THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016
NEDA, World Bank presents ‘AmBisyon Natin 2040’ results in CDO
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – How do Filipinos envision themselves and the country come 2040? The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), in partnership with World Bank’s Knowledge for Development Community (KDC) presented the
findings of the long-term visioning project dubbed “AmBisyon Natin 2040” at Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City on June 20, as part of its Mindanao leg of sharing and
stakeholder consultations. The event aims to establish a wider coalition for AmBisyon Natin 2040 as it intends to communicate its collective goals to various stakeholders, particularly the youth. It also seeks to document the public’s comments and inputs on the results of the national survey and identify ways and activities to bolster awareness, support, and ownership of the vision. XU’s Social Development cluster, Economics and Development Communication departments served as hosts of the CDO validation forum, held at XU - Southeast Asia Rural Social Leadership Institute (Searsolin) in Manresa Farm Complex. The event gathered together leaders from different sectors, namely, the academe, civil society, youth groups, local media, and the business chamber, among others. The public forum’s panel were composed of XU president Fr Roberto C Yap SJ, Xavier’s academic vicepresident Fr Rene Tacastacas SJ, Oro Youth Development Council chairperson Ernesto Neri, and Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc’s vice president for the agricultural sector Roberto “Bobby” Ansaldo. Aside from the presentations, panel discussions, and a press conference, a workshop will be conducted to come up with a general alignment and agreement of the participants’ vision for their community and the country from the results of
the survey. The results were presented by NEDA’s OIC-assistant director general for policy and planning Carlos Bernardo Abad Santos while NEDA’s development information director Nerrisa Esguerra will lead the crafting of communication and advocacy plans after the workshop. In September 2015, XU became the 18th member of the network of World Bank’s KDCs nationwide, and is one of the three in Mindanao. The Filipino aspirations Earlier this month, NEDA released the results of AmBisyon Natin 2040 which contained a long-term vision for the Philippines based on the aspirations, values, and principles of Filipinos. Ten thousand respondents across the archipelago were asked of what they want to achieve for themselves and for the country by the year 2040. The survey was commissioned by both the Philippine Competition Commission and NEDA in March 2015. The Vision of Filipinos for Self reads: “In 2040, all Filipinos will enjoy a stable and comfortable lifestyle, secure in the knowledge that we have enough for our daily needs and unexpected expenses, that we can plan and prepare for our own and our children’s futures. Our families live together in a place of our own, yet we have the freedom to go where we desire, protected and enabled by a clean, efficient, and fair government.”
Meanwhile, the Vision of Filipinos for the Country reads: “The Philippines shall be a country where all citizens are free from hunger and poverty, have equal opportunities, enabled by fair and just society that is governed with order and unity. A nation where families live together, thriving in vibrant, culturally diverse, and resilient communities.” AmBisyon Natin 2040 also examined the quality of life that people want to have by 2040, and it aims to serve as an anchor for development planning and international development assistance across at least four administrations.
The findings of AmBisyon Natin 2040 revealed that an overwhelming 79 percent of Filipinos aspire for a “simple and comfortable life,” defined as having the following: Medium-sized home; Having enough earnings to support daily needs; Owning at least one vehicle; The capacity to provide college education for their children; and Going on local trips for vacation. NEDA director general Ernesto Pernia told the Business Mirro that the forthcoming Duterte administration is open to using AmBisyon Natin 2040 for its economic development initiatives. (XU Comm)
ARMM health worker to receive Bayani ng Kalusugan Award 2016 MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur – A health worker from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will receive an award from the Department of Health (DoH) central office on June 23, in Manila for her excellent service in her community. Virginia Cadano, 56, a midwife from Lamitan City in Basilan, will receive the DoH ‘Bayani ng Kalusugan Award 2016’. The award, given annually, aims at recognizing individuals, groups and organizations for exemplary work, innovation and reforms towards universal health care (UHC).
Cadano has been serving as a rural health midwife in Brgy. Limo-ok Health Center for the past 29 years. She earlier served in Jolo, Sulu for six years. Kadil Sinolinding, DoH-ARMM Secretary, said the Bayani ng Kalusugan Award is a platform that honors and celebrates excellence in work that
meets the highest standards of quality and provides satisfaction to clients. “Cadano had consistently displayed such excellence,” he added. Since her assumption as a rural health midwife in 1987, there has been no maternal and new born child death recorded in the barangay health center where she serves. “Kapag may nanganganak sa health center na hindi namin kaya, nire-refer po namin agad sa ospital para mabigyan sila ng utmost health care (Difficult childbirth that we could not handle is referred immediately
to the nearest hospital so the mother would be given utmost health care),” Cadano said. “Marami ring mga pasyente mula sa ibang municipalities at barangays na malapit sa amin ang gustong magavail ng services sa amin, tinatanggap po namin dahil public birthing facility iyon (We also attend to patients from nearby municipalities and villages since this is a public birthing facility),” Cadano added. In June 2015, the DoHARMM conducted the High Impact Five (HI-5) Health Summit at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex in this city. The five critical UHC programs discussed are the following: reduction of maternal deaths; improvement of infant health and reduced infant deaths; improvement of the health of children under five years old; combating human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and malaria, as well as other diseases; and implementation of a service delivery network in all areas of the region. “UHC HI-5 is a strategy that focuses on five critical universal health care interventions such as prioritizing the poor, providing tangible outputs, which are felt through synchronized