Introduction 1. a deliberate desire to uplift the lives of the poor statement of the problem deductive? do we want to explore the theory of social economy inductive? are we dealing with an experiment the statement: Center of mercy: ways to build up the economy of the poor 2. methodology using the deductive method, that is, from the theories of social science, especially as regards social economics, we can deduce that it is possible to uplift the lives of the poor, the primary source is the program of the Philippines for poverty alleviation. where as in inductive method, since we conducted an experiment, we might induce that it possible to uplift the lives of the poor. i would rather that from well-researched social theories, we can deduce a matter of action or create a program that would uplift the lives of the poor. what are the theories of social economics? after knowing the theories and principles of social economics, we can deduce a program of action to uplift the life of one fam