PCUP chairperson Usec. Elpidio Jordan Jr. at Wednesday’s celebration of the UPSW in Mandaluyong City. (Photo supplied by the PCUP Public Information Unit/Chelzy Jane Caspe)
DURING the celebration of the Urban Poor Solidarity Week (UPSW) held at the City College of Mandaluyong in Barangay Addition Hills, Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) chairperson Undersecretary Elpidio Jordan Jr. honored the country’s urban poor organizations (UPOs), local government units (LGUs) and government agencies and the private sector for their initiatives to give service and assistance to those living under the poverty line.
Marking its 36 years of public service, the PCUP gave recognition to the partnerships forged by urban poor groups and government agencies and non-government organizations (NGOs) that supports the poverty alleviation program of the Marcos administration.
At the same time, the PCUP launched its four banner programs that would ensure that the agency’s projects and policies are in tune with President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Romualdez Marcos Jr.’s pro-poor initiatives. The said programs are Piso Ko Bahay Mo, Lingkod Agapay Maralita, PCUP Goodwill Ambassadors and establishment of PCUP Satellite Offices across the archipelago. Piso Ko, Bahay Mo is a housing facilitation and linking program to help residents whose homes have been demolished. Usec. Jordan said he will work closely with the private sector to provide land and houses for them.
The Lingkod Agapay Maralita Program aims to provide livelihood opportunities for the urban poor to earn money through jobs and organization of cooperatives with the help of the business sector. With the Goodwill Ambassadors Program, or GAP, the Commission invites volunteers in the field of business, and the academe and NGOs to provide their services to the urban poor.
PCUP also aims to establish CUP Satellite Offices so that the urban poor can easily access assistance and services from the Commission.
