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The Conditional Cash

Transfer Program Watch

Project

Implemented by the CONCERNED CITIZENS OF

ABRA FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT, INC. (CCAGG)

April 2011 - May 2012

With funding support from PARTNERSHIP TRANSPARENCY FUND (PTF)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Content Page No.

INTRODUCTION 7

Poverty Situation in Abra 8

The Conditional Cash Transfer Program Watch Project 9

THE BASELINE SURVEY 10

Results of the Baseline Survey for the Second Batch of Municipalities (Bucay, Luba, Tubo, Boliney, Bucloc and Baay-Licuan)

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Recommended for inclusion in the list of beneficiaries 13

Recommended for exclusion from the list of beneficiaries 14

Compliance to the Conditions of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program (CCTP) 14

1. Schooling of children aged 5-14 14

2. Visit to RHU Centers/Clinics of children aged 0-14 14

3. Visit to RHU Centers/Clinics of mothers in reproductive age 15

4. Attendance to Family Development Sessions (FDS) and topics discussed during the sessions

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Usage of Cash Transfer 16

Problems identified during the monitoring visit 17

1. On schooling of children aged 5-14 17



4. Attendance to Family Development Sessions (FDS) 18

5. Usage of Cash Transfer 18

Results of the Program 21

1. Schooling of children aged 5-14 21



4. Attendance to Family Development Sessions (FDS) 22

Best Practices 23

General Observations and Other Data Gathered Per Municipality 24

Monitoring the Supplementary Feeding Program 30

Malnourished Children 30

Persons with Disabilities 30

Other Activities Conducted 30

Summary of Findings from the 12 Municipalities Visited 31

Impacts of the Program 32

DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING TOOL 34

Means and Process of Validation 34

MONITORING CUM FORMATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED MONITORING TEAMS 35

ADVOCACY ON GOOD GOVERNANCE 36

POLICY FORUM / DIALOGUE WITH DSWD 37

Lessons Learned from the CCTP Watch Project 38

Recommendations 42

Conclusion 42

FINANCIAL REPORT 43

ANNEXES 43

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold, Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Families/Population by Province, CAR; 2006 and 2009

Table 2 Dates of validation for the 2nd batch of municipalities (Bucay, Luba, Tubo, Boliney, Bucloc and Baay-Licuan)

Table 3 Number of barangays validated in the second batch of municipalities

Table 4 Total number of barangays visited

Table 5 Number of CCTP beneficiaries of the 6 municipalities (second batch)

Table 6 Number of CCTP beneficiaries for the 12 municipalities that have been validated

Table 7 Number of municipalities covered by the CCTP per set and number of beneficiaries per municipality in the province of Abra

Table 8 Recommended number of beneficiaries for inclusion per municipality

Table 9 Recommended number of beneficiaries per municipality for exclusion from the list

Table 10 Persons with disabilities found during the validation process

Table 11 Number of households for inclusion and exclusion

Table 12 Number of participants per municipality of the seminar of Parent Leaders on People‟s Participation and Social Accountability

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LIST OF ACRONYMS

ABC Association of Barangay Captains

AMIC Abra Mining Corporation

ARMM Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao

BHW Barangay Health Worker

BMC Bucay Movement for Change

BUS Beneficiary Updates System

CAR Cordillera Administration Region

CCAGG Concerned Citizens of Abra For Good Government

CCTP Conditional Cash Transfer Program

CSO Civil Society Organization

CVS Compliance Verification System

DILG Department of Interior and Local Government

DSWD Department of Social Welfare and Development

FDS Family Development Session

GRS Grievance Redress System

IKSP Indigenous Knowledge Skills and Practices

INDRS Inter-NGO Disaster Relief Services

IPRA Indigenous Peoples‟ Rights Act

LGU Local Government Unit

MDGs Millennium Development Goals

ML Municipal Link

MOA Memorandum of Agreement

MSWDO Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer

NAPC National Anti-Poverty Commission

NGA National Government Agency

NGO Non-Government Organization

NHTS-PR National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction

NSCB National Statistical Coordination Board

PMT Proxy Means Indicator

4Ps Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program

PTCA Parents-Teachers-Community Association

PTF Partnership Transparency Fund

PWD Persons with Disabilities

RHU Rural Health Unit

RIC Rural Improvement Club

SAE Small Area Estimates

SEA – K Self-Employment Assistance para sa Kaunlaran / Kapakanan

VAWC Violence Against Women and Children

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We wish to acknowledge the numerous people who have journeyed with the Project Team in conducting the survey in the 12 municipalities:

- The Parent Leaders who made the tasks easy for the Project Team. They know the people, they know the terrain, and without them it would have been difficult for the team to hurdle the challenges of being in unknown territories meeting new faces.

- The Barangay Captains who welcomed the team, mobilized the community for meetings, shared their dining table and the warmth of their home for the team to have a good rest at night after a back-breaking day.

- The CCAGG volunteers for their commitment and perseverance, the courage to travel with the team on foot under the scorching heat of the sun, sometimes under heavy drops of rain trekking rugged mountains and trails, and wrestling with muddy roads just so communities that have long been neglected can be reached.

- The countless faces whom the team met and had encounters, the experiences with them have been very valuable and have brought joy and meaning to the lives of each member.

We also want to thank our partner, Partnership and Transparency Fund (PTF) for believing in our cause and our advocacy for good governance, and for making possible this project, the CCTP Watch Project, another trailblazing engagement.

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PROJECT TERMINAL REPORT

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INTRODUCTION The Conditional Cash Transfer Program (CCTP) or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) has become the largest and core social assistance program in the Philippines. The program is one of the responses of the Philippine government to the challenge of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), namely: 1) eradicating extreme poverty and hunger; 2) achieving universal primary education; 3) promoting gender equality and empowering women; 4) reducing child mortality; and 5) improving maternal health. Since the launching of the program in 2008, the number of CCTP beneficiary households has increased rapidly to 3 million in 2012 covering almost 60% of total poor Filipino households who are identified under the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) with a budget of P39 billion. Budget support for the program has nearly doubled every year from P10 billion in 2010 to P21 billion in 2011 and P39 billion in 20121. As of February 27, 2013, the CCTP operates in 1,605 cities and municipalities in 79 provinces in all 17 regions nationwide with 3,851,691 household beneficiaries.2 The CCTP targets 4.6 million poor families, 2.3 million families were targeted for 2011. The CCTP is patterned after the conditional cash transfer programs in Latin American and African countries which have been successful as poverty reduction and social development measure. The CCTs in these countries are oriented at inducing a socially optimum behavior and are seen as contracts with recipients for delivery of a service, not as handout programs. There are several conditions that beneficiaries have to meet to be able to receive the cash grant. On the area of Health and Nutrition, a pregnant household member should visit the local health center to avail of prenatal and postnatal care (at least one postnatal care within 6 weeks after childbirth), and avail of appropriate delivery services by a skilled health professional. For children 0 – 5 years old, they visit the health center to avail immunization; for children 0 – 2 years old to have monthly weight monitoring and nutrition counseling; for 25 to 73 weeks old children to have quarterly weight monitoring; and to have management of childhood diseases for sick children. Children 6 – 14 years old must receive de-worming pills twice a year. On Education, children 3 – 5 years old should be enrolled in a day care or pre-school program and maintain a class attendance rate of at least 85% per month. Likewise, children 6 – 14 years old must be enrolled in elementary and secondary school and maintain a class attendance rate of at least 85% monthly. Other conditions are for parents or guardians to attend Family Development Sessions (FDS) at least once a month, ensure attendance in Responsible Parenthood Sessions and Family Counseling Sessions, and participate in community activities, promote and strengthen the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) or CCTP.

1 Conditional Cash Transfers and School Enrollment: Impact of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program in the

Philippines by Nazmul Chaudhury and Yuko Okamura, July 2012 2DSWD “Bawal ang Epal Dito Campaign”, Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 8, 2013

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For Health and Nutrition Grant, P6,000.00 per year or P500.00 per month per household is provided. For Education Grant, P3,000.00 per year or P300.00 per month per child for 10 months a year to a maximum of 3 children per household. A household with 3 qualified children receives a subsidy of P1,400.00/month during the school year or P15,000.00 annually as long as they comply with the conditions. To effectively implement the program, the DSWD has installed three major systems:

1) Beneficiary Updates System (BUS) – is a system that updates, validates and records the changes in the beneficiary household profile.

2) Compliance Verification System (CVS) – is a system that processes the compliance of beneficiaries to the conditions of the program. The data generated by the CVS is the basis of the amount of cash grants a household can receive.

3) Grievance Redress System (GRS) – is a system that processes the resolution of complaints and grievances received related to program implementation.

On a regular basis, schools and health centers verify whether beneficiaries have complied with the conditions. Until 2010, verification and payments were processed quarterly. Starting in 2011, processing was done every two months.

There are 4 objectives of the CCTP: 1) To improve preventive health care among pregnant women and young children; 2) To increase the enrolment in and attendance rate of children in school; 3) To reduce the incidence of child labor; 4) To raise the average consumption rate in food expenditure of poor households; and 5) To encourage parents to invest in their children‟s human capital through investments in health and nutrition, education and participation in community activities. The DSWD had set the criteria in the selection of household beneficiaries. Eligible households are: 1) residents of the poorest municipalities based on 2003 Small Area Estimates (SAE) of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB); 2) households whose economic condition is equal to or below the provincial poverty threshold3; 3) households that have children 0 – 14 years old and/or have a pregnant woman at the time of assessment, 6 – 14 years old children must be in school; and 4) households that agree to meet conditions specified in the program. The poorest households are selected through a Proxy Means Test (PMT)4 which determines the socio-economic category of families. Poverty Situation in Abra In Abra, poverty situation worsened with poverty incidence of 33.3% among families posting higher rate in 2009, third highest among provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region (Table 1)5.

3 This refers to the annual per capita income required or the amount to be spent to satisfy basic food requirements

and other non-food basic needs. In Abra, the poverty threshold in 2009 is P16,132.00. 4 It is a statistical/econometric method in which a set of core variables correlated with income/consumption which

is used to predict household level income/consumption. In the Philippines, PMT is used to predict income; households are then stratified according to official income poverty lines which vary by province. 5 NSCB, April 2011

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Table1: Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold, Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor

Families/Population by Province, CAR: 2006 and 2009

PROVINCE

Annual Per Capita Poverty

Threshold (Pesos)

Poverty Incidence

Among Families (Percent)

Magnitude of Poor Families

Poverty Incidence of Population (Percent)

Magnitude of Poor Population

2006 2009 2006 2009 2006 2009 2006 2009 2006 2009 CAR 12,976 16,122 18.6 17.1 56,346 54,949 23.0 22.9 338,270 346,193

Abra 13,022 16,132 32.6 33.3 14,638 15,182 41.0 43.7 86,961 94,088

Apayao 12,654 15,623 37.0 36.3 7,804 8,463 41.7 43.2 44,890 51,193

Benguet 12,944 15,820 3.6 4.0 4,776 5,992 5.2 5.8 33,480 39,249

Ifugao 13,750 16,975 18.1 21.3 6,493 7,716 24.0 28.9 41,474 48,793

Kalinga 11,975 14,781 33.4 19.3 11,750 7,314 39.7 25.9 72,726 50,198

Mt. Province 13,863 17,116 34.3 33.8 10,885 10,280 39.7 45.7 58,738 62,671

In terms of magnitude, Abra had the most number of poor families and individuals in the region with 15,182 families or 94,088 individuals living below the poverty line. The province accounted for more than a quarter or 27.6% of all poor families in CAR. Abra placed 6th in 2000, 19th in 2003 and 9th in 2009 with high poverty incidence among the 82 provinces of the Philippines (ANNEX 1: Poverty Incidence among Population (%), Province of Abra: 2000, 2003 and 2009). Abra is included among Set 1 areas of the CCTP that comprise the poorest 20 provinces that have been prioritized in 2008.

The Conditional Cash Transfer Program Watch Project The Conditional Cash Transfer Program Watch or CCTP Watch was conceived during the time that the CCTP or 4 Ps (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program) was at the midst of a controversy following the passage of the DSWD budget in 2011 by Congress without cut despite many questions regarding the capacity of the department to implement the program6. Although the program is designed to reach the poor families, in reality this is not so. People complain that many in the list of beneficiaries are government employees; many are known to have the means in life. This was the main reason why the CCAGG decided to embark on the

6 “2 Senators Call for Review of Cash Transfer Program,” The Philippine Star, June 4, 2011.

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CCTP Watch project. CCAGG‟s intervention to the CCT Program is very crucial so that the intended beneficiaries, the poorest of the poor, are the ones to be benefited7. The CCTP Watch Project has two objectives: the inclusion of the poorest of the poor as beneficiaries of the program, and to ensure that government (public) money is not wasted. It has 5 components: baseline survey, monitoring tool development, monitoring cum formation of community-based monitoring team, advocacy on good governance and policy dialogue with DSWD. The Project targeted 14 municipalities (Boliney, La Paz, Villaviciosa, Bucloc, Tubo, Baay-Licuan, Luba, Langiden, Bucay, San Isidro, Danglas, Malibcong, Lacub and Lagayan) but was able to reach only 12 municipalities8 due to security reasons.

I. THE BASELINE SURVEY

The baseline survey was meant to determine the current status of the CCTP and other DSWD programs in the province.

From June to September 2011, six (6) municipalities covering 53 barangays were validated. These were Langiden, San Isidro, Malibcong, Villaviciosa, Danglas and La Paz9. The remaining six municipalities were visited from October 24, 2011 to September 2012. Bucay, Luba, Tubo, Boliney, Bucloc and Baay-Licuan comprised the second batch of municipalities (Table 2).

Table 2. Dates of validation for the 2

nd batch of municipalities (Bucay, Luba, Tubo, Boliney, Bucloc and

Baay-Licuan)

Municipality Date of validation

1. Bucay October 24 – November 25, 2011

2. Luba January 10-20, 2012

3. Tubo February 7-17, 2012

4. Boliney March 13-27, 2012

5. Bucloc April 10-12, 2012

6. Baay-Licuan April 25-May 4, 2012

All in all, 114 barangays were visited, 53 of these come from the first batch of municipalities while 61 come from the second batch (Tables 3 and 4).

