Jaime V. Ongpin Foundation, Inc. (JVOFI), in collaboration with the municipality of Bagulin, conducted a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and Training Needs Assessment with the participation of Barangay Kagawads, Barangay Secretaries, SK Chairpersons, and Punong Barangays from Barangays Cardiz, Alibangsay, Dagup, Suyo, Cambaly, Libbo, Tagudtud, and Baay. The workshop was held in Suyo, Bagulin, La Union, on January 27, 2025.
The goal of the PRA workshop was to promote public participation in solid waste management through the use of SWOT analysis, Community and Resource Mapping, Visioning, and Training Needs Assessment tools. During the SWOT analysis, participants highlighted the positive impact of regular clean-up drives, tree planting, and the enforcement of ordinances that support proper waste segregation. The challenges listed included stray animals scattering waste, lack of discipline among constituents, waste from neighboring areas like Benguet, and natural disasters such as typhoons and landslides.
During the Community and Resource Mapping activity, participants identified the locations of Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs), schools, businesses, and other establishments, while also mapping out how waste flows within the community. This was followed by the Visioning and Training Needs Assessment activity, where the municipality envisioned achieving a zero-waste lifestyle, improved water quality, and proper waste segregation starting at the household level. They are also eager to gain more knowledge and skills in practical waste management techniques through future training, such as upcycling, recycling, and the creation of Information, Education, and Communication materials.
The PRA initiative provided a valuable opportunity for the community to reflect on their current waste management practices, identify areas for improvement, and collaborate on concrete solutions to achieve a cleaner, more sustainable future. As mentioned during the opening remarks by Gina Flor, the Municipal Administrator, the importance of community involvement in waste management for the overall health of both the environment and residents was emphasized. Waste management is not just a responsibility, but a shared commitment.
—
About the Ridge to Reef Project
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ-๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข-๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐. ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ฏ๐ค. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ, ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ (๐๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ), ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ (๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ) ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข (๐๐๐). ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด’ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
