Caritas PH wants to get 1 million people to give P500 each year

DSG | Caritas PH wants to get 1 million people to give P500 each year | MANILA – The Catholic Church’s charity and social action arm, Caritas Philippines, has increased its “Alay Kapwa Fund Campaign” to try to get 1,000,000 people to give at least PHP500 per year.

Caritas Philippines said in a statement Friday, “Through the expanded Alay Kapwa Fund Campaign, we hope to bring our seven legacy programs to as many families and communities as we can.”

Alay Kapwa Para sa Karunungan is a program to educate and train the young members of the family. Alay Kapwa Para sa Kalusugan is a program to feed the family. Alay Kapwa Para sa Kabuhayan is a program to meet the family’s needs for a job and food security. Alay Kapwa Para sa Kasanayan is a program to train and form the church’s social action teams.

Also, the Alay Kapwa Para sa Katugunan sa Kalamidad (emergency reaction and rehabilitation from calamities); Alay Kapwa Para sa Kalikasan (ecological advocacy), and Alay Kapwa Para sa Katarungan at Kapayapaan (justice, peace, and good governance advocacy.)

It said, “Each program is meant to help marginalized communities grow in all ways, giving them the support and help they need to get out of poverty.”

The campaign was announced to the media on Thursday at the Bay Leaf Hotel in Intramuros, Manila. Caritas Philippines president Bishop Colin Bagaforo, executive secretary of Caritas Philippines Fr. Antonio Labiao, Jr., and head of the Expanded Alay Kapwa Fund Campaign Fr. Carmelo Caluag were all there.

The official in charge of the program promised that the funds they get will go to the right people.

“We promise that your PHP500 will go to programs that help people in need,” he told her.

The event’s organizers also said that the campaign is a chance to bring together people who have material means and people who don’t.

“No one person can fix all of the world’s problems, but each of us can do something to help. “Let us work together to make Alay Kapwa the cause of every Filipino for every Filipino,” the statement said. (via PNA)