PROVINCE OF MASBATE

Masbate: The Cattle Country

Beautiful gem in the heart of the Philippine archipelago with

vast agricultural lands teeming with cattle making it the

home of Rodeo Masbateňo and other God-given tourist

attractions but majority of its people live in a very

challenging social, economic and political environment…

LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES

The islands of Masbate lie exactly in the center of the

Philippine archipelago

Bounded in the north by Burias and Ticao Pass, east by the

San Bernardino Strait, south by Visayan Sea and west by

Sibuyan Sea.

Relative to mainland Bicol, the province faces the

southwestern coasts of Camarines Sur, Albay and Sorsogon

POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

Composed of 20 municipalities and one component city

spread in three islands, Masbate with 15 municipalities,

Ticao with 4 municipalities and Burias with 2

municipalities. It has 550 barangays.

• Divided into 3 congressional districts

SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC DATA Population

Provincial Population is 15.13% of the region’s total population.

Annual population growth rate is 1.15%

Median age of 18 years old

About 52% of the total population are of productive ages (15-64 years

old)

Dependency ratio is 102.0

If the average growth rate of the population is 1.15 percent, the

population of the province is expected to double after 60 years,

increasing by 12,101 persons every year or 33 persons per day.

Population Number of

Households

Average Household

Size

Population Density

768,939 155,886 4.93 185

PARTNERS

NGOs:GOs:

All Provincial and

Municipal Government

Offices

Mobo

Communities

129,099 individuals living in Zero Open Defecation (ZOD) Areas in 4 Pilot

Municipalities

15,505 Households constructed latrines after Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS)

triggering

Hygiene Promotion Roll-out thru the BHWs & BNS

Facilitators trained in CLTS training and Refresher Course

Intensified Water Sampling and Testing through Orientation and organization of

Local Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Committee

BWASH trained on Operation and Maintenance Skills

MWASH/BWASH participated and trained in the PCVA & DRR/CP Planning and WASH

Preparedness Response

Enjoined Celebration of the World Hand Washing Day and World Toilet Day

Zero Open Defecation Program Achievement

Municipalities No. of Brgys Triggered Brgys Self-Declared/

Verified G1

Certified G1 Certified G2

Aroroy 41 27 2 7 2

Cawayan 37 37 16 6 -

Milagros 27 27 2 8 -

Monreal 11 11 - 11 -

Total 116 102 20 32 2

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

2015 Water and Sanitation Status

Water Sanitation

Total # of HH

as of 2015

Access to

Sanitation

Access to

Safe Water

2015 184,653 92,812 (50%) 125,736

(68%)

2016 185,892 98,555 (53%) 134,341

(72%)

Water and Sanitation Status 2015-2016

WASH in Schools (WINS)

• 51,393 received Essential Health Care Package (EHCP) kits and participated in the

hygiene promotion sessions

• 2,344 pupils trained on Child to Child Approach and conduct hygiene promotion

sessions

• 162 teachers trained on Child to Child Approach, 3 Star Approach ( a Global

Framework for assessing WASH in Schools) and WINS monitoring

• 142 teachers oriented on WASH integration into School Improvement Plan (SIP)

• 145 Schools formed and inducted WINS Patrol officers

• 40 WINS advisers were trained on the Operation & Maintenance of low cost WASH

facilities

• 10 Schools received WASH facilities (hand washing, sanitation and water facilities)

• 3 PSDS, 1 School Head and 3 teachers trained on Municipal and Barangay Ordinance

to Achieve (ZOD) G1 and Sustainable Sanitation Status-G2

WASH in Day Care Centers (WIND)

• 10,796 preschoolers participated in the Hygiene promotion sessions conducted by

Child Development Workers (CDW), Parents and caregivers; they also received EHCP

kits

• 288 CDW trained on conducting Hygiene Promotion activities and operation and

maintenance skills thru WIND Brigade

• 10 ECCD received WASH facilities

• 4 MSWDO trained on Municipal & Barangay Ordinances to achieve ZOD and G2 and

WASH integration into AIP

WASH in Governance• Organized and institutionalized of Provincial WASH Task Force, Municipal WASH

Committees, Barangay WASH Councils

• Signed Executive Orders in the Provincial Level

- EO No. 3 s. 2013 – Creation of the Provincial WASH Task Force for implementation of the

Water & Sanitation Program (MoU on F/X approach)

- EO No. 11 s. 2015 – An order integrating & Operationalizing Rural Sanitation

Graduation Framework in the Local Health System of Masbate Province. (1st Provincial

Sanitation Summit, theme: Countdown to ZERO; scaling-up rural sanitation province

wide.

- EO No. 5 s. 2016 – Streamlining the Rural Sanitation Graduation Framework in the

Local Health System in the Entire Province, Reconstituting the Provincial Water,

Sanitation and Hygiene Task Force and for other purposes

• Capacity building in the development of Sanitation Ordinances, formulation of

barangay resolution for WASH

• Capacity Building in MDRRMC/MWASH, BDRRMC/BWASHC

• Reviewed Provincial and Municipal WASH Plans

• Synchronizing Provincial/Municipal WASH Plans and projects with WASH projects

under BUB and other WASH funds

THANK YOU!