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VP Robredo Visits Vancouver
Vice President of the Philippines
Leni Robredo visited Vancouver this
week to grace the 28th Anniversary
of the Philippine Bicolano Association
in BC (PBABC) held at the Hilton
Hotel in Burnaby. Around 250 guests
came to see and hear Robredo
speak to the crowd of mostly eager
kababayans from Bicol. Robredo was
received by the Consulate General of
the Philippines in Vancouver headed
by Consul General Maria Andrelita
Austria.
Speaking in English, Tagalog and
in Bicol, Robredo spoke about her
project Angat Buhay (Uplifting Life).
The flagship anti-poverty program
has benefitted 83,707 families (as of
2017) across the country in its first
year of implementation.
“We were able to implement
Angat Buhay in its first year without a
budget. We just relied on the support
from private companies,” Robredo
shares.
One of the programs aims is to
introduce livelihood programs to the
families, as well as to farmers who
she says, need the support by local
businesses to use their produce
instead of importing. The only problem
is, small farmers are not capable of
producing the amount of produce
the businesses need to run. Robredo
says she and her team are continuing
to negotiate with these businesses to
give the farmers a chance to enhance
their livelihood and be proud of their
produce.
Because the Office of the VP
does not fully subsidize Angat Buhay,
Robredo says they had to find other
means to provide for the project by
approaching private companies. It has
linked mediator private companies
and non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) to local government units
(LGUs) to provide assistance to
families in need. Since its launch
on October 10, 2016, Angat Buhay
helped companies, NGOS, and
LGUs provide P145 million worth of
services to poor communities in the
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Philippines including feeding and
nutrition programs that benefitted
2,345 stunted and wasted children,
and lactating mothers; food packs
and multivitamins for 5,392 families;
livelihood opportunities for 7,691
farmers, fisherfolk, and indigent
families; classroom construction,
teacher training, scholarships, school
supplies, and other equipment that
benefitted 21,791 students, out-of-
school youth, and teachers; solar kits
and generators, water filters, water
pumps, hygiene kits,
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