7 CCAGG’s Project Proposal “The Conditional Cash Transfer Program Watch Project” submitted to Partnership

Transparency Fund (PTF), 2011. 8 Lacub and Lagayan were not visited. Lacub LGU does not welcome any CCAGG presence in the area. Lagayan

LGU has been a threat to the CCAGG related to the plunder case filed against the Lunas and other LGU officials by Bernadine Sibayan-Joson. The Lunas suspect that CCAGG helped in the filing of the case against them. 9 The results of the validation process were submitted in the first and second reports of the CCAGG to PTF dated

July 2011 and November 5, 2011 respectively.

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Table 3. Number of barangays validated in the second batch of municipalities

Municipality No. of Barangays 1. Bucay 21 2. Luba 8 3. Tubo 10 4. Boliney 8 5. Bucloc 4 6. Baay-Licuan 10

TOTAL 61

Table 4. Total number of barangays visited

Municipality No. of Barangays 1. Langiden 6 2. San Isidro 9 3. Malibcong 11 4. Villaviciosa 8 5. Danglas 7 6. La Paz 12 7. Bucay 21 8. Luba 8 9. Tubo 10 10. Boliney 8 11. Bucloc 4 12. Baay-Licuan 10

TOTAL 114

The second batch of municipalities that were validated have 8,693 individual beneficiaries from 2,417 households with 4,015 aged 5-14 children enrolled in schools, 1,723 children aged 0-14 that visit the RHU clinic every month and 111 mothers in reproductive age who go for monthly check-up at the RHU (Table 5). Table 5. Number of CCTP beneficiaries of the 6 municipalities (second batch)

Municipality Total No. of

Beneficiaries For Schooling (children aged

5-14)

For visits to RHU Clinics

Individual

Household

Children aged 0-14

Mothers in reproductive age

1. Bucay 3,512 1,017 1,481 725 31

2. Luba 1,478 402 585 393 17

3. Tubo 1,197 297 511 234 23

4. Boliney 1,091 303 627 165 13

5. Bucloc 590 135 342 81 9

6. Baay-Licuan 825 263 469 125 18

TOTAL 8,693 2,417 4,015 1,723 111

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The 12 municipalities that have been validated under the CCTP Watch Project cover a total of 16,572 individual beneficiaries, 4,616 households, 8,164 children aged 5-14 enrolled in schools, 3,940 children aged 0-14 that regularly visit the RHU Clinics and 154 mothers in reproductive age (Table 6). Table 6. Number of CCTP beneficiaries for the 12 municipalities that have been validated

Municipality Total No. of

Beneficiaries For Schooling (children aged 5-14)

For visits to RHU Clinics

Individual Household Children aged 0-14

Mothers in reproductive age

1. Baay-Licuan 825 263 469 125 18

2. Boliney 1,091 303 627 165 13

3. Bucay 3,512 1,017 1,481 725 31

4. Bucloc 590 135 342 81 9

5. Danglas 820 238 470 161 9

6. Langiden 823 220 458 262 6

7. La Paz 3,367 931 1,732 665 13

8. Luba 1,478 402 585 393 17

9. Malibcong 889 253 637 483 1

10. San Isidro 1,086 289 640 174 7

11. Tubo 1,197 297 511 234 23

12. Villaviciosa 894 268 212 472 7

TOTAL 16,572 4,616 8,164 3,940 154

Bucay and La Paz have the most number of beneficiaries comprising 42.2% while Bucloc has the least (2.9%). These 12 municipalities represent 44.4% of the 27 total number of municipalities in Abra. They are among the 14 municipalities that have been in the initial coverage (Set 1) of the program that started in 2008 under the administration of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and continued by Pres. Aquino when he assumed his office in 2010. In 2011, 6 more municipalities were included (Set 4) and in 2012, the remaining 7 municipalities were covered (Set 4e and 5) making all the 27 municipalities of Abra covered by the CCTP (Table 7).

All in all, CCTP beneficiaries in Abra are 13,413 which are 99.87% of the 13,430 poor families10 that have been identified in 2009. This represents 35% of the 38,492 total household population of Abra or 230,953 individuals11.

The CCAGG validated 4,616 family beneficiaries through the CCTP Watch Project which represents 34.41% of the 13,413 total CCTP beneficiaries in the province.

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NSCB 2009 data on the Magnitude of Poor Families 11

DSWD data, 2012

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Table 7: Number of municipalities covered by the CCTP per set and number of beneficiaries per municipality in the province of Abra

Set 1 (2008) No. of Beneficiaries

Set 4 (2010) No. of Beneficiaries

Set 4e & 5 (2012)

No. of Beneficiaries

1. Boliney 303 1. Daguioman 111 1. Bangued 1,822

2. Bucay 1,017 2. Dolores 483 2. Manabo 751

3. Bucloc 135 3. Lagangilang 733 3. Peñarrubia 405

4. Danglas 238 4. Pilar 622 4. Pidigan 710

5. La Paz 931 5. Sallapadan 333 5. San Juan 689

6. Lacub 204 6. Tineg 456 6. San Quintin 369

7. Lagayan 299 7. Tayum 810

8. Langiden 220

9. Licuan-Baay 263

10. Luba 402

11. Malibcong 253

12. San Isidro 289

13. Tubo 297

14. Villaviciosa 268

TOTAL 5,119 2,738 5,556

A. Results of the Baseline Survey for the Second Batch of Municipalities (Bucay, Luba, Tubo, Boliney, Bucloc and Baay-Licuan)

a. Recommended for inclusion in the list of beneficiaries

Recommended for inclusion in the list are 651 family beneficiaries (Table 8). Table 8. Recommended number of beneficiaries for inclusion per municipality

Municipality Recommended No. of Beneficiaries for Inclusion

1. Bucay 345 2. Luba 51 3. Tubo 101 4. Boliney 57 5. Bucloc 19 6. Baay-Licuan 78

TOTAL 651

Reasons for their inclusion are: 1) they are tenants and landless; 2) they are small farmers and are living in small huts; 3) daily wage earners whose wages not sufficient to answer basic needs of family; 4) they have no permanent house and they live with other families; 5) they are plain housewives with many children to support; 6) house helpers with meager salary; 7) they have no job or no stable and permanent job; 8) they are the most marginalized sectors (single parents, persons with disabilities, senior citizens, widow/widower); 9) they depend on the resources from the forest and rivers; 10) they are occasional paid workers; 11) farm workers; 12) they are engaged in small income generating projects like vending, eatery, solid waste gatherer, manicure and pedicure, and weaving.

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b. Recommended for exclusion from the list

Twenty-nine (29) beneficiaries are recommended for exclusion from the list (Table 9). Reasons for their exclusion are: 1) they are permanently employed in government; 2) a member of the family is working abroad, their affluence is evident by the big house where they live; 3) they live in a big concrete house, with tiled flooring, with complete appliances, some even have motorcycle; 4) they are past the age requirement for a CCTP beneficiary; 5) one is a landowner with many tenants; and 6) a teacher who already signed a waiver but name is still on the list (ANNEX 2: Reasons for inclusion and exclusion in/from the list of beneficiaries). No one is recommended for exclusion in the municipalities of Boliney, Bucloc and Baay-Licuan. All the 12 family beneficiaries recommended for exclusion in Tubo are permanently employed in government service. Table 9: Recommended number of beneficiaries per municipality for exclusion from the list

Municipality Recommended No. of Beneficiaries for Exclusion

1. Bucay 8 2. Luba 9 3. Tubo 12 4. Boliney - 5. Bucloc - 6. Baay-Licuan -

TOTAL 29

c. Compliance to the conditions of the CCTP

1. Schooling of children aged 5 – 14

In the validation process for the 6 municipalities, the result has been good in terms of the attendance of children in school. The children attend their classes regularly. If the children need to be absent (like when they are sick), the teacher asks a letter from the parents, and the teachers visit them at home.

In Sabnangan, Luba, a health certification has to be obtained from the Health Center as evidence that the child who is absent is sick. The children‟s attendance and school supplies are closely monitored by the Parents, Teachers and Community Association (PTCA) in Baclingayan and Tubtuba, Tubo.

The children are being watched closely in school. An attendance sheet is provided for children to sign every time they report to class in Poblacion, Luba. One principal in Luba has a checklist of children beneficiaries hence nobody absents himself/ herself from classes unless reasonable.

2. Visit to RHU Centers/Clinics of children aged 0 – 14

Most beneficiaries visit the RHU Clinic every month where they are given free vitamins and medicines.

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Barangays Ducligan and Labaan in the municipality of Bucloc go for checkup every week while those from Lamao, Bucloc once or twice a week.

In Tiempo, Tubo, 4Ps beneficiaries visit the Barangay Health Center daily.

In Bonglo, Baay-Licuan (the farthest barangay), very seldom do the people go for checkup; they only go when there is a need or when herbal medicines do not work. However, if RHU personnel visit the place once in 3 months, they go for checkup.

In Tabiog, Bucay, despite the distance, most beneficiaries visit the RHU every month while some depend on the monthly medical mission conducted by the RHU personnel in the barangay.

In Calao, Bucay, beneficiaries go for checkup with the BHW that visits the barangay once or twice a week, while some go to Lagangilang (the nearest municipality) for checkup.

Beneficiaries of Dugong, Bucay (another far-flung area), go for regular checkup during the monthly medical mission of RHU, during the visit of the BHW every week and if they go to Poblacion, they go for checkup at the Bucay District Hospital or at the RHU.

CCTP beneficiaries of South Poblacion, Bucay only go for checkup if they have fever, flu or any illness.

3. Visit to RHU Centers / Clinics of Mothers in Reproductive Age

Pregnant mothers go for monthly checkup at the RHU Center where they are provided with free medicines and vitamins (ferrous sulfate). Even after giving birth, the mothers go for post-natal checkup.

When mothers bring their children for monthly checkup, they also have themselves checked by the RHU personnel. Both mother and child are provided with vitamins and anti-tetanus toxoid vaccination.

In Ducligan and Lingey, Bucloc, in Barangay Alangtin, Tubo, and Mapisla, Baay-Licuan, the mothers visit the RHU Clinic once a week.

In Mayabo, Tubo, the doctor and midwives visit the mothers once a week.

In Bucay, checkup schedules for pregnant mothers are set by the RHU personnel.

If the pregnant mothers in Luba go to Bangued, the capital town, they go to the Abra Provincial Hospital for checkup.

4. Attendance to Family Development Sessions (FDS) and Topics Discussed during the Sessions

In Boliney, 6 barangays (out of 8) have regular (monthly) Family Development Sessions. Danac West and Dumagas have monthly meeting but no FDS. The Municipal Link never visited Dumagas as of the time of validation.

Parent beneficiaries in Lamao and Labaan, Bucloc have monthly FDS.

All the 21 barangays of Bucay conduct regularly the FDS. However, some beneficiaries in Patoc do not know the meaning of FDS despite their regular attendance to the session.

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Likewise all the 8 barangays of Luba have the monthly conduct of FDS and attendance is excellent. A fine is imposed for beneficiaries who are absent without valid reason in Sabnangan, aside from deduction in the cash grant.

There is also regular attendance of FDS by all the 10 barangays of Baay-Licuan.

There is regular attendance in FDS by all barangays of Tubo. FDS in Tiempo, Tubo is usually handled by the Parent Leader in which BHWs, nurses, midwife and teachers are invited as resource persons.

There is wide range of topics discussed during the FDS. These are clustered as follows:

a) Family - family health (prenatal and post natal checkups, breastfeeding, child screening,

de-worming), family planning (natural and modern family planning methods, birth

spacing), building family relationships (how to improve family values and family ties),

responsibilities of child and parents, responsible parenthood (parental guidance, child

care, how to teach and discipline children at home and in school), stewardship, time

management, budgeting and bookkeeping (money management).

b) Health and Sanitation - health education (bad effects of smoking), health and nutrition

(Filipino pyramid food guide for today‟s lifestyle - eat some, eat more, eat most and drink

a lot), use of herbal medicines, communicable diseases, TB, dengue, cancer, malaria

and asthma prevention, how to wash hands properly, proper tooth brushing, first aid.

c) Rights of children and parents - rights and privileges of children, child trafficking

d) Vices - how to prohibit gambling (Abang and North Poblacion, Bucay), ill effects of

smoking (Bulbulala, Mapisla, Tumalip in Baay-Licuan; Amtuagan, Tubo), ill effects of

vices (Tabiog, Bucay).

e) Culture - rights of indigenous peoples

f) Good manners and right conduct

g) Updating on the CCTP - Compliance Verification System (assessment of compliance to

conditions), Grievance Redress System, schooling of children (sharing about the

performance of their children, comparing it from the past), on health (vaccination of

children and pregnant mothers), usage of cash grant, the Do‟s and Don‟ts of the 4Ps.

h) PhilHealth Benefits

i) Planning for activities and community projects like cleaning the surroundings, tree

planting, backyard gardening, rip-rapping, repair of community faucet, etc.

d. Usage of Cash Transfer

How the beneficiaries used the cash grant was also verified by the team. The cash grants are used as follows:

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1) For the schooling of children – for buying school supplies, allowance in school, payment of school contribution, school fees, projects in school, school shoes, uniform, bags.

2) For family‟s basic needs – food (rice, coffee, milk, sugar), clothes. 3) For health needs – for buying medicines and vitamins, for checkups. 4) For shelter needs – house repair, for house renovation (buying galvanized iron and

cement), to install electricity in the house. 5) Capital for income generating projects – poultry and swine raising, vegetable gardening. 6) To pay bills (electric and water bills).

e. Problems identified during the monitoring visit

1. On schooling of children aged 5 - 14

1) Fourteen (14) beneficiaries have transferred residence, their names are still in the list (ANNEX 3: List of Beneficiaries that have transferred residence).

2) Biendima, Sandrix S. from Luzong, Luba appeared twice in the list (double entry).

3) The principal and teachers in Salnec, Bucay require the beneficiaries to clean the school when there are visitors. If they do not do this, they will be removed from the list.

4) The parents made compost pits in the school ground as requested by the school management in Gayaman, Luba.

5) Most beneficiaries in San Miguel, Bucay do not have school supplies according to the teachers. The teachers already discussed this with the parents; however parents claim that they are buying complete school supplies for their children.

6) Likewise in North Poblacion, Bucay most beneficiaries do not have school supplies and they are the last to pay their school fees, also according to the teachers.

7) Also in Patoc, Bucay there are children who do not have paper and ballpen, they cannot even make their school projects because they do not have money to buy supplies, according to the teachers. Children have poor performance due to family relationship problems. Some children are malnourished. Some parents do not know how to read so they cannot help their children to study and do their assignments at home.

8) Three children from Sitio Lipting attend classes at a primary school in Ampalioc proper in Luba which is 1 ½ hour walk passing through 2 mountains.


