From an article in Inquirer by Allison Lopez:
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"GK is very focused on 20 percent of the poorest of the poor. The thrust of our work now is 70 percent of the countryside. We can keep the poor from leaving the countryside to squat in Manila," said Meloto of their attempt to reverse migration.
He added: "Poverty really debases us, insults us as a people…Some are forced to live like animals in slums. The Filipinos' potential for excellence never has the chance to develop kasi pinalaki silang malnourished."
The rich and the poor need not be enemies, said Meloto, because both would be "victims if they do not work together." After all, GK is not a work of charity but a work of nation-building, he added.
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It's what he calls "a new generation of patriots and heroes" in an ambitious goal of bringing the Philippines "out of the Third World within our lifetimes."
"Every Filipino can be a hero for his country. We have to really see that it is not a liability but an asset," he said. "God did not make a mistake that he decides us to be Filipinos. Kahit maraming problema, we remain one of the happiest in the planet because of strong faith and strong family values."
