Urban Poor Associates
Ref: Princess L. Asuncion Mobile phone: 0908 1967450 http://urbanpoorassociates.blogspot.com
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Attention: News Editor, News Desk, Reporters and
Photojournalist
MEDIA ADVISORY
As urban poor people
celebrate World Habitat Month, Urban Poor Alliance (UP All) will organize a forum
on the new government flood control master plan. It will take place on October
9, Tuesday 9:00AM-5:00PM at the Audio Visual Room of the Social Development
Complex, Ateneo De Manila University Campus.
The
flood control master plan will be one of the most expensive public works of the
administration. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) identified a
total of 735,000 informal settlers who will be affected by the project.
The
forum will be attended by five
groups—government officials headed by the DPWH who will explain the plan and international
aid groups; professionals in housing and urban planning , urban poor leaders;
and NGOs working with the urban poor
will ask questions about the plan and make suggestions.
The
forum aims to help people learn from one another and widen understanding of the
problems—social, economic and political—that are inevitable in a project of
such magnitude. It will also seek meaningful solutions or approaches possible
in a win-win context. The meeting will issue a joint statement.
Date: October
9, 2012 (Tuesday)
Time: 9:00AM-5:00PM
Venue: Audio Visual Room of the Social Development Complex, Ateneo De Manila University Campus.
Venue: Audio Visual Room of the Social Development Complex, Ateneo De Manila University Campus.
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