Only 12 beneficiaries were chosen to be given PhilHealth cards in Dumagas, Boliney. All CCTP beneficiaries should be enrolled in the PhilHealth Program. The following children are found to be malnourished in Abang, Bucay: Jane Maureen, Jonathan and Jasmin Lizardo.

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In Bonglo, Baay-Licuan, because of the far distance to the RHU Center, pregnant mothers visit the RHU Center during final stage of pregnancy and if they are called by the RHU personnel. Bad road conditions and infrastructure prevents pregnant mothers from visiting regularly the RHU Clinic. These impede the delivery of basic services in the community.

Mothers in Tabiog, Bucay seldom visits the RHU Clinic but they go for consultation during medical mission conducted in the barangay every 3rd Sunday of the month.

4. Attendance to Family Development Sessions (FDS)

Sitio Tacdangan of Barangay Abang, Bucay has very dirty surroundings. The CCAGG validating team advised the 4Ps beneficiaries to clean their yards once a month.

According to the Parent Leader in Ducligan, Bucloc, no FDS was conducted during the first year of the program. The Parent Leaders only understood the meaning of FDS when they attended the seminar in Pug-os, Ilocos Norte.

For almost a year in Lingey, Bucloc, FDS was not conducted; only now with the new Municipal Link.

5. Usage of Cash Transfer

Problems related to cash transfer are as follows:

1) Underpayment – Rudy Dumayon and Juliet Magalim of Amti, Boliney; Diego Palcon, Loreto Tamo; Nestor Alcalde of Tabiog, Bucay; Maricel Sagudang of Sitio Tabangao, Ampalioc, Luba; also some beneficiaries of Alangtin, Tubo were underpaid. Some beneficiaries of Palaquio, Bucay received the money but not the exact amount; others received nothing. There is no exact amount received by beneficiaries in San Miguel, Bucay.

2) Maryann Baro of South Poblacion, Bucay received only P300.00 only.

3) Only 2 months cash grant were released to beneficiaries in Ampalioc, Luba; cash grant for 4 months was not yet released. Some beneficiaries from this place go to Bangued hoping to receive their cash grants only to find out that they have zero balance account. They suggest that they should see first the payroll before they go down to Bangued to withdraw their money. Cash is first given to beneficiaries before the payroll. Payroll is not shown to them before they receive the cash grant. The beneficiaries want to be informed of the schedule of the release of the cash grant.

4) Teresita Macabeo of Abang, Bucay received only P600.00 in her last payment in Sept. 2011. Likewise Mayolyn Dacuyan, Estela Tuzon, Myrna Mandigma, Eduardo Lopez, Melita Oriles, Lolita Ballacillo and Marina Lizardo of Bangbangcag, Bucay; Reynaldo Baro of Calao, Bucay; An-an Berido of Dugong, Bucay; Julie Claor, Rosita Cabarrubias; Teresita Perillo of Layugan, Bucay; Rosalina Laro of Pakiling, Bucay; Marlon David of Siblong, Bucay and Al Pablo of Qimloong, Bucay only received P600.00. The P600.00 was the last grant received by Al Pablo.

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5) Carlos Rabanes of Dugong, Bucay only received P700.00 while Genaro Cocalde of Pakiling, Bucay only received P800.00 only.

6) Danny Apil and Elvy Arian did not receive their cash grant for 4 months (July-Aug.; Nov.-Dec. 2011).

7) Jimmy Abilay of Abang, Bucay did not receive his retroactive payment yet his name is on the list.

8) Leoning Tumbag and Emilita Tuzon of Labaan, Bucloc were underpaid but later received retroactive payment of their cash grant.

9) Angela Palina of Alangtin, Tubo had her cash grant slashed; updated paper for her children was not submitted to the Municipal Link according to the Parent Leader.

10) For 3 months, Manuel Bacao of Poblacion, Boliney did not receive his cash grant, and then suddenly the cash grant stopped for him.

11) Rosalia Dagsi of Labaan, Bucloc did not receive her cash grant for 4 months already.

12) Dalinggay Alunday and Emilia Bumogas from Subagan, Baay-Licuan had no cash grant from July-November 2011.

13) Jovita Viernes of Supo, Tubo did not receive any amount since 2009; a change grantee case. Maryann Cabarrubias of Patoc, Bucay is also a change grantee from her husband, Danny Cabarrubias who was on the list but now working abroad.

14) Cesaria Coloma of Pagala, Bucay is an inclusion error case.

15) Joshua Castro and Liza Cabbab from Sitio Cabanban, Nalbuan, Baay-Licuan twice received their cash grant but only P500.00. Their names are still in the list but they already stopped receiving their cash grant.

16) The name of Editha Bañez of Pagala, Bucay is included in the old master list but she never received any amount. She went to Manila to work as house helper and left her 4 children at the mercy of the neighbors. They are Reynold (16 years old), Roseann (14 years old), Arnel (11 years old) and Jannette (single mother).

17) The cash card of Amanda Daproza of Dilong, Tubo was stolen.

18) Sherwin Francisco of Ampalioc, Luba lost his cash card.

19) Nalyn Cabarrubias of Patoc, Bucay had wrong pin number and until now she has no cash card.

20) The name of Fernando Guerrero of Pagala, Bucay was accidentally deleted in 2009; since then he never received anything.

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21) Hermes Ignacio and Chester Ignacio, both from Kili, Tubo have no cash card yet; they are new in the list of grantees.

22) Delisted are Susan Marques (a teacher) and Nena Oriente (husband is a police officer), both from Mayabo, Tubo; and Precy Urbanes from Tiempo, Tubo who did not attend the FDS.

23) Arnel Benabese, Ofelia Claor and Jocelyn Gutierres of Pakiling, Bucay are delisted

but names of their children are still in.

24) Nancy Arnais is from Tabiog, Bucay but a beneficiary of Abang, Bucay.

25) Mely Cabarrobias and Alida Tejero of barangay Bangcagan, Bucay are on the list but they are not residing in said barangay.

26) Genevie Guzman of Salnec, Bucay has no school certificate.

27) Delayed release of grant – 7 barangays

28) Over the counter release of grant; beneficiaries prefer to have their ATM cards – 13 barangays

29) Retroactive payment – 2 barangays

30) Some beneficiaries in Labaan, Bucloc did not receive any grant at all.

31) Beneficiaries say that the cash grant being received by Joanne Cabarrubias of Madalipay, Bucay is not being used for her children; Joanne lives with a lesbian (tomboy).

32) Eduardo Honor of Pagala, Bucay is seen gambling; the Parent Leader is afraid to talk to him.

Only 8 barangays out of 61 barangays (13%) had no problem with the transfer of the cash grant. These 8 barangays are Baoyan, Danac East, Dao-angan and Kilong Olao of the municipality of Boliney; Baclingayan, Tubo; Banglolao, Labon and North Poblacion, Bucay.

Issue / Feedback

There was no reimbursement received by Parent Leaders from the Capability Building Roll-

out for Parent Leaders that was conducted on November 29-December 3, 2010 in Baguio

City. The Municipal Link then was Maria Cecilia Pinay-an, now the Municipal Link of Luba.

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f. Results of the program

1. On schooling of children aged 5 – 14

Attendance and performance in school are improving. Many of the children beneficiaries are among the Top 10 in class. Most of them are coping well in class; they aspire to make better and have maintained their good standing in school. The children are motivated to go to school because they now have school supplies and daily allowance unlike before that they have no supplies and they come to school with holes in their slippers and pants. Now, they can wear shoes, unlike before that they go to school on slippers only. These made them happy and attend their class punctually and regularly. They have no more worries regarding their school needs. Children became more active, participative, attentive and cooperative in class. They are more attentive and interested in class. Their participation greatly improved. They became more active in school activities and classroom discussions.

Some are slow learners but they are always present in school, they have their own baon and they do not go hungry anymore. They do not borrow school supplies from other children anymore. They can now buy materials for their school projects and even a new dress. Benefits are also extended to older brothers and sisters who are now in college.


Nobody was seen sick during the validation process. Due to monthly consultation and the provision of free vitamins and medicines to the children beneficiaries, incidence of children getting sick decreased. If the children do not feel well, they are immediately treated by the doctor. It has addressed incidence of malnourished children particularly in Banglolao and Pakiling, Bucay. Children gained weight. They became more active in class because now they can eat nutritious food. Through vaccination, children became stronger, healthier and resistant to polio. The feeding program and the provision of ferrous sulfate to pregnant mothers brought down the incidence of malnourished children in Sabnangan, Luba.


Mothers in reproductive age become more aware of their health. They are in better health condition compared before that there was no CCTP yet. The program reduced pregnancy risks. Pregnant women feel safe. Due to the regular checkup and the provision of free vitamins, pregnant women are not worried anymore of their condition. Mothers and babies are healthy. Even after giving birth, the mother is strong. No mother dies giving birth anymore.

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The beneficiaries have now money to buy medicines and vitamin.

4. Attendance to Family Development Sessions (FDS)

According to the beneficiaries, the monthly conduct of Family Development Sessions has brought the following results:

1) Has strengthened relationships among members of the family - Each member becomes more aware of the concerns of each one. Relationship is made more firm especially the parents. There is a smooth family relationship. Parents advise their children to make their best in school. They become close to their children, able to know their problems and show their concern.

2) Has enhanced the knowledge and skills of beneficiaries - They are oriented of their

rights and obligations in the family. One parent said, “As parents, it is our responsibility to shoulder the needs of our children and to send them to school.” The parents learned about their rights and the rights of their children. They were taught about child rearing and parenting (proper ways of disciplining their children especially the teenagers). Parents in Labon, Bucay realized that “Too much punishment of children results to poor learning.”

The parents were also oriented on the violation against women and children (VAWC), on the issue of child trafficking.

They learned how to budget their money and prioritize spending of their money. They learned how to earn and save. They put up their vegetable gardens, poultry and hog raising income generating projects. Their knowledge about family life broadened.

In Supo, Tubo where the Maeng Tingguians live, there was a session on the Indigenous People‟s Rights Act (IPRA), a part of their appreciation and deepening of their culture.

They learned how to keep away from sickness – how to avoid dengue by cleaning their surroundings, how to toothbrush and wash hands correctly, able to know the cheapest but nutritious food for their family, that breastfeeding is best for their children, how to use herbal medicines, children‟s safety, that smoking is not good for the health and that they should not smoke while carrying their child.

The parents who do not know how to read, write and count in Subagan, Baay-Licuan are now able to read, write and count. They have to acquire these basic skills to be able to tutor their children at home.

3) Has developed responsible members of the community – Beneficiaries became active members of the community by participating in community activities like rip-rapping, construction of pathways and fixing the community faucet. They have developed social awareness (e.g. awareness on the environment), building harmonious relationships with other community members, sharing one‟s concerns and opinions. They learned how to mingle with people. Before they were just passive onlookers.

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In Quimloong, Bucay, the beneficiaries put up backyard gardens for home consumption and as source of income.

They have now the ability to look and evaluate themselves. In North Poblacion, Bucay, the parents agreed to monitor each member for their own good. They agreed that gambling is not allowed. Gambling is strictly prohibited also in Pakiling and South Poblacion, Bucay.

g. Best Practices

There are best practices that the team has identified related to meeting the conditions of the program by the beneficiaries on the education of children, health of children and pregnant women, and on the conduct of family development sessions.

Schooling of children

In Baclingayan, Tubtuba, Tubo, attendance of children and school supplies are monitored weekly by the Parents-Teachers-Community Association (PTCA).

In Dilong, Tubo, teachers are very strict regarding the attendance of the children in school. If they are absent, teachers require parents to report to the school. Excuse letter is presented when absent from class in Kili, Tiempo, Tubo. In Poblacion, Baay-Licuan, if the pupil is absent, the parents will inform the teachers or they will make an excuse letter. In Nagbukel, Luba, if a child needs to be absent, the teacher asks a letter signed by the parents.

In Mayabo, Tubo, children are not allowed to be absent unless they get sick or for some emergency reasons.

In Bonglo, Baay-Licuan, the school and the community made an agreement to remind each other to send the children in school.

In Lul-luno, Luba, the principal has a checklist of CCTP beneficiaries hence nobody absents himself/herself from classes unless reasonable. In Poblacion, Luba, the children are being watched closely in school. An attendance sheet is provided for children to sign every time they report to class.

In Sabnangan, Luba, those who are absent are visited at home. There should be an excuse letter if one is absent, or if sick. A health certification has to be obtained from the health center.

Visits to RHU Centers/Clinics of Children and Pregnant Mothers

Monthly medical mission is conducted to the barangays by RHU personnel in 4 municipalities (Tubo, Baay-Licuan, Bucay and Luba). In Bucay, not only medical mission is conducted but also dental mission.

In Tubo, a midwife and Barangay Health Worker (BHW) are assigned in every barangay. Through a DOH project, two nurses were assigned to each barangay for 6 months.

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In Poblacion, Baay-Licuan, the RHU personnel visit the barangay every month aside from having an assigned nurse in the barangay.

In Bangcagan, Bucay, if RHU personnel fail to visit them within the month, the rural midwife visits the 4Ps beneficiaries.

In Gayaman, Luba, RHU Clinic is located at the basement of the barangay hall. The midwife reports here every day, while in other communities, the midwife visits the beneficiaries every month. Here, parents made compost pits in the school ground to avoid spread of bacteria due to dirty surroundings.

Conduct of monthly FDS and community activities

FDS is usually handled by the Parent Leader in Tiempo, Tubo. Barangay Health Workers (BHWs), nurses, midwife and teachers are invited as speakers.

As per agreement by the groups in Banglolao, Bucay, a member who is absent without valid reason is sanctioned with a fine. This is also the case in Sabnangan, Luba.

In Labon, Bucay, the catechist (also BHW president of the municipality) sometimes serves and the resource speaker in the monthly FDS. The barangay has an ordinance prohibiting gambling, drinking hard liquor and creating conflict with neighbors.

In North Poblacion, Bucay, the parent-beneficiaries agreed to monitor each member for their own good. Gambling is not allowed. Also in Pakiling, Bucay, gambling is strictly prohibited among beneficiaries. Likewise in South Poblacion, Bucay, playing cards are not allowed and are strictly monitored.

Beneficiaries of Siblong, Bucay are engaged in backyard gardening as source of their contribution. They sell their vegetables and submit money to their treasurer as common fund when there are visitors.

Tree planting is being done in Gayaman, Luba; Tiempo and Wayangan, Tubo.

