About KPML:
The Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng mga Maralita ng Lunsod (KPML) is a Confederation of different community organizations that serves to unite the urban poor in one perspective, stand and goal in order to have an effective political force towards the positive change in the urban poor.
It is a confederation with a nationalistic character, in which diverse organizations coming from different regions, provinces, cities and towns may be able to join. It operates in a democratic system in which officials are put into positions by the masses. The Philippine Constitution, by-laws, resolutions, programs and rules and regulations strengthen the whole membership.
During the Marcos dictatorial regime, the struggle of the poor were separated and disunited. There was no existing centralized action; thus KPML had become the central political organization for the poor. It was built to unite and organize the less fortunate's actions towards housing, livelihood, service and human rights issues. Its goal was to give the poor a political stand towards social change and social equality and equity. Because of this, KPML was established on December 18, 1986, with the aid of organizations such as Zone One Tondo Organization (ZOTO), Coalition of Urban Poor Againts Poverty (CUPAP), the Pagkakaisa ng Mamamayan ng Navotas (PAMANA) and other organizations for the poor.
From the National Capital Region where KPML is established by the poor, in the present, there are other federation members and local organizations in Panay - Guimaras, Bacolod, Cebu, Cavite, Rizal, Laguna, along the railroad sides, and urban and rural poor unions across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
In the midst of 1987, KPML became a part of the establishment of National Congress of Urban Poor Organizations (NACUPO) that served the People’s Proposal in Malacañang. It contains researches and surveys about the plights of the urban poor and the found loopholes and weaknesses in the Low Cost Housing Project, in which they had submitted an alternative to the (Corazon) Aquino government. The consultations resulted to the government building the Urban Poor Task Force, in which, thereafter, built the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP), which will serve as a guide to the implementation of the programs for the urban poor .
Though the aforementioned agency was built, no content of the People's Proposal was fulfilled. Some of them are the provision that the leader of PCUP should be an urban poor, the provision that prevents violent demolitions and evictions among urban poor, etc. After a year, NACUPO was dissolved and the struggle of the urban poor towards social change and equality was once again handled by KPML.
It is a confederation with a nationalistic character, in which diverse organizations coming from different regions, provinces, cities and towns may be able to join. It operates in a democratic system in which officials are put into positions by the masses. The Philippine Constitution, by-laws, resolutions, programs and rules and regulations strengthen the whole membership.
During the Marcos dictatorial regime, the struggle of the poor were separated and disunited. There was no existing centralized action; thus KPML had become the central political organization for the poor. It was built to unite and organize the less fortunate's actions towards housing, livelihood, service and human rights issues. Its goal was to give the poor a political stand towards social change and social equality and equity. Because of this, KPML was established on December 18, 1986, with the aid of organizations such as Zone One Tondo Organization (ZOTO), Coalition of Urban Poor Againts Poverty (CUPAP), the Pagkakaisa ng Mamamayan ng Navotas (PAMANA) and other organizations for the poor.
From the National Capital Region where KPML is established by the poor, in the present, there are other federation members and local organizations in Panay - Guimaras, Bacolod, Cebu, Cavite, Rizal, Laguna, along the railroad sides, and urban and rural poor unions across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
In the midst of 1987, KPML became a part of the establishment of National Congress of Urban Poor Organizations (NACUPO) that served the People’s Proposal in Malacañang. It contains researches and surveys about the plights of the urban poor and the found loopholes and weaknesses in the Low Cost Housing Project, in which they had submitted an alternative to the (Corazon) Aquino government. The consultations resulted to the government building the Urban Poor Task Force, in which, thereafter, built the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP), which will serve as a guide to the implementation of the programs for the urban poor .
Though the aforementioned agency was built, no content of the People's Proposal was fulfilled. Some of them are the provision that the leader of PCUP should be an urban poor, the provision that prevents violent demolitions and evictions among urban poor, etc. After a year, NACUPO was dissolved and the struggle of the urban poor towards social change and equality was once again handled by KPML.