Last 2013, the project
development team of NMAP did a research focused on children, people with
disabilities and other marginalized sectors.
In the process a project was formed:
Community Based Inclusive
Development, it envisions a transformed community thru Organizing of the
local people into Community Based Organization; Capacity Building and Strengthening
of the local leaders to sustain existing service facilities for the community.
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| Barangay Health Worker form Sitio Malalim, Barangay San Juan |
It was in 2016 wherein
an expansion in the said project needs to be done. Criteria were set wherein areas and communities
were deliberated in the process. The
expansion started with data gathering at Philippine Statistic Authority. Ocular visits were done at identified communities
where poverty incidence and population of Persons with Disabilities were high.
Courtesy call with the
Municipality of Baras in the Province of Rizal and coordination with the 4
Barangay namely: San Juan; Rizal;
Santiago and Evangelista with their respective Local Government Units has been
made to properly identify the participants for the Participatory Action
Research and initial implementation of the CBID project.
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| Kring, one of the Community Development Officer's that facilitates community-based grass-root learning |
This article intends to
show the process and output of PAR. It
started from the time where secondary data were gathered, until it was
presented to the Municipal Mayor of Baras.
The study has covered one Municipality wherein 4 Barangays were selected
as part of the expansion area of the organization.
Several Research tools
and methods were used in the process.
After the PAR training, all the participants have set their foot in doing
the survey and interviews. Whilst the
Community organizer started doing Focus Group Discussions with different
sectors and Key Informant Interviews with key persons in each community.
The scope of the output
is limited to the result of the survey that was conducted by the participants
on each Barangay. It was thoroughly
reviewed, presented and discussed with the Municipal Local Government Unit
(MLGU), Local Government Unit (LGU), Participatory Action Research team and the
selected constituents in each community.
Research was finished after 3 months, from the time of ocular visits,
training, surveys, tally and presentation to duty bearers.