Beneficiaries in Labaan, Bucloc are engaged in community projects like cleaning the surroundings every Sunday and maintenance of community faucet.

In Labon, Bucay and Wayangan, Tubo, beneficiaries clean the surroundings and streets once a month. Also beneficiaries of Subagan, Baay-Licuan are engaged in cleaning the community every last Saturday of the month.

In Banglolao, Quimloong and Tabiog, Bucay, beneficiaries are involved in Clean and Green Program.

h. General Observations and Other Data Gathered Per Municipality

Luba

Some government employees were originally included in the list but voluntarily waived before the conduct of validation in January 10-20, 2012. The Municipal Link

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changed hands three times: Maria Cecilia Kiswa, Philip Pacheco and Janette Sabino.

There is an existing barangay ordinance in Nagbukel-Tuquipa, Luba that prohibits gambling. People here are engaged in bitter gourd mass production.

There is no road in Ampalioc, Luba that connects the different sitios that are far from each other. The CCTP beneficiaries here do not know that they have to go for monthly checkup at the RHU even if they are not sick.

Gayaman, Luba can be reached via Candon-San Emilio, Ilocos Sur Road. It has poor road condition especially during rainy season. Barangay Hall is a 3-storey building. The basement is used as barangay clinic managed by Analyn Berido, the barangay midwife; as office for the Gayaman Cooperative; as kitchen with 30 bags of palay, complete utensils and 2-door comfort rooms. The second floor has 2 bedrooms with 3 beds each and a conference room where the CCTP beneficiaries hold their meetings. The third floor is open with grills. Gayaman people are engaged in commercial production of bitter gourd with Candon and Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur as markets. Gayaman is one of the most active barangays in terms of community participation and meetings according to Juliet Domingo, member of the Barangay Council.

Bucay

In Sitio Pantoc, Barangay Pakiling, there is plenty of cacao trees. The nuts are being sold in Bangued at P120.00 per ganta.

Many residents in Banglolao are very poor.

Water source of Bangcagan is mountain spring. Residents pay P60.00 per year for maintenance of pipes. Pimpinas Spring is the water source of San Miguel which is free of charge. Salnec gets its water source from a mountain spring which is free during rainy season. During dry season, electric water pump is used of which residents contribute for the electric bill. While in Madalipay, the water source comes from a cave. Water pump is used where each household shares in the payment of the electric bill.

Most residents of Sitio Al-aludig, Barangay Layugan are not included in the CCTP. During the validation, they were seen to be playing cards, drinking and chatting.

In Sitio Bangbang, Layugan, there are only 27 CCTP beneficiaries but houses are far from each other. Here, there are three blind siblings living together.

CCTP beneficiaries in South Poblacion are located at the back of the public market, most of them are young mothers aged 16 to 17 years. While in North Poblacion, the beneficiaries are located at the Bernardez compound and are often seen playing cards. Rex Bernardez is the former mayor, now the incumbent vice-mayor.

Some beneficiaries were seen gambling in Labon; whole family was even engaged. The validation team met with the Barangay Captain and recommended putting up a community recreation facility (playing ground) and improvement of roads.

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There is poor road condition in Abang. One has to cross the river several times to reach the place. Water source is a mountain spring, free to all.

Tabiog is located across the river and has poor road condition. Water source is from Calcalongcong mountain spring, free of charge. The domestic water system was put up under the administration of former mayor Luisito Bernardez improved by his brother then mayor Rex Bernardez. The barangay has an ambulance from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office under the care of Barangay Captain Relinda Alcalde obtained through the facilitation of Bucay Movement for Change (BMC), a municipal-wide people‟s organization.

Pagala East is one of the farthest barangays of Bucay. Houses are far from each other. Plenty of vegetables are grown here like eggplants, string beans, pepper, bitter gourd and ‘kabatiti’. Twelve (12) beneficiaries availed of SEA-K loans.

Pagala West is very far from Pagala East. Tricycle fare is P50.00 per passenger. Houses are far from each other.

Quimloong is located across the Abra River.

In Siblong, the Barangay Captain (Judos Sales) is in jail for murder. The first barangay councilman is the Acting Barangay Chairman.

Dugong is situated across the Abra River, nearer than Quimloong. It has 6 sitios: Cabaruan, Alipoon, Lalaang, Villa Takit (resettlement area), Al-allagat and Villa Condesa. It is divided into 4 clusters; hence there are 4 Parent Leaders here.

Road condition going to Patoc is very poor. Geronimo Damian, a CCTP beneficiary, had his house wrecked by Typhoon Quiel. Most residents are really poor, most are farmers.

Palaquio is located across the Abra River near Tabiog.

Calao is the last barangay of Bucay next to the municipality of Lagangilang. The source of domestic water is Bugbog.

Siblong is the second barangay of Bucay if one is coming from Bangued, the capital town. Abra Mining Corporation (AMIC) operates in Sitio Baticang.

Boliney

The meeting about the Supplemental Feeding Program was at the Day Care Center where mothers told the validating team that the MSWDO is the one purchasing goods (mostly instant noodles, canned goods) for the food of the children for the feeding program. It was learned also that the feeding was not consistently done 5 days a week for 6 months.

There is poor road condition going to Danac East. The CCAGG validating team met some people carrying soft brooms which they bring to Bangued for P300.00 to P350.00 per piece (P200 in Boliney).

Danac West has good quality soft brooms. Many residents want to plant tiger grass but the free range cattles are the problems. Residents want to put a fence around

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the tiger grass plantation area with hog or bulb wires. The barangay captain has 2 hectares of tiger grass plantation.

Barangay Captain Gerry Boy Baylon of Barangay Amti is studying in Baguio City taking up law course hence the father is the acting barangay captain. The community meeting was conducted and despite the heavy rains, almost all the CCTP beneficiaries came.

The road going to Kilong-Olao was sticky and slippery. A community meeting was also conducted here.

A generator from a rice mill provides electricity in Barangay Dao-angan. Domestic water system is good and free. It was constructed by the Inter-NGO Disaster Response Services (INDRS) through its reconstruction and rehabilitation program after the July 1990 Killer Quake.12 The people are thankful to the INDRS for rebuilding their ricefields.13

The road going to Dumagas is very poor.

Tubo

Tubo is the best municipality visited so far. The Municipal Doctor is Roselyn Panao. The Barangay Captain of Poblacion (Mayabo) and ABC President is Johnny Gattud, the husband of Mayor Wilma Gattud.

The Tubo municipal LGU has heavy equipment like bulldozer, loader, backhoe and 4 elf trucks. Ten drums of diesel oil are also stocked in Mayabo (Poblacion).

Cleanliness is observed in all barangays of Tubo. Community activities of CCTP beneficiaries include cleaning the neighborhood every Sunday, cleaning the canal every quarter, gardening and tree planting. They appreciated very much the conduct of FDS because they gained more knowledge from the many topics that they have discussed.

In Mayabo, every household has a trash can and the garbage is segregated. There is a schedule for catching fish in the river. This is allowed thrice a week only hence the fish catch are big and plenty. There are several fishponds along the river teeming with tilapia. The rice terraces are beautiful. The hanging footbridge is passable not just by foot but also for motorcycles. There are many footbridges like this like the one going to Kili. At 9:00 in the evening, the bell rings signifying the curfew for drinking hard liquor. A violator is fined P100.00 (for the drinker) and the household or store that provided the hard drink is fined P500.00. Collection of fines is posted at the barangay bulletin board as an income of the barangay. Many have availed of SEA-K program and all have already paid their loans.

Amtuagan is reached by crossing the river five times. The first floor of the Barangay Hall is utilized as a Day Care Center.

The Vision-Mission-Goal of Barangay Supo is posted at the barangay hall. Its VISION is: “A community where people are God-loving, healthy and well-educated,

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The CCAGG was the direct implementor of the program. 13

The CCAGG employed food-for-work and tools-for-work strategies to rebuild the ricefields.

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with thriving abundance of food, in a peaceful, orderly and green environment, and sustains indigenous culture and practices. Its MISSION is: “To implement sustainable development programs with full cooperation and willingness to render counterparts in order to improve the quality of life in the community and ensure the capability of the next generation in managing our resources through our indigenous knowledge, skills and practices (IKSP). Its GOAL is: “Poverty reducation and uplifted living standards of the people of Supo by the proper utilization of our natural resources with respect to the environment. The barangay hall is very big but not yet finished. The CCTP beneficiaries have trash cans scattered within the community as their project. Garbage is segregated.

The monitoring visit in Wayangan coincided with the blessing of the rice bank where 3 barangays are involved: Supo, Wayangan and Mayabo. In the community meeting, SB member Nestor Barcena advised the beneficiaries not to become lazy, to not just depend on the monthly cash grant they are receiving so that their conditions will improve.

Tubtuba is one of the farthest and poorest barangay of Tubo. People will have to go to Quirino, Ilocos Sur or Baguio City to reach Bangued. According to the school principal, Delaida Wad-as, when the Department of Education District Office calls for a meeting or seminar in Bangued, they will consume 3 days of hiking before they can get a ride to Bangued. The parents are required to monitor the performance of their children in school. The CCTP beneficiaries render school service (bayanihan) for 1 or 2 days rip-rapping or stone walling. The school provides for the snacks. Every household is required to plant malunggay and papaya, and to establish herbarium. They practice functional home gardening and sanitation.

Upon entering Dilong, one notices the gymnasium. The Barangay Health Station is located at the first floor of the Barangay Hall. The session room of the Barangay Council is located at the second floor with a table for each council member. There is a separate room for visitors.

The other side of the building is the elementary school. At its gate, these words are written: “Enter to Learn, Go Out to Serve.” The Dilong National High School is located at a higher plain; one has to climb 300 steps to reach it. The Vision-Mission of the Barangay Health Clinic is posted. Its VISION is: “Health in the hands of the people by using available and accessible resources in the community. Its MISSION is: “To promote health by delivering basic health services to the people of Tubo.” According to the school principal, Joselito Garcia, the parents are very strict with regard to the attendance of their children in school. If children are absent in school, teachers conduct home visitation.

Dilong is a more progressive barangay. It has complete staff. A council member (kagawad) is assigned daily to man the barangay hall, to monitor if there are visitors, and if there are, to talk to them and ask their purpose, and to disseminate this to the community. According to Mrs. Juaquina Pe Benito, Master Teacher II, who joined the validation in every classroom, Dilong was adjudged as the Clean and Green Champion with P150,000.00 prize and Siglat Awardee in 2011, but garnered only a consolation prize at the regional level. The P150,000.00 prize plus P600,000.00 from the municipal fund are used for building the gymnasium with labor as community counterpart.

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A hot spring near the river before reaching Dilong proper is a come-on.

The road going to Alangtin proper was being concreted during the validation. Likewise a medical mission was then being conducted. There are more men than women in the list of beneficiaries due to the difficulty of walking by foot when they go to Poblacion to claim their cash grant. For every cash grant withdrawn, each beneficiary contributes P100.00 to their pool of money for the construction of comfort rooms. The solar system is the only source of electricity in Alangtin.

Barangay Kili has a micro-hydro power plant that provides electricity to the community. Each household pays a minimum of P50.00 per month. For those with appliances, they pay P300.00 per month for system maintenance. They also have a hot spring. A community meeting was held where all CCTP beneficiaries attended. Community activities of beneficiaries include cleaning, rip-rapping and concreting of pathways, construction of barangay hall, and participation in all activities of the barangay and Rural Improvement Club (RIC) programs. Some of the beneficiaries, little by little renovated their houses.

There are 36 households with more than 200 population in Barangay Tiempo. Every individual has to plant 2 native tree species, nurture them until they grow big. They have a gymnasium. Opposite to this is the Health Center with session/conference room and a kitchen at the basement. The Day Care Center is located near the Health Center. There is a barangay ordinance that prohibits gambling and stealing. The penalty for violating the ordinance is one carabao. In Sitio Dacuag, the CCTP beneficiaries love so much the FDS.

Bucloc

The Municipal Treasurer only reports at night.

There are several projects of the CCTP beneficiaries in Lamao like construction of stock room of the elementary school and 2 plastic containers for food which they need when they have feast and other big occasions. Beside the municipal hall is a furniture shop where one can buy or order sala set, dining set, rocking chair and bed made of narra.

Baay-Licuan

School is under construction in Nalbuan. According to Parent Leader Avelina Siddayao, her expenses were not reimbursed when she attended the Roll-out of Capability Building for Parent Leaders held in Baguio City on Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, 2010.14 Most of the CCTP beneficiaries earn their daily living by gold panning15. Most houses are made of wood and bamboo (buho).

The barangay hall in Subagan is very dirty. It is being used as goats‟ shelter. One of the great results of the conduct of FDS here is that the illiterates are now able to read and write.

In Duminglay, there are no main crops, no products. Most people have no permanent jobs. The barangay hall, which is made of bamboo, is used as Day Care

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The same feedback was received from 21 Parent Leaders of Luba. 15

Local term, agammosil

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Center. Most houses are made of bamboo and wood. Many are recommended for inclusion in the CCTP.

In Sitio Masublang in Mugao, there are 7 CCTP beneficiaries. Many poor residents here are not included in the list. Surroundings in Mugao are dirty. The barangay hall is used as shelter of animals (goats and pigs).

i. Monitoring the Supplementary Feeding Program

The feeding program in Salnec, Bucay started in August 2011 by Beteshda Ministry under the care of Carmen Baltar, a Born Again minister. Feeding days are Thursday and Saturday.

In Quimloong, Bucay, the supplementary feeding of children started on November 14, 2011. The CCTP beneficiaries established a common vegetable garden from which vegetables for the feeding program come from like eggplants, squash and kabatiti.

The supplementary feeding program in Dugong, Bucay started on November 14, 2011.

j. Malnourished Children

Twelve (12) malnourished children were seen during the visit, 11 came from Bucay and 1 from Luba (ANNEX 3: List of malnourished children).

k. Persons with Disabilities

During the validation process, 57 persons with disabilities (differently able persons) were found mostly in Bucay [Table 10] (ANNEX 4: List of persons with disabilities).

Table 10: Persons with disabilities found during the validation process

Municipality Number of persons with disabilities listed

Bucay 49

Luba 3

Tubo 3

Bucloc 1

Baay-Licuan 1

TOTAL 57

l. Other Activities Conducted

Many Parent Leaders participated in the LGU/CSO/NGA Orientation on Local Anti-Poverty Planning and Bottom-Up Budgeting organized by the National Anti-Poverty

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Commission (NAPC) held at the Abra Provincial Capitol Conference Hall on March 16, 2012 participated by 19 municipalities. They represented the basic sectors.

