Tulong ng microenterprises sa mga maralita

MALAKING tulong sa pag-unlad ng ating bansa ang ma­ liliit na mga negosyo (microenterprises) sa mga kababa­yang nasa mahihirap na komunidad. Ito ang binigyang

Kaugnay nito, ipinupursige niya ang pagpapatibay   sa iniakda niyang Senate Bill No. 2971 (Microenterprise development institutions act.)

Ayon kay Jinggoy, “The national goal towards poverty alleviation and livelihood promotion entails an enormous responsibility and a long-term effort. With the wide range of social, economic and political aspects that need to be addressed, it takes more than the government to realize this goal.”

Base sa kanyang panukala: “It is hereby declared the policy of the State to pursue a program of poverty eradication wherein poor Filipino families shall be encouraged to undertake entrepreneurial activities…; the government shall support and work in partnership with qualified institutions in the private sector providing general and other entrepreneurial services to the poor.”

Sentro ng panukala ang pagpapalaganap ng microenterprise development institutions (MICRODEVs) na tutulong sa mga maralitang pamilya upang sila ay makapagtayo at makapagpatakbo ng kahit gaano kaliit man lang na negosyo.

Pangunahing tungkulin ng MICRODEVs ang mga sumusunod: 1) Provide the poor access to reasonable and affordable credit and related services including micro-finance, microinsurance, health care and microhousing; 2) Provide business de­ velopment op­portu­nities such as leadership training and entrepreneurial skills training; 3) Provide hu­man development ser­vices to help the poor achieve a level of sus­ tainabili­ty and empo­werment; 4) adopt mea­ sures to promote a spirit of generosi­ty and selfless giving among in­dividuals and institutions that would help support all programs directly involved in po­verty eradication.

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Happy birthday ki­na Kris Aquino at Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile (February 14); Pangasinan Rep. Manay Gina De Venecia (Feb­ruary 15); at Archbishop One­simo Cadiz (Februa­ry 16).