Plans for change

July 15, 2009

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Bagong Pilipinas needs to address the core needs of the nation as an important step towards social transformation.

Gift-Giving: Sharing by Example

Children in poor areas around the country are denied the most basic rights. A gesture as simple as gift-giving can often light up a child’s life. We believe that gift-giving is sharing by example. Through generosity and concern for the plight of our less fortunate brothers and sisters in depressed areas, BPBPM believes that we become catalysts for change – by giving hope and fostering a spirit of unity and love.

Medical Missions: Establishing Health Outreach Hubs

Throughout the Philippines, millions of our countrymen still suffer from lack of medical attention and supplies. Diseases still cripple and claim lives everyday. BPBPM, with the cooperation of different Church and civic groups, is active in organizing medical missions to help address these concerns. We hope to be able to set up “health outreach hubs” in key regional centers in the Philippines from where medical missions may be regularly launched. This network can better attend to the needs of our sick brothers and sisters, especially in the rural areas, and deliver basic health services that have otherwise been denied them.

Book-Giving: Education & Literacy are Basic Rights

Education is a basic human right. Yet millions of Filipino children have never read a book. Poverty, government neglect, and sometimes necessity, keep them from learning. BPBPM believes change is a seed that must be planted and then nourished, and one way of doing this is by helping our children learn. Literacy is not a privilege but a right of every Filipino regardless of gender, creed or social standing. BPBPM believes in literacy as a tool for change, and we aim to use it by way of book-giving missions nationwide.

Nourishment Program: Freedom from Hunger

BPBPM will work through partner Church and civic groups to conduct feeding programs in poor areas. Nourishment is a critical element in the well-being of every Filipino. Whether working with existing aid networks or creating new ones, BPBPM strives to provide our less fortunate brothers and sisters with nourishment missions because we believe in freedom from hunger.