Upon the invitation of DSWD-CAR, the CCTP Watch Team was among the speakers and facilitators during the Roll out on FDS conducted in Caoayan, Ilocos Sur on January 26, 2012. This was participated by about 30 people from different government agencies (school supervisors and principals; municipal doctors, nurses and midwives; municipal agriculturists and other LGU personnel) who will facilitate the conduct of the FDS in the barangays/municipalities where they are operating.

For capacity building of the CCTP Watch staff, they participated in seminars and trainings organized by the DSWD Regional Office like, the Launching of National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction that was conducted in Baguio City on October 19, 2011. The staff also participated in the Training of Trainors for the Conduct of FDS on November 29-December 2, 2011 at Hotel Veniz, Baguio City.

In line with the government‟s thrust to make the budget process more participatory and open for CSO involvement, a consultation on the DSWD budget was held on February 22, 2012 at the DSWD Regional Office in Baguio City which the CCTP Watch Team participated.

B. Summary of Findings from the 12 Municipalities Visited

Overall, recommended for inclusion in the list are 1,500 families and for exclusion are 60 household beneficiaries (Table 11). The 60 beneficiaries for exclusion represent a leakage16 of P4,200,000.00 granting that they have been receiving the P1,400.00 monthly cash grant for 10 months every year since 2008.

Table 11: Number of households for inclusion and exclusion

Municipality No. of households for inclusion No. of households for exclusion

1. Langiden 70 4

2. San Isidro 168 3

3. Villaviciosa 161 -

4. Danglas 87 1

5. Malibcong 114 12

6. La Paz 249 11

7. Bucay 345 8

8. Luba 51 9

9. Tubo 101 12

10. Boliney 57 -

11. Bucloc 19 -

12. Baay-Licuan 78 -

TOTAL 1,500 60 Nobody is recommended for exclusion from 4 municipalities: Villaviciosa, Boliney, Bucloc and Baay-Licuan.

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Leakage means the amount of project cost given to non-poor.

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Those recommended for inclusion basically have the same profile in all of the 12 municipalities that were validated. They live in small houses made of temporary materials like cogon and bamboo, some a mix of wood, bamboo and cogon, with barely no appliance inside the house. They have no steady source of income. Many of them are marginalized farmers with small landholdings, tenants, seasonal farm workers (hired during land preparation and harvest time), some depend on the fish catch they get from the river, and some are firewood gatherers while some are house helpers, vendors, hired drivers of tricycles and public utility vehicles. Their daily income barely is enough to support the family.

Profiles of those recommended for exclusion are likewise the same. Eleven (11) are public school teachers, 5 are government employees (municipal and provincial LGUs), 5 are barangay officials, a municipal official, have OFWs in the family, merchandisers, business people, some have large landholdings, houses are big with complete appliances, motorcycles and cars. These people never go hungry. They exhibit affluence.

Status of compliance to the conditions of the program is found to be excellent in all of the 3 areas: education (85% attendance in school), health (regular checkup of children and pregnant mothers) and attendance in Family Development Sessions. This has brought good results in the performance of the children in school, improved health conditions of the children and the pregnant mothers, enhanced family values and relationships, developed community awareness, participation and involvement; and the emergence of new leaders in the community.

It is found out that the usage of the cash grant is for the needs of the whole family – for school and health needs, basic needs of the family (food, clothing, house repair and renovation, payment of water and electric bills) and capital for income generating projects like animal raising (chicken, pig, goat), vegetable gardening and selling, buy-and-sell of goods.

Many problems are identified in the amount of cash grants received (many do not receive the cash grant in full in several months, some even did not receive any cash grant at all, many received only in some months then it stopped without even knowing the reasons). For many beneficiaries, the manner that the cash grant is released is also a problem (i.e. over-the-counter release, delayed release, retroactive payment, no payroll presented to the beneficiaries before the payout). The use of ATM cards is also a challenge to many (lost, burned, destroyed, stolen cards and the long period of time for the cards to be replaced). Updating of the list for those who have transferred residence and those that have reached the age requirement of 14 years also takes a long time.

Another problem area is the conduct of regular FDS. Not all barangays have FDS; some do not even know the meaning of FDS.

These problems boil down to system inefficiency and consequently wastage of public money.

C. Impacts of the Program

According to the beneficiaries, the program made their lives better. It had great effects on the education of children, on the health of children and pregnant mothers, on the values formation of families.

The cash grant is a lifeboat (salva vida) to the beneficiaries when they literally have no money for schooling of children. It removed their worries where to get money to buy school supplies, for other school needs like tuition fees, materials for school projects, school contributions,

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uniforms, shoes and daily allowance. It had eased the burden of financial support for the schooling of their children. When needed, it is now easy for the beneficiaries to borrow money from neighbors during difficult times because they know that they will be receiving their cash grant in the near future.

With the cash grant, not just the children that are in the list are benefiting, also the other children and the whole family. Many beneficiaries say that they were able to send their children to higher level of education (college) due to the cash grant. The little savings they have, they use these as capital for livelihood activities like poultry and swine raising, vegetable gardening and trading. Whatever they earn for the day, they use these for other needs of the family like food, clothes, repair and renovation of the house, build toilet, installation of electricity in the house, for paying electric and water bills.

Having complete school supplies, the money needed to pay for other school needs and the daily allowance that come from the cash grant, the children are motivated not just to regularly attend their classes but also to perform well in class. Many children beneficiaries were found to be in the Top 10 of their classes. Improvement in the health conditions of the children is a contributory factor to this. With the regular checkup and the availability of food on the table (they can now afford to buy meat and fish at least once a month), the children perform better in school. The program is also addressing cases of malnourished children.

Not only is the well-being of children addressed but also the well-being of pregnant mothers. The program has reduced pregnancy risk; babies that were born are healthy. Free medicines and vitamins are provided. There is no reason for pregnant mothers not to avail of the free checkups no matter how far they are from the Rural Health Center because the municipal health personnel go to the barrios once a month for medical mission (in some municipalities, even dental mission).

The conduct of monthly Family Development Sessions has resulted to more responsible families and community members. The FDS became a venue for the education of families, not just to become good members of the family but also good citizens. Through the formation of Parent Leaders, new leaders in the community have emerged.

One big impact of the program is the transformation of the poor people from being passive citizens to active citizens. They now learn to participate and get involved in community activities when before they were just onlookers, bystanders and recipients of programs and projects.

Negative feedbacks about the program

Negative feedbacks as well were received about the program.

According to ex-mayor Salabao Apayao of Danac East, Boliney, the cash grant is of great help to the poor but there are beneficiaries who became lazy. He is wondering why there are children who do not have slippers and are short of school supplies despite the cash grant being provided to them.

Sangguniang Bayan Member Roda Agusto of Tiempo, Tubo also said that some beneficiaries only wait for the grant to arrive and no longer work.

In Poblacion Malibcong, some beneficiaries are already lazy to work because they are assured of a monthly cash grant.

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Freddie Baldos of Buli, La Paz is just waiting for the cash transfer to arrive. He is lazy to work and his mother is the one taking care of his children.

II. DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING TOOL

The development of the proxy means indicators of the poorest of the poor in the communities was first done as this would become the basis for recommending who will be included and excluded from the list of beneficiaries. This is very important for the validating team‟s sound judgment.

The poorest of the poor has the following indicators: 1) those who are living in a small bamboo house usually with cogon roof and earth flooring with barely any appliance; 2) those that could barely have three meals a day, at minimum only 1 meal; 3) those that barely earn what they need for the day; 4) those that could barely send their children to high school; 5) those that do not own lands and do not have steady income; and 6) those who barely participate in public discussions because they are shy to express their opinions.

The next were the monitoring tools. There are 4 monitoring tools that were developed: 1) CCTP Watch Monitoring Tool No. 1 – Inclusion of the poorest of the poor in the list of beneficiaries and exclusion of the non-poorest of the poor from the list; 2) CCTP Watch Monitoring Tool No. 2 – Compliance to the Conditions of the Program: Schooling of children aged 5-14, Visits to RHU Centers / Clinics of children aged 0-14, Visits to RHU Centers / Clnics of mothers in reproductive age, and Attendance to Family Development Sessions; 3) CCTP Watch Monitoring Tool No. 3 – Usage of Cash Transfer; 4) CCTP Watch Monitoring Tool No. 4 – Implementation of Self-Employment Assistance para sa Kaunlaran / Kapakanan (SEA-K Projects.

There were two guides that were developed: 1) Guide for Community Rapid Rural Appraisal, and 2) Community Organizer‟s Guide (ANNEX 5: Monitoring Tools and Guide for Community Rapid Rural Appraisal and Community Organizer).

Means and process of validation

Upon entering the municipality, the validation team meets the Local Chief Executive to explain their presence. A letter is handed to them that contains information about the CCTP Watch Project, its objectives and what it wants to do in the municipality (ANNEX 6: Letter to the Mayors and Barangay Captains). The same process is done at the barangay level. The team visits the Barangay Captain and hands over the letter with basic information about the project. Both processes have been very helpful in conducting the survey. The Barangay Captain immediately calls for other members of the Barangay Council and Parent Leaders for the conduct of a community meeting.

In the community meeting, the CCTP Watch team posts on the board the list of beneficiaries of the CCTP for the people to comment. Here, community members would give recommendations for inclusion and exclusion. Also, many problems related to the implementation would surface. This also becomes a venue to explain further the CCTP, its policies and guidelines.

From this initial consultation, the team divides itself into two groups. One group does the house to house visits using the list of beneficiaries accessed from the Provincial Link, and the recommendations during the community meeting. The other group visits the school and the Rural Health Center to interview the school and health personnel on the attendance and

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performance of children in school and their health visits and checkups. There are instances that focus group discussions were done with beneficiaries especially when community meetings could not be conducted. The results of these community meetings, interviews and focus group discussions are inputted into the Monitoring Forms/Tools which later on are consolidated and summarized.

Each member of the validating team maintains a Journal where each records his/her experiences for the day. He/she writes her thoughts, feelings, impressions, his perceptions of what happened during the day. At the end of the month, the Project Coordinator reads the journals and later processed these experiences with the team members.

In the whole course of validation, the project team was always accompanied by the Parent Leaders. The presence of the Parent Leaders not only facilitated the process but also an occasion for the Parent Leaders to be „taught‟ how to track/monitor the program.

With the second batch of municipalities, 63 Parent Leaders assisted the Project Team to conduct the survey (ANNEX 7: List of Parent Leaders that assisted the validation team).

III. MONITORING CUM FORMATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED MONITORING TEAMS

The project team decided to capacitate the Parent Leaders not just to become monitors of the CCTP but community enablers and change agents. The Parent Leaders have important roles in the development process of their own localities. They take care of 10 to 50 families, facilitate meetings and coordinate the conduct of monthly Family Development Sessions. They are the extension arms of the Municipal Links.

Two seminars were organized to capacitate Parent Leaders to become change agents and development facilitators. These seminars on People‟s Participation and Social Accountability were conducted on December 13-14, 2011 and May 11-12, 2012 at Galicia Farm, Pidigan, Abra. Sixty-seven (67) parent leaders attended the two seminars that came from 9 municipalities namely: Langiden, San Isidro, La Paz, Bucay, Boliney, Danglas, Baay-Licuan, Luba, Bucloc (Table 12).

The objectives of the seminars are: 1) for parent leaders to understand their socio-cultural-economic-political milieu so that they can collectively respond for their upliftment; 2) for them to understand the value of their participation in the different community processes so that they can influence decision makers and political leaders to allow them to participate in community decision making; and 3) for them to understand the concept of social accountability and be able to apply these concepts in their own localities to enable them to become generators of change (ANNEX 8: Design of the Seminar on People’s Participation and Social Accountability).

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Table12: Number of participants per municipality of the Seminar of Parent Leaders on People‟s Participation and Social Accountability

1st seminar (Dec. 13-14, 2011) 2nd seminar (May 11-12, 2012)

Municipality No. of participants Municipality No. of participants

Langiden 10 Boliney 5

San Isidro 8 Danglas 9

La Paz 7 Baay-Licuan 3

Bucay 13 Luba 7

Bucloc 5

Total 38 29

IV. ADVOCACY ON GOOD GOVERNANCE

The CCAGG‟s weekly radio program „Allangugan‟ was a venue for public dissemination of information and developments of the CCTP Watch Project and the DSWD‟s CCTP as a whole. The project team was interviewed for the program, their experiences in validating the CCTP in the different municipalities, not just how the CCTP is being implemented but also other concerns of the different communities that they have visited like road conditions, source of domestic water supply, the delivery of other basic services, LGU responsiveness to the needs of the people and other factors affecting the barangays.

During the Parent Leaders‟ seminars, some Parent Leaders discussed their experiences as Parent Leaders over the radio, the challenges that they encounter and how the program (CCTP) was able to help them, their families and communities.

Many beneficiaries discussed with the validating team what they have heard over the radio about the CCTP Watch Project.

Likewise articles were written at the Abra Today about the CCTP Watch at the CCAGG Monitor column. Abra Today is a weekly publication of the diocese of Bangued that has readership both local and international (mostly Overseas Filipino Workers).

On January 26, 2012, the CCTP Watch Project Team was among the resource speakers during the Trainors‟ Training on the CCTP FDS Manual held at the Heritage Hotel, Cauayan, Ilocos Sur to around 60 participants mostly government employees from different agencies (school supervisors and principals, municipal doctors and nurses, municipal agriculturists and engineers, CCTP municipal links). The Project Team handled two topics: on community building and bio-intensive gardening. The team added the concept of community organizing and people empowerment in the module which is not part of the FDS Manual.

The Project Coordinator shared the CCTP Watch Project with about 100 CSO representatives in Pagadian City in Mindanao who attended the Forum on Social Accountability organized by the DILG on May 23, 2013. This was part of the CCAGG‟s Experience of Exacting Social Accountability, a talk given by the CCAGG Chairperson during the Forum. The CSOs came from the different provinces covered by the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). ARMM was given P80 million stimulus fund. The CSOs were asked to get involved and track / monitor the implementation of the different projects under the stimulus fund.

