Thank you for inviting the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to take part in this important event. We are always delighted to engage with the microfinance community, our chief partners in promoting financial inclusion in the countryside. The microfinance community is no stranger to servant leadership.
From officers taking voluntary pay cuts to members distributing relief goods to the needy, your collective response has served as an outstanding example of leadership through crisis. We commend APPEND particularly for its Food Cart for Nanays program, which provides seed capital to poor families affected by the pandemic. This is a worthy undertaking in its aim to help Filipinos regain dignity of work.