As the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) celebrates
its 43rd founding anniversary Friday, Department of National Defense (DND)
Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin pledged to support all initiatives that will
uplift the welfare and well-being of the veterans and their families.
The defense chief made this statement during the anniversary
celebrations at the PVAO Covered
Court Quezon City
Gazmin also lauded the unwavering commitment of PVAO in
fulfilling its mandate as the primary agency that looks after the welfare of
veterans and in propagating their heroic deeds among the Filipino people
especially the youth.
He also underscored the reforms initiated by PVAO in
transforming itself into a more efficient and effective agency in accomplishing
its three major functions, namely: administration of pension and non-pension
benefits for the veterans and their dependents; preservation and development of
military shrines and propagation of our veterans’ heroic deeds; and the
management of veterans-related affairs.
The DND chief commended PVAO for coming up with a
well-deliberated strategic roadmap, the Kagitingan Roadmap 2022, which serves
the agency’s blueprint to sustain the early gains of reforms undertaken by the
agency and ensure that its strategic initiatives will endure changes in
leadership.
The roadmap reflects PVAO’s goals to transform the veterans
from being merely dependent clients to empowered partners, veterans’
organizations from being self-centered, factionalized and marginalized to being
united and empowered; underutilized assets and properties to being optimized
and the benefits derived from them equitably shared. It also seeks to shift
shrines and memorials to instruments that instill national pride and patriotism
and make commemorative events pervasive and community-based. Specific projects
in the roadmap also aims to rationalize pensions and benefits structure, and to
ensure veterans’ overall welfare and wellbeing.
“I cannot wait to be a witness to the realization of your
goals as laid in this blueprint. May you bring 'Kagitingan' back to its
deserved place in our nation’s value system through this roadmap,” Gazmin added.
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