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V. POLICY FORUM / DIALOGUE WITH DSWD

The first validation report covering the first batch of municipalities comprising of Langiden, San Isidro, Villaviciosa, La Paz, Danglas and Malibcong was submitted to the DSWD Regional Director Leonardo Reynoso, copy furnished the DSWD Secretary, Corazon Juliano-Soliman. To follow up recommendations on the report, particularly those for exclusion and inclusion, and improvement on the system to avoid leakages, a meeting was held with Director Reynoso in Baguio City. He explained that there will be personnel that will visit those in the list for inclusion and exclusion to validate the report. Decisions on these will be at the national level based on the recommendations of the regional office. There were feedbacks from the Parent Leaders that there were DSWD personnel that visited those recommended for inclusion and exclusion in the first report. There were those already excluded from the list, but no additional inclusion in the list of beneficiaries.

Dir. Reynoso expressed his appreciation how the report was written and he recommended the same format to the other CSO partners in the region. According to him, the report already contains the names of those that have problems related to the implementation of the CCTP, what are their problems/concerns and where they are found (what municipality and barangay they belong). Since the DSWD also takes care of persons with disabilities, malnourished children and elderly, the report also identifies them and where they can be found. The report is so informative (person and locus-specific) to the DSWD.

There was a communication to the CCAGG that the report was requested by the CCTP Provincial Coordinating Committee and that a copy was provided to each of the committee members which includes the Provincial Governor, Provincial Social Welfare Development Officer, Provincial Health Office, CCTP Provincial Link, among others.

The CCAGG participated in the CSOs-DSWD National Forum on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) at Holiday Inn, Clark, Pampanga on September 4-7, 2011. The Forum was meant to promote sustained and informed CSO involvement in the implementation, oversight and evolution of the Philippine CCT program. It aims to strengthen performance accountability and conformity of CCT operations with norms of good governance, improve CSO feedback/advise on CCT policies and processes to strengthen the effectiveness and sustainability of CCT, and complement public spending on CCT with CSO support and resources.

The topics discussed were: 1) How can we empower the CCT beneficiaries to be more proactive citizens with a stronger voice in public decisions? 2) Review of the design and implementation of Pantawid Pamilya and lessons from international experience on CSO engagement; 3) Findings of the CCT Spot Checks; and 4) How can CSOs help the government ensure that the CCT will actually impact and benefit the poor?

Here in this Forum, the CCAGG shared its CCTP Watch experiences beginning with the development of the proxy-means indicators for the poorest of the poor in the community used in identifying who can be recommended for inclusion and exclusion, the monitoring tools and templates in assessing the compliance to the conditions (education, health, attendance to monthly FDS), usage of cash transfer and the results/impacts of the program. That time, most CSOs were still at the orientation stage about the CCTP.

The Project Coordinator participated in the FDS Trainors‟ Training for CSOs at Bayview Park Hotel, Manila on June 18-22, 2012. More than 100 CSO representatives from all over the country engaged with the implementation and validation of the CCTP participated in this

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Training. This was organized by the DSWD to capacitate the CSOs in conducting the FDS in the different communities. Here, the Project Coordinator shared the CCAGG‟s CCTP Watch Project particularly the two seminars that CCAGG conducted with the Parent Leaders on People‟s Participation and Social Accountability.

A Knowledge Sharing on the CCTP was organized by the Robredo Institute of Governance (formerly La Salle Institute of Governance) in De La Salle University on November 16, 2012. Participants of this Knowledge Sharing are DSWD-National Office, World Bank, ADB, CSOs and academes that have involvements related to the CCTP.

The CCAGG was invited to present its experiences in monitoring the CCTP, its findings and the lessons learned through its CCTP Watch project. What were presented were its initial findings contained in its first report like: 1) the profiles of the poor (reasons for inclusion); 2) the profiles of the non-poor that are included in the list (reasons for exclusion); 3) the 31 families recommended for exclusion represents a leakage of more than P2 million assuming that they have been receiving the cash grant since 2008 with P1,400 monthly depriving 31 families; 4) problems/challenges in the implementation like: delayed/irregular cash transfer, partial cash grants from P300 to P800, some did not receive any cash transfer yet, some stopped receiving the grant, over the counter cash transfer, retroactive payment, problems related to ATM cards (loss, burning, destroyed, misplaced, mishandled ATM cards), several barangays not having FDS, teachers who have waived their privilege as beneficiaries but names are still in the list; 5) the initial impact of the program – it has been successful as a life-saver (salva vida) to the poorest of the poor however more efficiency, transparency and accountability are required.

The World Bank representative reacted that the program is not just for the poorest of the poor but the poor as defined by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), those living under the provincial poverty line. This means that in a municipality or a barangay, only one or two families are not qualified as CCTP beneficiaries.

VI. LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE CCTP WATCH PROJECT

The validation process on the Conditional Cash Transfer Program (CCTP) that the CCAGG undertook through the funding assistance of Partnership Transparency Fund (PTF) is a microcosm of what is happening countrywide with regard to the implementation of President Aquino‟s banner program, the Conditional Cash Transfer Program.

The following lessons / insights can be drawn from the CCTP Watch Project:

1. One of the goals of the program is to provide a lifeboat (salva vida) to the poor people so that they can bolt themselves out of the poverty mill. In the validation process, there are indicators that this goal will be achieved, not one hundred percent but with significance17.

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The success indicators are: good attendance and performance of children in school, ability of beneficiaries to send their children to higher level of education, healthier children and pregnant mothers due to regular (monthly) visits to the RHU Clinic, incidents of malnutrition are addressed, part of the cash grants received are used for the provision of other basic needs like food for the whole family, repair/improvements of houses and facilities, buying medicines, etc.; and as capital for income generating projects like animal raising. Relationships with family members and the community have improved through the conduct of the Family Development Sessions every month. Most of all, the building of the self-confidence and self-respect of the poor people have been great achievements of the program. Now they can talk; they are no longer silent; they now participate and discuss community issues and concerns. With these indicators, life conditions of the CCTP beneficiaries have improved.

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2. The program has been widely criticized as a dole-out and many are questioning what

right have these CCTP beneficiaries to be given special attention from the rest of the Filipinos, and to be receiving P1,400.00 for 10 months every year without breaking their bones from a loan which all Filipinos will be paying. Like the other Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in the world adjudged to be successful like in Mexico and Latin America, the CCTP in the Philippines has conditions that the beneficiaries have to comply to be able to earn a maximum of P1,400 cash grant every month18. This is an incentive and disincentive, „carrot and stick‟ approach which is very effective both in the demand and supply sides of the program. Non-compliance means slash in the cash grant, if found to be consistently not complying, the possible consequence is de-listing as beneficiary of the program.

3. Another criticism is that the program encourages indolence and that the cash grants have not been used to support the education and health of children and the mothers as intended in the program. In the validation experience, we found out some pockets of incidents like these19 but in the entirety, the program has provided incentives and the push for beneficiaries to go up the ladder.

4. The conduct of the Family Development Sessions (FDS) is an innovation of the CCTP in the Philippines, not found in other CCTPs in other parts of the world. This is the education and the empowerment component of the program which deals with family and community relationships as well as citizenship building. The conduct of the FDS is lodged under the Municipal Link (ML) but this is being contracted out to the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to unload the MLs so that they can be more efficient in monitoring the compliance of the conditions and the timely release of cash grants to beneficiaries. However, not all CSOs can do this task especially that this is treated by the Department of Social Welfare and Development as a pro-bono service of the CSOs20 requiring full-time personnel. As per COA guidelines, salaries of personnel of non-government organizations (NGOs) who are directly involved in the implementation of the project of government can be paid. Most CSOs especially the small NGOs operate in a project-based system.

5. Since the conduct of the FDS is long-range (5 years), capacitating the Parent Leaders to manage the FDS can be a sustainable solution. This can be the task of the partner CSOs in the program. Capacitating means the provision of skills training and the mentoring for the Parent Leaders to ably conduct the sessions monthly in their own clusters. The CCAGG prepared a proposal using this framework which it submitted to

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The children have to go to school regularly and maintains at least 85% attendance; both the children and pregnant mothers have to go for regular (monthly) checkup at the RHU Centers; and parents have to attend the monthly Family Development Sessions; otherwise, their cash grants would be slashed. 19

In San Miguel and North Poblacion, Bucay, the teachers were saying that the children beneficiaries of the CCTP have no school supplies and cannot even make their projects despite the cash grants that they are receiving. In Poblacion Malibcong, according to community members, some parents are already lazy to work because they are assured of monthly cash grant. In Buli, La Paz, Freddie Baldos just waits for the cash grant to arrive. 20

DSWD only funds transportation, communication and materials to be used in the conduct of FDS; no personnel cost.

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DSWD for possible funding but this was turned down because as per policy as decided by the CCTP National Technical Working Group, only the CSOs, as of now, can conduct the sessions. The DSWD is not convinced yet that the Parent Leaders are capable of preparing and conducting the monthly FDS. In short, it does not believe in empowering the Parent Leaders yet.

The Seminar on People‟s Participation and Social Accountability that the CCAGG provided to 2 batches of Parent Leaders through the CCTP Watch Project, and witnessing how the participants have changed from being „silent‟ in the first day and „talkative‟ in the second day, are indicators that Parent Leaders can manage the FDS if given the chance. The Community-Based Leadership Seminar that the CCAGG conducted to about 40 Parent Leaders from 3 municipalities of Abra (Dolores, Pilar, Sallapadan and Daguioman) in February 2013 has very encouraging results challenging the Parent Leaders not just to become mouthpieces of the 4Ps but change agents as well in their own communities21.

The design of the seminars that were provided to the Parent Leaders was meant to empower them so that they cannot easily be manipulated by politicians and other people in power with vested interests. The role of the Parent Leader is very crucial and has great influence over several families ranging from 10 to 50 families entrusted to his care. For cunning politicians, these organized families can deliver votes for them and getting the support of the Parent Leader is the key. The Parent Leader can make and break them. With the CCTP, political and economic empowerment of the poor can happen.

6. The big number for inclusion in the list of beneficiaries clearly shows that many poor families have not been reached when the household targeting system was conducted22. Many of these are found in the outskirts, in far-flung areas where good roads are non-existent and basic services are barely delivered. Ironically, these are supposed to be the priority sector (the poorest of the poor) that the CCTP should cover.

7. Sixty (60) families are recommended for exclusion from the list based on the proxy means indicators (criteria) set by the CCAGG in determining the poorest of the poor in the community23. Looking at the profile of these families, they have big concrete houses with complete appliances; most of them are landed, are permanently employed in government receiving regular salary, have OFW members of their family, and are engaged in business. There are also those who are found to be not eligible anymore (past the age limit of 14), those who have transferred residence, and those found to be not complying with the conditions of the program. However, in the Knowledge Sharing in November 2012 organized by the Jesse Robredo Institute of Governance (formerly La Salle Institute of Governance) where the CCAGG was invited to share its experience in

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The participants have expressed follow-up seminars. 22

Recommended for inclusion in the list of beneficiaries are 1,500 families (849 from the first 6 municipalities validated and 651 from the remaining 6 municipalities). 23

The poorest of the poor arre: 1) Those who are living in a small bamboo house usually with cogon roof and earth flooring with barely any appliance; 2) Those that could barely have 3 meals a day, at a minimum have only 1 meal a day; 3) Those that barely earn what they need for the day; 4) Those that could barely send their children to high school; 5) Those that do not own lands and do not have steady income; and 6) Those who barely participate in public discussions because they are ashamed to express their opinions.

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monitoring the CCTP in Abra, the World Bank representative reacted that the program does not only target the poorest of the poor but the poor in general as per NSCB standards24. The orientation given to the CCAGG by no less than DSWD Secretary Corazon Soliman during the MOA signing in December 2010 was very clear that the program is for the poorest of the poor. This policy was further strengthened during the CSO consultation in Clark, Pampanga in 2011 convened by the DSWD. If the program is really for the poor in general, only 1 or 2 families in the far-flung municipalities of Abra would not be considered poor. Most are poor; hence there is the tendency that the poorest of the poor will be further marginalized.

8. The bottlenecks in the implementation of the CCTP are found in the efficiency level of the Municipal Links and in the bureaucratic treadmill since the program is implemented from the national level. There is one Municipal Link per municipality regardless of the number of beneficiaries. Numerous problems have been identified in the validation process that can largely be attributed to the inability of the Municipal Links to cope and respond to these. As grievances can still go to the region then to the national level, addressing them are very slow so much so that there are beneficiaries that do not receive full amount of the cash grant while some have not received any amount yet for several months already. A more efficient system is needed.

9. The validation process that the CCAGG conducted did not only look at the implementation of the CCTP but also other factors affecting the people like infrastructure facilities and other social services being delivered. Many school buildings and Day Care Centers are found to be dilapidated and unsafe for children25. They need immediate repairs. In many areas, school buildings are lacking that 3 grades share the same classroom managed by only 1 teacher26. In Sitio Lipting in Ampalioc, Luba, a grade school pupil has to walk 1.5 hours passing through 2 mountains to reach the school in Ampalioc Proper. In many areas, road conditions are very poor that very seldom government services could reach them. Farmers‟ produce cannot be transported to reach the major vein of business in the municipality so that they are left rotting. Many beneficiaries do not have toilets. Many persons with disabilities were listed. This made the DSWD Regional Director happy because the CCAGG report had specific names and specific locations where these PWDs are found.

10. The validation process did not look at the quality and sufficiency of facilities and personnel, and the education that the children are being provided in the school. Likewise the quality of facilities, sufficiency of medical supplies and personnel at the RHU Centers. These are areas for future engagements – looking the supply side of the program. The demand for quality education and health services to the CCTP beneficiaries has to be supplied by our government (i.e. sufficient books, facilities,

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“The goal of the CCT program, which has an explicit targeting mechanism embedded in the program, is to provide short-term cash assistance to poor households while helping to strengthen human capital of their children with the long-run vision of breaking the cycle of poverty” (Who Benefits from Social Assistance in the Philippines? By Luisa Fernandez and Rashiel Velarde, Social Protection Analysts in the World Bank Office Manila). 25

This include Grade VI school building at Quilliat Elementary School in Langiden, Turod Elementary School in San Isidro, Manayday Day Care Center in San Isidro. 26

Baac Primary School has 1 classroom for Grades 1,2 and Day Care Center, another one for Grades 3 and 4, all managed by only 3 teachers.

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teachers, school buildings, vitamins and medicines, pre-natal and post-natal facilities, presence of health personnel, fully-furnished Rural Health Center, etc.).

11. The design of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program many categories of poor are left out like poor households without children, poor households with children above 14 years of age, elderly poor households, poor households with members with disabilities. Since these represent a big chunk of the statistics of poor households, programs should also be designed to reach them.

