CITY GOVERNMENT OF

MUNTINLUPA

Theme:“Addressing Poverty and Starvation”
Discussion on:
 Establishment of Muntinlupa City Muslim Affairs Office Strengthening the Local Economic Development Cluster
towards Local Poverty Alleviation1

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Brief City Profile
Muntinlupa City
 Southernmost City in the
National Capital Region (NCR)
a.k.a. Metro Manila
 Land Area:
46.7 square kilometers Composition
9 Barangays or Villages
 Population:
504,509 (2015 Census)

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Establishment of Muslim Affairs Office
Muslim Profile in the City
 Total population of 3,810
individuals
 3 groups or tribes: Maranao,Maguindanaon and Tausug

 7 Mosques established indifferent parts of the city
 Economic activity is mostlyon retail of goods

4Establishment of Muslim Affairs Office
Executive Order 16, s. 2014
 The City recognizes theculture, traditions,employment opportunities,
access to services, right topeace and order, comfortand convenience of Muslim
residents in the City.
 1st Local Government in theCountry to establish Muslim
Affairs OfficeMajor Programs & Accomplishments
 Census of Muslim
residents in the city Database Management

 Social Integration Services
 Health Care Services
 Scholarship andEducational Assistance Peace and Order(capacitating andorganizing Salam PoliceVolunteers) Orientation on Sharia
and other related laws5

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Major Programs & Accomplishments
 Economic Integration Services
 Business fora and dialogues withMuslim vendors
 Livelihood skills trainings
 Micro-finance zero-interest loan,
and other capacity-building
activities

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Major Programs & Accomplishments
 Other Services: Quarterly meetings andconsultations with Muslimleaders Support to celebrations like
International Peace Day,
International Children’s Day,
Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-AdhaMajor Programs & Accomplishments
 Other Services
 Inclusion of Peace
Education in all junior highschools in Muntinlupa City
 Assistance in cash and inkind to Marawi Siege
survivors in relief andrehabilitation works
 PhP 5 Million every year to
support education ofMarawi children, in thenext 5 years.

89Citations

Chieftain of Peaceby the Southern Philippines
Muslims-Non Muslims Unity
Development Association(SPMUDA) (Sep. 2017)

World Peace and Understanding
Advocate Award

Peace Advocate Award

by Rotary Club International(Feb. 2017)by the Bangsamoro FederalBusiness Council forcontinued act of service to theMuslim Community (Mar.
2017)

Local Economic Development Cluster
Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) an organized process of data
gathering, assisted by DILG andDLS-CSB:
1) to diagnose the extent ofpoverty at local level;2) to determine the causes;
3) to formulate appropriate
intervention programs;4) to target eligible
beneficiaries; and5) to assess the impacts.

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CBMS results showed the local poverty
incidence at 7.8% (in 2015), comprising
5,981 households, and their geographiclocations.
It was a little larger than national
government census with 5.7% poverty
incidence for NCR or Metro Manila.

Geographic Locationsof Poor Households

11Local Economic Development Cluster Economic Development
Cluster was convened tocraft an Integrated Poverty
Reduction Strategies:
 Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprise (MSME)
Development - thru zerointerest micro-finance andcooperative loans
 Business development andlivelihood trainings
 Establishment ofBusiness Center Technical Education &Skills Development
 Employment facilitation
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Local Economic Development Cluster Poverty reduction programs:
 Educational assistance andscholarship Housing program Health and sanitation programs
 Nutrition (feeding program)13

Program Outcomes and Impacts
 Effects and impacts of programs
undergo continuous validation thru
surveys and data gathering to assessincrease in incomes, improvement insocial condition and overall qualityof life.
 Scholarship program become inclusivewith around 50,000 beneficiaries fromprimary, secondary, tertiary and evenpost-graduate students.
 Around 6,000 micro-entrepreneurs
benefitting from zero-interest microfinance loan assistance.
 Decreasing incidence of malnutrition in
the past 4 years

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THANK YOU.