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Meloto also launched the book called The Builder of Dreams, a first-hand account of the Gawad Kalinga journey, its history and the dream to end poverty for five million poorest Filipinos and build a first-world Philippines. Copies being sold at $25 sold out immediately.
During the last day, seven signed copies of the book were auctioned, with prices ranging from $250 to $440 per book. Danny Javier of the Apo Hiking Society helped during the auction. World-class Filipino artists led by maestro Ryan Cayabyab, Joey Albert, Louie Reyes and Stephanie Reese entertained the delegates on both evenings.
Response to the UN-MDG
"We are on the first phase of a three-phased campaign, starting with social justice from 2003 to 2010. We are happy to say that as of 2009, we have enough land for 700,000 families all over the country," Meloto added.
Apart from the plenary sessions, there were also four breakout workshop sessions where the delegates were divided into groups.
Two of the sessions were held at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. One focused on GK as social artistry and a global template for development and the other dwelled on GK leading a culture of change not just in the Philippines but around the world as well.
Dr. Alex Brillantes, Dean of the UP-National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), said that GK could be an emerging and possible template for development in the Philippines.
"If we look at the UN Millennium Development Goals that seek to reduce poverty by half by 2015, among others, we can see that each of these goals has a counterpart among the various programs of GK, almost a one-to-one correspondence," Brillantes remarked.
The model that Brillantes discussed refers to the convergence of the state/public, business sector and the civil society in order to come up with the solution to the pressing problems in the Philippines, key among them poverty.
"What we have here is a nascent indigenous Philippine development model for public administration and good governance, one which has become a converging point for partnership and a usable template for others," he added.
GK as a genuine model of poverty alleviation vehicle and paradigm has all the ingredients to become a template since it meets the most basic criteria, according to Brillantes.
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