a high honor to all the military officers in the philippines

Love of God and of our Country.. This is how I first felt that my country needs me.. this is the first time that God touches me through GK.. Just don’t understand why.. all i knew was it was my responsibility and my response to the existing problem of our country.. the real problem of our country.. the POVERTY.. first and for most it come to my end why.. why we suffer from this problem when in reality we are as rich as any other 1st world country we knew.. we have every resources we could use and our Country itself possess the richness of its land..

Indeed our country needs a CHANGE.. a change we could not achieve through street rallies, promising words, or by just being passive to our situation or worst the “Bahala na“ manners that we all Filipino have.. I knew that we have done this before.. a strong united movement of Filipinos who battle against the threat of dictatorship and other form of being oppress.. Our experience it over and over again and it is proven that we could win the battle through our unity and Bayanihan culture..

Today as a modern Filipinos and Youth.. We could all relate to what our Heroes live to us.. As the hope of our country by Dr. Jose P. Rizal and the Filipino is worth dying for by Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino.. and the rest of the Heroes who fought to gain our freedom back again.. But the reality itself speaks.. our enemy is poverty which is the cause and the root of all the problems exist nowadays..

As a Filipino truly it is our responsibility to carry our own problem and put our thoughts into action.. the Love we show to God will be much more fruitful if we knew how to share our blessings to others and to those who need it.. and our Love for our country will be more meaningful if we could uplift our country from poverty..

This is a call for each and every Filipinos throughout the World to help the poor among the poorest Filipinos and give them a chance to achieve their dreams.. and so Gawad Kalinga is born.. GK as one is a movement towards a Progressive Philippines.. and a movement eliminating poverty.. a real change from slum to a develop villages.. and to build a Country and the Kingdom of God.. and for our Future generation to come..

To accept the problem and challenges of our BAYAN..To awake the spirit of BAYANI within us.. and to become one in through BAYANIHAN..