VII. RECOMMENDATIONS

The tools that we used in validating the implementation of the CCTP can be useful and can be further developed and enhanced.

Replicating what the CCAGG did in the 12 municipalities can be done to protect the integrity of the program. In Abra, this can be done in the remaining 15 municipalities. This can be done also in other parts of Northern Luzon and the other regions, with some modifications suiting to the needs of each province/region.

Looking deeply at the supply side (education, health, other factors affecting the CCTP like infrastructure and delivery of basic services), these can also be possible areas for engagements specifically on Social Accountability (how funds are used, how are these accounted for, participation of the basic sectors in planning and budgeting, literacy and numeracy on the disclosed information/documents under the Full Disclosure Policy of DILG, etc.).

Many parents cannot assist their children of their assignments/lessons at home because they are illiterates. The Alternative Learning System of the Department of Education has to be strengthened.

Capacity building can both be targeted for the beneficiaries especially the Parent Leaders to become change catalysts in their respective communities, and the CSOs that would be capacitating the Parent Leaders. Alliance building of Parent Leaders can be done from the municipality, to the province, regional and if possible national levels. Social marketing of this concept has to be done especially with the DSWD.

There are several Best Practices that have been identified especially regarding the support that the school, community and the parents can jointly come together to further strengthen the education and health of children and pregnant mothers.

The monthly medical missions of the Doctors to the Barangays have to be given recognition. If before doctors are just confined in the RHU Clinics, now they go to where the people are notwithstanding the long treks and the high climbs to reach the furthest place.

VIII. CONCLUSION

The CCAGG‟s CCTP Watch Project with the generous assistance of Partnership Transparency Fund (PTF) is another trailblazing engagement. It was able to develop a simple tool that an ordinary citizen can use. The Project also documented the process of monitoring the government‟s Conditional Cash Transfer Program to 12 municipalities. This is CCAGG and PTF‟s contribution to the „Daang Matuwid’ of President Aquino.

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IX. FINANCIAL REPORT

Attached is the Financial Report of the CCTP Watch Project.

X. ANNEXES

Annex 1 Poverty incidence among Population (%), Province of Abra, 2000, 2003 and 2009 Annex 2 Reasons for inclusion and exclusion in/from the list of beneficiaries Annex 3 List of malnourished children and Persons with Disabilities Annex 4 Monitoring Tools and Guide for the Conduct of Community Rapid Rural Appraisal and

for Community Organizer Annex 5 Letter to the Mayors and Barangay Captains Annex 6 List of Parent Leaders that assisted the validation team Annex 7 Design of the Seminar on People‟s Participation and Social Accountability

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ANNEX 1: Poverty Incidence among Population (%), Province of Abra, 2000, 2003 and 2009

Prov'l. Nat'l Prov'l. Nat'l Prov'l. Nat'l

MunicipalityPoverty

Incidence (%)Municipality

Poverty

Incidence (%)Municipality

Poverty

Incidence (%)

Tineg 79.44 1 9 Boliney 73.52 1 47 Bucloc 77.2 1 2

Boliney 66.79 2 Tineg 68.96 2 86 Lacub 67.2 2 19

Malibcong 65.36 3 San Isidro 65.52 3 116 Sallapadan 62.0 3

Lacub 64.19 4 Langiden 63.81 4 138 Tubo 56.4 4

Bucloc 63.71 5 Bucloc 62.68 5 161 Malibcong 55.6 5

Lagayan 62.61 6 Lacub 61.48 6 174 Boliney 50.6 6

Tubo 60.04 7 Villaviciosa 54.79 7 294 Villaiciosa 49.1 7

Licuan-Baay 55.11 8 Malibcong 53.46 8 325 Licuan-Baay 46.7 8

Luba 53.85 9 Lagayan 52.54 9 347 Langiden 46.0 9

Langiden 52.46 10 Luba 52.42 10 349 Tineg 43.2 10

Bucay 52.38 11 Tubo 51.04 11 374 Pilar 42.8 11

San Isidro 50.37 12 Licuan-Baay 50.84 12 378 San Isidro 42.3 12

Danglas 48.16 13 Danglas 49.56 13 415 Lagayan 41.7 13

La Paz 46.73 14 Daguioman 40.97 14 689 Bucay 36.2 14

Villaviciosa 45.77 15 La Paz 40.53 15 698 Luba 36.2 15

San Juan 45.23 16 Pilar 39.00 16 752 La Paz 36.0 16

Daguioman 44.40 17 Dolores 38.99 17 754 Penarrubia 35.7 17

Penarrubia 43.45 18 Lagangilang 38.54 18 770 Manabo 34.9 18

Sallapadan 42.04 19 Sallapadan 37.95 19 791 San Juan 33.7 19

San Quintin 41.96 20 Bucy 37.19 20 817 Dolores 33.5 20

Lagangilang 41.81 21 San Quintin 36.76 21 834 Daguioman 32.2 21

Tayum 41.66 22 Tayum 36.67 22 837 Danglas 32.0 22

Manabo 41.27 23 Peñarrubia 35.89 23 866 San Quintin 28.7 23

Pilar 39.37 24 Pidigan 34.44 24 916 Lagangilang 27.5 24

Dolores 36.00 25 San Juan 33.70 25 944 Pidigan 25.9 25

Pidigan 33.11 26 Manabo 26.52 26 1145 Tayum 23.7 26

Bangued 21.41 27 Bangued 19.74 27 1310 Bangued 16.8 27

Ranks (1 highest)

POVERTY INCIDENCE AMONG POPULATION (%)

2000 2003 2009

Ranks (1 highest)Rank (1 highest)

Province of Abra: 2000, 2003 & 2009

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ANNEX 2: Reasons for inclusion and exclusion in / from the list of beneficiaries

Reasons for inclusion

No. of beneficiaries

involved

They are tenants, landless. 169

They are farmers (swidden farmers, rice farmers, vegetable farmers) and they are living in a small hut.

133

Daily wage earners (bakery worker, laborer, driver, passenger jeepney driver, trucking worker, grocery boy, bamboocraft making helper, assistant raft operator, assistant mill operator, tricycle driver with boundary)

83

No permanent house, shares house with other families 81

Housewife, housekeeper, house helper, has many children 49

No job, no stable/permanent job 48

They are the most marginalized sectors (single parent, with mental and physical disabilities, widow / widower, 72 years of age, have malnourished children))

37

They are honey gatherers, charcoal makers, firewood gatherers, fisherfolks, miners, gold panners.

36

Occasional paid workers (construction worker, seasonal laborer, works in a merry-go-round, hired carpenter, chainsaw operator, wood carver, occasional driver, jeepney conductor, laundrywoman/man

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They are bitter gourd farm workers, palay harvesters, farm laborers, poultry farm helpers.

22

Engaged in small income generating activities (manicure/pedicure, barbecue vendor, vinegar and vegetable vendor, ice cream vendor, pansitan eatery, making of lumpia wrappers, solid waste gatherer, weaving)

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Reasons for exclusion from the list

Reasons for exclusion No. of beneficiaries involved

Permanently employed in government 14

Member of the family is working abroad 5

Affluence is evidenced by big concrete house where they live, with complete appliances, tiled flooring, etc.

5

Past the requirement for a CCTP beneficiary 3

A landowner with many tenants 1

A teacher who already signed a waiver but name is still on the list 1

Total 29

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ANNEX 3: List of malnourished children and Persons with Disabilities

Malnourished Children

Name Place

1. Jane Maureen Lizardo Abang, Bucay

2. Jonathan Lizardo Abang, Bucay

3. Jasmin Lizardo Abang, Bucay

4. Reynold Baňez Pagala West, Bucay

5. Roseann Baňez Pagala West, Bucay

6. Arnel Baňez Pagala West, Bucay

7. Shiela May Cabarrubias Dugong, Bucay

8. Ma. Elena Cabarrubias Dugong, Bucay

9. Monica Cabarrubias Dugong, Bucay

10. Tricia Trongco Bangbangcag, Bucay

11. Trixie Trongco Bangbangcag, Bucay

12. Nordeen Sagao Ampalioc, Luba

Persons with Disabilities

Name Place Disability

1. Zaldy Mar Rosero, Jr. Gayaman, Luba Hairlip, one year old

2. Francisco Gondran Sabnangan, Luba Cross-eyed

3. Nordeen Sagao Ampalioc, Luba 1 year old, mentally ill

4. Rex Bringas Banglolao, Bucay Has one foot

5. Dominador Rosario Banglolao, Bucay 72 years old, no feet; had heart stroke, he is on wheelchair; he lives with his 2 children, both have their own families (Eddie Rosario, with 4 children; Rex Rosario with 4 children)

6. Mart Eliezer Espino Banglolao, Bucay 10 years old, blind, mute and hands are bound because sometimes he turns violent. Arlyn Espino is the mother, a single parent, while Brenda Espino is the grandmother, the one taking care of Mart.

7. Lovely Magayam Abang, Bucay Cannot walk and talk, 12 years old, an orphan

8. Almar Chambee Abang, Bucay With down syndrome, 16 years old

9. Ervin Pilor Bangcagan, Bucay With down syndrome, 23 years old

10. Rommel Moises Bangcagan, Bucay Dwarfism, 15 years old

11. Justina Peralta Bangcagan, Bucay Blind

12. Christian Bobias Bugbog, Bucay He can‟t walk; he is lying on his wheelchair. He was a CCTP beneficiary but stopped receiving his grant because he did not go to school.

13. Michael Bides Labon, Bucay Mentally ill

14. Edna Tang-o Labon, Bucay Mentally ill

15. Edelwisa Macabeo Labon, Bucay Mentally ill

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16. Julio Talaga Layugan, Bucay Blind since 1934

17. Yolanda Quintos Layugan, Bucay Single, 54 years old; sight began to diminish when she was 2nd year high school; when she had an eye check up, the doctor said it is glaucoma.

18. Lolita Gallegas Layugan, Bucay 68 years old, has 5 children; she went blind when she gave birth to her second child

19. Florencio Bersalona Layugan, Bucay 72 years old with 5 children; lives with a daughter who is pregnant; wife is engaged in buy-and-sell of vegetables to support the family

20. Ellen Almienda Ruega Layugan, Bucay Wife of Dave Ruega from Laplapog, Villaviciosa; mentally sick due to extreme poverty; she becomes violent sometimes.

21. Imeterio Cabarrubias Layugan, Bucay

22. Ismael Balatico Madalipay, Bucay Paralyzed

23. Reynold Baňez 24. Roseann Baňez 25. Arnel Baňez

Pagala, Bucay Orphans (both parents died)

26. Daren King Cedron Pagala East, Bucay Meningitis, 3 years old

27. Lorelie Trinidad Pagala East, Bucay Cannot walk, 10 years old

28. Jayson Pinto Pagala West , Bucay Epileptic, 26 years old, can‟t walk

29. Leticia Lomaoig Pagala West, Bucay Had an eclempsia, 53 years old

30. Antonia Cabiao Quimloong, Bucay Deaf

31. Keycilyn Cabiao Quimloong, Bucay Can‟t stand and walk (very thin legs), 2 years old

32. Lilia Marquez San Miguel, Bucay Blind, 47 years old

33. Florencia Tenebro San Miguel, Bucay 42 years old, down with epilepsy

34. Joel Tuazon Alcalde San Miguel, Bucay Blind, 36 years old

35. John Carlo Abellan Pakiling, Bucay Mentally ill

36. Catalino Bermudez, Jr. Pakiling, Bucay 18 years old, mute and lame

37. Reymund Bersalona Pakiling, Bucay 13 years old, can walk but easily loses his balance

38. Pepito Bersalona Pakiling, Bucay 17 years old, down with epilepsy

39. Simplicio Victor Pakiling, Bucay Down with epilepsy

40. Jojo Afroilan Pakiling, Bucay Mute

41. Floro Dumlao Salnec, Bucay 60 years old, down syndrome

42. Ritchelle Lazo Salnec, Bucay 24 years old, mentally ill

43. Clarvy Quintos Salnec, Bucay 10 years old, mute

44. Rudy Alcalde Tabiog, Bucay Lame

45. Armando Curbi Tabiog, Bucay Lost his hand; it was electrocuted when he was in college

46. JP Sevilla Dugong, Bucay 3 years old, with cerebral palsy

47. Loverlyn Bernese Dugong, Bucay Cannot walk, uses her knees for walking; 29 years old

48. Aida Claor Dugong, Bucay Mute

49. Alona Gael Bangbangcag, Bucay Epileptic

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50. Maria Lourdes Alcaide Siblong, Bucay 48 years old with polio

51. Alma Pendon Siblong, Bucay 11 years old, mentally ill

52. Christian Bobias Bugbog, Bucay 8 years old, mute and lame (cannot stand)

53. Petra Pet-ang Puroganan

Lingey, Bucloc Mentally ill, single parent

54. Heaven Balingnay Amtuagan, Tubo 8 years old, mute and lame

55. Bruce Lee Manganip Amtuagan, Tubo 45 years old, blind

56. Ley Mar Mayago Amtuagan, Tubo 12 years old, lame

57. Maricris Jalandoni Duminglay, Baay-Licuan

16 years old with meningitis

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ANNEX 4: Monitoring Tools and Guide for the Conduct of Community Rapid Rural Appraisal and for the Community Organizer

CCTP Watch Monitoring Tool No. 1 – Inclusion of the poorest of the poor in the list of beneficiaries and exclusion of not the poorest of the poor from the list

Barangay and municipality: ____________________________________________

Total No. of Beneficiaries: Individuals /___/ Households /___/

1. For schooling (children aged 5-14) /___/

2. For visits to RHU clinics: a) children aged 0-14 /___/ b) mothers in

reproductive age /___/

List Validation:

FOR EXCLUSION FOR INCLUSION Means of

validation Name Reason Name Reason

VALIDATED BY: _____________________________ Date: _________________

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FOR EXCLUSION FOR INCLUSION Means of

validation Name Reason Name Reason

VALIDATED BY: ____________________________ Date: ______________

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CCTP Watch Monitoring Tool No. 2 – Compliance to the Conditions of the program

A. Schooling of children aged 5-14

100 %

Attendance

With Absences No Attendance Means of

Validation Name Reason Name Reason

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100 %

Attendance

With Absences No Attendance Means of


Box 1. What are the results of the CCTP to the schooling of children?

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B. Visits to RHU Centers / Clinics of children aged 0-14

Visits

regularly (100%

compliance)

Missed some visits No visit at all Means of


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Visits

regularly (100%

compliance)



Box 2. What are the results of the CCTP to the health of children?

