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==[[Marinduque News]]==
==[[Marinduque News]]==
'''Church org aids gov’t efforts on housing and education'''
'''Mass wedding binds 39 couples in Boac'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=1851332135731
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=2171332394314
*Monday 19th of March 2012
*Thursday 22nd of March 2012
:by Mayda N. Lagran and Lanie Bolina-Ronquillo
:by Mayda Lagran




BOAC, Marinduque, March 19 (PIA) -- Couples for Christ (CFC) Marinduque, a Catholic lay organization, has been sustaining a mission program called Answering the Cry of the Poor (ANCOP), which supports government programs on poverty alleviation.
BOAC, Marinduque, Mar. 22 (PIA) -- The Local Civil Registry Office in Boac, held a mass wedding for 39 couples held at the Boac Covered Court yesterday, March 21.
   
   
Bro. Momay Mayo, representing CFC-ANCOP in Marinduque, said that housing may not mean just constructing a house but more “building a home” for the poor members of society.
Mayor Roberto Madla acted as the solemnizing officer in the mass wedding, dubbed “Officially Yours, Now and Forever.”
   
   
“Our focus or priority is building a home and not just a house by giving training on value formation to parents and scholars and giving education to members who cannot afford to send their children to school”, Mayo said. That is why ANCOP has integrated two priority programs such as housing and educaiton for the less fortunate communities in Marinduque.
Madla congratulated the newlyweds and explained how fortunate they are to submit to a mass wedding, since most of them have been living together for so many years without the benefit of marriage.
   
   
Duplex houses are now being constructed in Baranggays Biga and Sta.Cruz where CFC members who either do not own a house and lot or need help for the repair and improvement of existing houses.
The municipality of Boac shouldered all expenses for the event including registration, flowers, give away mugs with the newlyweds’ pictures, cakes, wines and photography services. Even the processing of the marriage legal documents and legitimization of their children were processed for free.
   
   
There were actually seven housing sites identified for the project, but only three sites were sustained. These are found in Barangays Isok, Pawa and Biga, Sta.Cruz. The project is being monitored by the provincial government.
As a symbolic gift, the newlyweds were given Gemelina and Mahogany Trees that they can plant like a treasure to Mother Earth.
   
   
ANCOP’s education assistance, the “Child Sponsorship Program” will start before the next school year. Allotted to the province are 30 slots for elementary, high school and college levels. Beneficiaries of the program will receive full scholarship on tuition fees, with a budget of P30,000 for a two-year course. High school scholars will get P15,000 and elementary scholars will receive P6,000, all inclusive of school uniforms and supplies.
The couples were also given a business starter package by the municipal government of Boac through a cash loan and native piglets for their livelihood.
   
   
An international fund-raising event of the CFC dubbed “2nd Global Walk” intends to solicit more funds to accommodate more beneficiaries for education and housing projects. (LBR/MNL-PIA4B)
However, they were asked to pay for it by donating back to the municipal government two piglets from the brood, which in turn will be given to other couples to be married in the future.
National Statistics Office Regional Director Flordeliza Monteclaro graced the event with Provincial Statistics Officer Leny Rioflorido.
Monteclaro said the decline in the number of registered marriages annually is very noticeable not only in Marinduque but throughout the country. This is why efforts like Kasalan Ng Bayan by the Local Civil Registrar’s Office are needed to encourage more couples to get married and avoid having illegitimate children. (BOAC/LBR/MNL-PIA4B)


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