THEATER groups here in Bohol stand up and take action against poverty through creative theater media to engage audiences to respond to the call for participation.
Organized by the Bohol Arts and Cultural Heritage (BACH) Council Theater committee, the community-based groups here mount pockets of theater activities from October 16-18 in different venues for the purpose, says Theater Committee Chair Lutgardo Labad recently.
The community theaters, now empowered to demand action from their leaders to tackle development issues, pressing them to abide by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), added the multi-awarded Boholano theater director-composer.
The local community theater groups led by Punta Cruz Cultural Collective in Maribojoc and joined by Antequera, Anda and Cortes guilds bring in theatrical performances to get people looking back at their government’s commitment ending poverty before 2015.
Now becoming a global snowballing action to realize the MDG by 2015, Stand Against Poverty movement has compelled leaders to make true to their promises in line with the goals of.
The MDGs, agreed by countries years ago hopes to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women.
The same goals hope to reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV AIDS and other diseases.
The countries also aim to ensure environmental sustainability by developing a global partnership for development.
Over a hundred million people from across the globe stood up last year to press for these goals, the stand up website said.
More than halfway to the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), while major advances in the fight against poverty and hunger have begun to slow, UN secretary General Ban Ki-moon bared that overall progress has been too slow for most of the targets to be met by 2015.
Most rich countries took the economic crisis as a reason for not fully giving in the pledged commitment the website said. (PIA)