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C. Visits to RHU Centers / Clinics of mothers in reproductive age

Visits

regularly (100%

compliance)



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Visits

regularly (100%

compliance)


Validation Name Person Name Person

Box 3. What are the results of the CCTP to the health of mothers in

reproductive age?

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D. Attendance to family sessions

100%

Attendance

Missed some

sessions

No Attendance Topics / Concerns Discussed

Means of

Validation

Name Reason Name Reason

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100%

Attendance

Missed some

sessions

No Attendance Topics /

Concerns Discussed

Means of

Validation

Name Reason Name Reason

Box 4. What are the results of the Family Sessions?

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CCTP Watch Monitoring Tool No. 3 – Usage of Cash Transfer How is the cash used? Problems related to cash

transfer

Means of validation

Box 5. Does the cash transfer able to help the family from poverty situation? If yes, how? If no, why not? What are the recommendations?

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CCTP Watch Monitoring No. 4 – Implementation of Self-Employment Assistance para sa Kaunlaran/ Kapakanan (SEA-K) Projects

1. Total No. of Beneficiaries: ____________

2. How are the beneficiaries identified and selected? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

3. Types of livelihood projects and current status of the projects:

Projects Current Status

4. What livelihood projects have been successful? Why are they successful?

Successful projects Reasons for their success

5. What are the livelihood projects that failed? Why have they failed?

Projects that failed Reasons for failing

6. What are recommendations to improve project implementation?

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COMMUNITY RAPID RURAL APPRAISAL Barangay: _______________________________ Ethnicity: ____________________________ Total No. of Population: __________________ Total No. of Households: ______________ Language Spoken: _______________________ Religion: _____________________________

A. SOCIAL SITUATION a. Community relationships b. Values c. Beliefs, customs and traditions d. Status of women (widows, single mothers) e. Status of children and youth f. Status of elderly

g. Status of persons with disability (who are they?)

B. ECONOMIC SITUATION a. Main source of income b. Business establishments c. Farming system d. Employment

C. POLITICAL SITUATION

a. Community decision-making process b. System of governance c. System of conflict resolution d. Community leaders e. Youth leaders f. Women leaders

D. ENVIRONMENT SITUATION

a. Forest b. Water c. Air d. Soil e. Land f. Waste management

E. PEACE AND ORDER SITUATION

a. Presence of armed groups b. Other disturbances

F. GOVERNMENT SERVICES IN THE AREA

a. Schools b. Clinics c. Water system d. Post office

G. INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES

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a. Roads b. Bridges c. Ferry boats d. Telecommunications

H. MAJOR PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS

I. COMMUNITY SPOT MAP

COMMUNITY ORGANIZER’S GUIDE

1. Upon entering the community, pay courtesy visits to the municipal mayor, barangay captain and parish priest. Tell them the purpose of your stay in the community.

2. Get familiar with the MSWDO, Municipal Links, other government officials, pastoral leaders and catechists. Gather as much as possible feedbacks from them about the project and other issues in the community.

3. Conduct house-to-house visits to validate the list and get first hand information about their compliance to the conditions and the use of cash transfer.

4. Visit the school where the children are enrolled. Interview the teacher on the children’s attendance and participation in classes/sessions. Ask them of the results.

5. Visit the RHU center/clinic. Interview the RHU worker about the children and mother CCTP beneficiaries’ visits to the clinic. Ask about the results of the visits.

6. Conduct community meeting before leaving the area. Present the list for validation. What do they suggest to be INCLUDED and EXCLUDED from the list and why? What are their problems and concerns? What are their recommendations? Ask them if the project has helped them move out from poverty situation.

7. Be observant of the place. Take note of the social, economic, political, environmental, peace and order situation, government services, infrastructure facilities, and the community structures and lay-out.

8. Before going to sleep, write your journal of activities. This serves as your diary. Be specific as possible regarding what you have accomplished for the whole day.

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ANNEX 6: Letter to the Mayors and Barangay Captains

Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government, Inc. 2nd Floor, DZPA Bldg., Rizal cor. Zamora St., Bangued, Abra

2800 Philippines Tel/Fax No. (074) 752-8196

E-mail Address: [email protected]

June 21, 2011 Hon. Noel P. Castillo Mayor Municipality of Langiden Langiden, Abra Dear Mayor Castillo, Greetings of peace! On December 29, 2010, our organization, the Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government (CCAGG) forged a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the monitoring of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program or the 4Ps program. This June, we have started the task. We are fielding three full time staff to visit the 14 municipalities covered by the 4Ps program, one of which is Langiden. They will validate the list of beneficiaries through community meetings, house-to-house visits, interviews with residents; monitor the compliance of the conditions and the utilization of the cash transfer by the grantees. We do all these with the end-view of assessing whether the program really was able to reach the poorest of the poor, the intended beneficiaries, and facilitate improvement in their education and health conditions. It is in this context that we are introducing to you Mrs. Consuelo Bisares, Mrs. Marites Castillo and Mr. JOEL BARBADILLO, our staff, to conduct the validation activity. We will be very grateful if you could lend them your valuable assistance. Thank you in advance. Sincerely, NOTED BY: ANICETA C. BALTAR Ms. PURA C. SUMANGIL Project Coordinator Chairperson

mailto:[email protected]

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Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government, Inc. 2nd Floor, DZPA Bldg., Rizal cor. Zamora St., Bangued, Abra

2800 Philippines Tel/Fax No. (074) 752-8196

E-mail Address: [email protected]

June 21, 2011 Mr. Artemio Donato, Jr. Barangay Chairman Barangay Baac, Langiden, Abra Dear Barangay Chairman Donato, Greetings of peace! On December 29, 2010, our organization, the Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government (CCAGG) forged a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the monitoring of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program or the 4Ps program. This June, we have started the task. We are fielding three full time staff to visit the 14 municipalities covered by the 4Ps program, one of which is Langiden. They will validate the list of beneficiaries through community meetings, house-to-house visits, interviews with residents; monitor the compliance of the conditions and the utilization of the cash transfer by the grantees. We do all these with the end-view of assessing whether the program really was able to reach the poorest of the poor, the intended beneficiaries, and facilitate improvement in their education and health conditions. It is in this context that we are introducing to you Mrs. Consuelo Bisares, Mrs. Marites Castillo and Mr. Joel Barbadillo, our staff, to conduct the validation activity in your barangay. We will be very grateful if you could lend them your valuable assistance. Thank you in advance. Sincerely, ANICETA C. BALTAR Project Coordinator

mailto:[email protected]

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ANNEX 7: List of Parent Leaders that assisted the validation team

PARENT LEADERS THAT ASSISTED THE CCAGG VALIDATING TEAM

Name Municipality Barangay

1. Ruth Baula Bucloc Ducligan

2. Merlina Cabarubias Bucay Salnec

3. Iluminada Gonzales Bucay Layugan (sitio Nagsangalan)

4. Coraciolo Delmunte Bucay Layugan Proper

5. Milagros Barroga Bucay Banglolao

6. Abigail Trinidad Bucay North Poblacion

7. Leilanie Taberdo Bucay Bangcagan

8. Eugenio Lang-o Bucay San Miguel

9. Ma. Isabel (Miriam) Tadeo Bucay Pagala East and West

10. Maria Teresa Lumaoig Bucay Pagala West

11. Jacqueline Tangub Bucay Pagala West

12. Jesus Villagones Bucay Patoc

13. Imelda Bicera Bucay Bugbog

14. Emely Daria Bucay Quimloong

15. Wilma Hagus Bucay Dugong

16. Regina Cabarrubias Bucay Dugong

17. Edwin Caban Bucay Dugong

18. Zenaida Berras Bucay Dugong

19. Jesus Villagones Bucay Patoc

20. Nestor Baday Bucay Abang

21. Edna Alagao Bucay Tabiog

22. Jocelyn Dumlao Bucay Tabiog

23. Gloria Bisnan Bucay Palaquio

24. Julie Babasa Bucay Palaquio

25. Myleen Lopez Bucay Bangbangcag (sitio Ublag)

26. Myleen Bodaňo Bucay Calao

27. Arnel Federico, Sr. Bucay Siblong

28. Josephine Blanza Bucay Siblong

29. Elvira Duritan Luba Ampalioc

30. Martes Matias Luba Ampalioc (sitio Lipting)

31. Loreto Bayudang, Sr. Luba Ampalioc (sitio Pacpaca)

32. Imelda Sambaoa Luba Gayaman

33. Arsenia Pabor Luba Gayaman (sitio Tillilo)

34. Eddie Maglia Luba Nagbukel

35. Joey Digap Luba Tuquipa

36. Julieto Berido Luba Botot-Barit

37. Antonio Doria Luba Botot-Barit

38. Josefina Bagabag Luba Luzong

39. Imelda Belino Tubo Mayabo (Poblacion)

40. Rebecca Lais Tubo Supo

41. Cederia Dayasen Tubo Wayangan

42. Ricky Osiyek Tubo Alangtin

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43. Remy Barcena Tubo Kili

44. Thelma Pe Benito Tubo Tiempo (sitio Kawayan)

45. Florida Collado Boliney Poblacion

46. Bodalina Locquiao Boliney Poblacion

47. Estela Intay Boliney Danac East

48. Elsa Talay Boliney Danac East

49. Juliet Magalim Boliney Amti

50. Pacita Dawi Boliney Kilong-Olao

51. Loreta Palangdao Boliney Dao-angan

52. Bryan Valdez Boliney Baoyan

53. Emy Bintucan Boliney Dumagas

54. Olivia Mangadsil Bucloc Lingey

55. Melizabeth Sumalag Bucloc Lingey

56. Marilyn Paculan Bucloc Lamao

57. Ruth Baula Bucloc Ducligan

58. Miriam Tugadi Baay-Licuan Bulbulala

59. Evangeline Pacio Baay-Licuan Mapisla

60. Marieta Molina Baay-Licuan Tumalip

61. Avelina Siddayao Baay-Licuan Nalbuan

62. Asuncion Talinay Baay-Licuan Subagan

63. Jack Bataqueg Baay-Licuan Mugao

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ANNEX 8: Design of the Seminar on People’s Participation and Social Accountability

SEMINAR ON PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY Rationale: The Parent Leaders play very crucial role in the development process of their own localities. They are the extension arms of the Municipal Links in the barangays and they conduct the monthly Family Development Sessions. To deepen their leadership roles with the end view of forming them as change agents in their own communities is what the seminar wants to aspire for. Objectives: For participants to:

1) Understand their socio-cultural-economic-political milieu so that they could collectively respond for their upliftment;

2) Understand the value of their participation in the different community processes so that they can influence decision makers and political leaders to allow them to participate in community decision making;

3) Understand the concept of social accountability and be able to apply these concepts in their own localities to enable them to become generators of change.

Participants: 64 Parent Leaders under the Conditional Cash Transfer Program (CCTP), 2 People‟s Organizations (5 members each) – total of 74 target participants

Date: May 11-12, 2012

Venue: SODEC, Galicia Farm, Galicia, Pidigan, Abra

Schedule of Activities:

Date / Time Activity Expected Output Person/s Responsible

May 10 p.m. – Checking in of participants from far-flung barangays Secretariat

May 11 / Friday

6:30 – 7:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Arrival and Registration Secretariat

9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Opening Activities and Orientation

a) Invocation Invoking the guidance of the Holy Spirit throughout the seminar

Mrs. Consuelo Bisares

b) Singing of the National Anthem

Awakens sense of nationalism

Ms. Aina Manggad

c) Welcome Remarks The CCAGG Chair gives her message.

Ms. Pura Sumangil

d) General Orientation on the Seminar

Understanding on the objectives and

Ms. Aniceta C. Baltar

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process of the seminar

e) Introduction of Participants and Facilitators

Getting familiar with participants and facilitators

Mrs. Marites Castillo

9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Instructions for Group Activity

Mrs. Irene Dannang

9:45 – 10:30 a.m. (Working Merienda)

ACTIVITY: Collage making For participants to describe and analyze the current social, political, economic, environmental and religio-cultural situation of the country

Mrs. Irene Dannang

10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PROCESSING OF ACTIVITY

Mrs. Irene Dannang

11:00 a.m.-12:00 nn DEEPENING Ms. Annie Baltar

12:00 noon Lunch Break

1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Instructions for Group Activity

Mrs. Irene Dannang

1:15 – 1:45 p.m. ACTIVITY: Building a Tower

For participants to understand CO and the context where it originated, have common definition of CO, enumerate and explain the goals of CO and discuss the 5 critical organizing tasks

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. PROCESSING of ACTIVITY

Mrs. Irene Dannang

2:15-4:00 p.m. DEEPENING: Community Organizing (concepts and goals)

Ms. Aniceta C. Baltar

4:00 – 4:15 p.m. Merienda Break

4:15 – 5:00 p.m. Film Viewing (on the CCTP)

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. PLENARY (Insights from the film)

Marites Castillo

6:00 – 7:00 p.m. ACTIVITY: Discovery Walk (What is Social Accountability)

Through a checklist, the participants are exposed how basic services are delivered in their own areas.

Irene Dannang

7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Dinner

May 12 / Saturday

6:30 – 7:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Arrival and Registration Secretariat

8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Opening Prayer A participant

RECAP (participatory) Review of the yesterday‟s process and content

Marites Castillo

8:45 – 9:15 a.m. PROCESSING OF ACTIVITY

For participants to define good governance;

Irene Dannang

9:15 – 10:00 a.m. DEEPENING (Pillars of Annie Baltar

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Social Accountability) understand the fundamental principles, indicators and characteristics of good governance; identify key agents and their roles in good governance; and explain the link between good governance and social accountability

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Merienda Break

10:15 – 11:30 a.m. FILM VIEWING (The Blessed Arnold Janssen Road / Bantay Lansangan)

Joel Barbadillo

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 nn PLENARY (sharing of insights on the films)

Marites Castillo

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Energizers

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. INPUT: Human Dignity Ms. Pura C. Sumangil

2:30 – 3:00 p.m. GENERAL SYNTHESIS Highlights of the seminar

Annie Baltar

3:00 – 3:30 p.m. EVALUATION What went well and what did not work well in the seminar

3:30 – 4:00 p.m. CLOSING ACTIVITIES - Sharing of

Impressions - Distribution of

Certificate of Participation

Participants

4:00 – 4:30 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS

Closing Prayer Consuelo Bisares

7:00 p.m. Dinner

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