The first Goal (Goal 1) of the seventeen (17) Sustainable Development Goals spearheaded by the United Nations is to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere.” Several targets were set in order to achieve this particular goal and the timeline was set to 2030. These targets or actions include: eradication of extreme poverty everywhere; reduce by at least half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty; Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all; ensure that the poor and the vulnerable have equal rights to economic resources; build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations; ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources; and, create sound
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This is the Villar Sipag Foundation which facilitates and supports projects for the poor in line with livelihood development and training. Most noteworthy of the livelihood programs of the foundation is the basket weaving program utilizing water lilies. What was once a menace to the rivers and creates flooding was turned to productive use. With the project, the flooding caused by water lilies was eliminated and at the same time provided a source of income for many unemployed members of poor …show more content…
These training are aimed at providing livelihood for unemployed housewives and out of school youths in the fields of meat processing, food industries, candle making, fruit juice processing and preservation, fish processing, coconut processing, condiments making, and pickled products processing, among others. Another endeavor of the foundation that seeks to ease poverty is the Sagip Bukas program. It is well known that the drug menace in the Philippines is deeply associated with the poor and poor communities. As such, the program provides information to senior elementary students and to those in high school regarding the ill effects, dangers, and consequences of being involved in illegal drugs. Moreover, parents and the whole community were also included in the information campaign. Since its launching, it has reached to as many as 80,000 audiences in the different communities in the
This is the Villar Sipag Foundation which facilitates and supports projects for the poor in line with livelihood development and training. Most noteworthy of the livelihood programs of the foundation is the basket weaving program utilizing water lilies. What was once a menace to the rivers and creates flooding was turned to productive use. With the project, the flooding caused by water lilies was eliminated and at the same time provided a source of income for many unemployed members of poor …show more content…
These training are aimed at providing livelihood for unemployed housewives and out of school youths in the fields of meat processing, food industries, candle making, fruit juice processing and preservation, fish processing, coconut processing, condiments making, and pickled products processing, among others. Another endeavor of the foundation that seeks to ease poverty is the Sagip Bukas program. It is well known that the drug menace in the Philippines is deeply associated with the poor and poor communities. As such, the program provides information to senior elementary students and to those in high school regarding the ill effects, dangers, and consequences of being involved in illegal drugs. Moreover, parents and the whole community were also included in the information campaign. Since its launching, it has reached to as many as 80,000 audiences in the different communities in the