He could no longer stand the kind of life reserved for an elite while millions of people are left behind in extreme poverty and violence. It no longer matched his Christian values, which had been deeply inculcated in him,” Court said. It was then that he decided to drop everything. “I became a Christian missionary at first,” Meloto told Court, before he decided to tackle the transformation of society. “I had to find some humanist values in order to be able to show humanity myself toward the poor.” Meloto told Court that in his forties, he created his non-government organization called Gawad Kalinga, which means to give care. He infiltrated Manila’s big slums where there was violence, and dealt with gangs and dealers. “Some are interested in the victims, the women and the children. Me, I am targeting the men, the ones responsible,” he told Court. Meloto said his goal was to have the people change by giving them back their dignity – and this begins with building houses and villages with schools, health centers and farms for them to have livelihood. These men who Meloto is dealing with are the same people who build the houses and villages – after signing a strict commitment to rules of good behavior.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:12:51 +0000
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