim Village in Barangay Talomo here.
Under Kilos Samba-yanan, Napc listed food, housing, water, health, education, work, social protection, clean environment, peace and community cooperation as the 10 basic needs.
In an interview, Napc lead convener Liza Maza said these basic needs are also the rights of the people “which they do not attain because of underdevelopment.”
Maza said to solve poverty, the government should fix the economy and prioritize land reform.
“Land reform is really important because seven of 10 farmers remain landless or are not able to receive support services from the government,” Maza said.
She listed agrarian reform, land distribution and the development of industries as the factors in resolving poverty and ultimately, in ending conflict. (davaotoday.com)
