Fr. Norberto Carcellar adopted the savings

program he learned from other countries but

modified It for Payatas into a highly organized

project-the only way to effect long-lasting

results and systemic change for the Poor.

There are different strategies to bring about long·lasting change, Mission-oriented strategies are one of them. This strategy considers poverty as a product of unjust situations-- ones that favor the strongest and pull down the weakest. However, these situations can be changed.