(EID-030) “THE UNIDA WAY”

By always combining the three components of manpower-infrastructure-content (M-I-C), the United National Integrated Development Alliance (UNIDA) hopes to implement its five advocacies namely to Build Homes, Eat Right, Think Green, Stay Safe and Always Learn or BETSA for short. The combination of these five advocacies add up to the UNIDA way of building homes, eating right, thinking green, staying safe and learning always.

Through the Inter-Charity Network (ICN) which is its lead organization for the shelter program, UNIDA is aiming to build homes that are not just cheaper, but are also stronger, safer and smarter. The UNIDA way is to build homes that are not just affordable, but are also sustainable as these would enable homeowners to save on costs of living in the long run.

Through the United National Health Association (UNAHEALTH) which is going to be its lead organization for the health program, UNIDA hopes to promote the habit of eating organic and natural foods, aside from enabling hospitals and clinics to modernize their service facilities.

Through SAMA-KABUHAYAN which is its lead organization for the agriculture program, UNIDA hopes to promote the lifestyle of thinking green, by taking care of the environment, aside from enabling farms and ranches to modernize their agricultural productivity facilities.

Through the Citizen’s Foundation for the Prevention of Crime & Injustice (CFPCI) which is its lead organization for the peace & order program, UNIDA hopes to promote the culture of staying safe, aside from enabling police stations and court houses to modernize their information systems.

Through the University Consortium for Resource Networking (UNICORN) which is its lead organization for the education program, UNIDA hopes to promote the practice of always learning, aside from enabling universities and schools to modernize their teaching facilities.

As I explained in my previous articles, the BETSA advocacies are in tune with the five programs of UNIDA, namely shelter, health, agriculture, peace & order and education or SHAPE for short. Many development programs fail because of the absence of one of the M-I-C components. Knowing this, UNIDA will strive hard to bring these three together, by converging these towards full completion.