Poverty Alleviation

Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation, Inc. (GK) is a Philippine-based movement that aims to end poverty for 5 million families, by first restoring the dignity of the poor.

Gawad Kalinga

Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation, Inc. (GK) is a Philippine-based movement that aims to end poverty for 5 million families, by first restoring the dignity of the poor. It is building a nation empowered by people with faith and patriotism; a nation made up of caring and sharing communities, dedicated to eradicating poverty.

Poverty breeds a slum mentality, forcing the poor to a survival mode where it's every man for himself. At the heart of GK's community transformation is restoring dignity, and giving back the poor's capacity to dream and work towards the fulfillment of their dreams. What begins as a journey of hope becomes a quest for freedom from poverty in all its forms--materially, and in mind and spirit. GK provides a nurturing environment to raise leaders at the grassroots and empowers communities to connect to mainstream services and opportunities.

Impact To Date

Gawad Kalinga

Building Communities & Restoring Dignity

1142

individuals supported

$180,000

total funds raised

Scale Of The Problem

 

28%

Poverty in Philippines

28% of Filipinos live below the poverty line.

199,398

is the number of informal settlers in Metro Manilla, 36.2%
of the total number of informal settlers in the country.

What We've Done