SANFRAN “Purok” System For Sustainable Development

By: ALFREDO ARANAS ARQUILLANO, JR UNISDR Asia Pacific Champion for Making Cities Resilient

“The Case in San Francisco, Cebu, Philippines”

3rd Class Municipality

Land Area -10,597 hectares

No. of Barangay -15 fully energized

No. of Puroks -120 Puroks

Population - 47,000 - 2007 Census

SANFRAN Municipal Profile

. Danao City

What is Purok System?

Sanfran “Purok” System?

This is a community-driven, bottoms-up approach type of governance that sees the importance of every families in achieving sustainable development without sacrificing the environment and the next generation

Successful LGU programs integrated in Purok Level

The SANFRAN SYSTEM:A Unique Innovation

A Sanfran “Purok” System is a micro structure of the barangay unit bringing effective governance at the sub-village level, a one-of-a kind innovation seen only in San Francisco

The Purok System showcases its Capital Build Up (CBU) program that empowers communities at the purok level by allowing local initiatives to flourish.

The Bayanihan (community cooperation) is the backbone of the purok system

COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT THRU SANFRAN “PUROK” SYSTEM

Vehicle for sustainable development for municipality of San Francisco. The system that empower the community and promotes self-determination, sense of ownership and responsibility for all members to participate in local governance.

OUR STEPS IN EMPOWERING THE PUROKS(group of families)

• ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY CATALYST OR THE PUROK COORDINATORS (served as the bridge from community to lgu level)

• CONTINUOUS EDUCATION PRACTICES • ENCOURAGES BAYANIHAN SPIRIT• ACTIVITIES/Projects/Programs• LEGALIZE ACTIVITIES THROUGH RESOLUTION &

ORDINANCES• REGULAR MONITORING AND FEEDBACKING• EVALUATION & CONTEST• AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Four Time Grand Champion of Our Expanded Green Wholesome Environment that Nurtures (EGWEN)

Program

A yearly province-wide search for good governance and wholesome environment

Empowered communities …influence municipal employees to become more responsive public servant and through this LGU

awarded by the DILG Regional level“Seal of Good HouseKeeping”

Natural Resource Management & Protection: FOOD & EDUCATION FOR WORK FOR GREENIN SANFRAN

A program that encourage community participation through “Sanfran Purok System” for greenin Sanfran and this include food for work, employment and scholarship for the student of vulnerable families. This initiative will leads to water and security for the next generation.

Five R’s for Zero Waste Management: Segregation at Source through Purok System approach

Re-use, Reduce, Recycle, Refuse and Revolutionize community in managing their own waste.

Two Million Trees for Greenin Philippines “The Purok System Approach”

Run to Plant 2011-2, 526 planted Run to Plant 2012-57,747 planted with 12,242 mobilized volunteers

Garbo sa Sugbofor Local Community & Environmental ManagementLast August 5, 2011

Child & Youth Centered Climate Disaster Management: Engaging Children, in-school & out of school youth in Purok to actively participate in decision making in government related to CDRRM & town’s development

Children’s Charter for Disaster Risk Reduction

(launch in Global Platform at Geneva , Switzerland)

“Schools must be safe and education must not be interrupted “ Andre Brylle Soon and Tricia Plenos said (youth from San Francisco, Cebu, Philippines)

AGRICULTURE & LIVELIHOOD (Using SANFRAN “ Purok ” SYSTEM approach)

“Produkto Ko, Kita Ko” Livelihood Program for the vulnerable group

Enhance the capacity of vulnerable group by increasing their income by using and maximizing natural resources in the islands. This is maximizing local talent and local

resource for the less previlege person such as Person with Dis—Ability (PWD), less income family and out of school youth..

Capital Build-Up

050,000

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Central District Puroks

The Top 9 Puroks having P100,000.00 above CBUs

Municipality of San Francisco from 4th to 3rd Class Municipality

Local Tourist thru Educational Tours coming from different organizations (government, private , schools& NGO’s)Increases income in the LGU by paying environmental fees, increase sales of commodities in the store

Community_Based DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT

(Using SANFRAN “ Purok ” SYSTEM approach. A bottoms-up approach for disaster reduction)

Knowledge Management: Education for Grassroots Level or Vulnerable Group through DRR & CCA Advocators that will educate purok members

Vulnerability Assessment Program down to the Purok Level

• Every Houses & Family are counted (young, old, person with dis-ability & children thru Household Vulnerability Data Form)

BARANGAY SANTIAGOVulnerable Groups

BARANGAY SANTIAGO (HOUSES CONDITION)

Localize Millennium Development Goals&

Hyogo Framework for Action

May 8, 2011

Campaign Role Modelfor Making Cities ResilientUnited Nations

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

United NationsInternational Strategy for Disaster Reduction

SasakawaAward

for Disaster ReductionGeneva, Switzerland May 11, 2011

Asia Pacific Region Campaign Champion

January 13, 2011

for Making Cities Resilient

United NationsInternational Strategy for Disaster Reduction

APPOINTED AS

UNISDR 25 Role Model Cities Lunch MeetingGP 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland

Community_based Health Management SystemHealth services reached to the purok level ensuring that every families are healthy and aware of the different disease brought by extreme weather conditions.

Hallfamer PABASA SA NUTRISYON

by thePhilippine

Association of Nutrition

What are the major Challenges

• Economic Survival versus Purok Activities• Political Leaders Prioritization• Social Transformation “Paradigm shift”• Regular Financial Support “Budget “ to

enhance livelihood project

Opportunities

• Organized Group can easily access support• Easy delivery of basic services of the

government• People’s participation & community

empowerment are feasible to achieve• Community Problems can be address

Sustainability of the System

Continuous conduct of Informal Education for Vulnerable Group through Purok Coordinators (Local community Organizers and Disaster Risk Reduction Advocators (Group of Retired Teachers serving as the educators/instructors for the purok “Subvillage” household members)

INCREASERESILIENCE

REDUCERISK

SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT

Resilient Community leads to Sustainable Development

San Francisco become A campaign role model for making

city resilient

Urbanization offers significant opportunities to reduce poverty and gender inequality,

On the other hand, if cities persist in the uncontrolled expansion of urban perimeters,

as well as to promote sustainable development.

indiscriminate use of resources and unfettered consumption,without regard to ecological damage,

the environmental problems associated with cities will continue to worsen.

(UNFPA)

DRR & Building the culture of Resiliencyneeds to be addressed with urgency in the context

sustainable development..

Poverty eradication Integrate it into Policies

Programs

Budget

Plans

How to attain?

Sustainable Development

can be best ensured by the participation of all

Stakeholders in decision-making, Implementation, monitoring

and strengthening the capacities of

Communities and Local Executives

"We must organize the communityand accentuate dissemination of essential information.

DRR-CCA leads to sustainable development.

All of these are centered on continuousEDUCATION." ~ al arquillano ~

In collective community Action through “Purok” System

Sanfran achieves…