In the middle of the Duterte administration’s intensified campaign against illegal drugs, Vice-President Robredo battles against poverty that the majority of the Filipinos suffer.
Vice-President Leni Robredo marked her first 100 days in office by gathering over a thousand representatives of the partner agencies of her office to attend the “Angat Buhay” Partnerships Against Poverty Summit.
The event was held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City on October 10, Monday.
Robredo is making good of her campaign promise to prioritize those in the “laylayan” (loosely translated as ‘fringes of the society’) and led a gathering of representatives from the public and private sectors, including the international community, who pledged support for the anti- poverty programs of the 50 poorest cities and municipalities in the Philippines.
The vice-president said that the poverty summit was the product of her “laylayan trips” when she and her handful of staff went around the poorest of the poor communities around the country to make consultations about their needs.
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