May 19, 2023
Real Life Stories Behind 4Ps – Former 4Ps beneficiary and ESGPPA grantee now a Public School teacher
Education is one of the effective weapons to fight poverty. This was the belief carried by Kimberly Velasco Jumuad as she grew up in the coastal area of Dipolog, Zamboanga Del Norte. Kimberly came from a poor household with five members. She was the youngest of three siblings. Growing up, she saw the struggles of her parents to sustain their family. “I grew up witnessing the hard work and sacrifices of my parents which are evident through their sweat, their white hair, their skin discoloration nanglagum na agi sa kainit (burned from the scorching heat). The pain and exhaustion every […]