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Recognizing that poverty is the Millennium Developmental Goals top priority, these photos got my attention. It captures the reality about how was our world in the issue of poverty now.
I remember when I had attended a month long intensive leadership camp in Davao City, last April 11-May 9, 2011. One of our sessions had touched this particular issue, poverty. It was about Social Responsibility session. It brings me back to the documentary videos presented to us by OMF literature. The video presents how the Philippines suffers from poverty, though we are rich in natural resources such as Agricultural products, tourism,brilliant minds of citizen, human labor and many more. Some of our fellow citizen, were invited by the different countries to work for them. As our brilliant people leave the home land, Philippines were given the less competitive ones.
How sad to know that we- who is rich was captives of poverty due to lack of support from the government officials. People tend to forget the essence of stewardship. We are suffering from poverty not because of our insufficient resources. Nonetheless, it is because of lack of governance and good stewardship of the the God-given resources we had, around us.
Naghuhukay ang iba sa atin ng basura, para may makain lang, nagbebeta ng laman at iba pa, pero di nila alam na may magandanag bukas pa ang naghihintay sa kanila. Ngunit dalangin ko na sana pati din ang mga taong nasa posisyon ay mag bigay atensyon din sa mga pangangailangan ng bawat Pilipino. At tugunan ang mga ito sa pamamagitan ng wastong pamamalakad at pag-gugol ng panahon at enerhiya sa pag organisa ng mga ito.
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