2018

NARRATIVE REPORT
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AND ECONOMIC PROMOTION CLUSTER
USER

Group 4

MARIETTA B. SALVIEJO
ROMULO B. ROCENA
MA SOFIA G. NARAG
ALBERTO M. OTCHENGCO, JR.
JOEL R. DEFEO
ROSALINA S. CONSTANTINO
SHARON P. ALMANZA
SAMUEL R. SOLIVEN
I. INTRODUCTION

The objective of the cluster Enterprise Development, Agricultural Productivity and Economic

Promotion (Economic Cluster) is to formulate a Community Development Agenda anchored

on the Mission, to provide income generating projects and to provide livelihood projects in

the area and Vision of modernizing the standard of living condition of the people and to

achieve development, progress and prosperity in the community formulated by the

Barangay officials of Barangay Bilao that will support the Municipal Development Plan and

how this will relate to the Philippine Development Plan and to the more long term vision,

Ambisyon 2040. This paper will also discuss the Stakeholders Profile affecting the Economic

Cluster, the Methodology used and the findings or results of our study to support our

recommendation and the Group Reflection Report during the 5-day Community

Engagement Module.

II. METHODOLOGY

The group conducted an ethnographic fieldwork or immersion which entails living in with the

community for five days and four nights, participating and observing the daily activities and

the behavior of people in Barangay Bilao. The group also conducted interviews and survey

to gather information required for this study. We also used secondary data from the

Barangay (registered businesses, estimated monthly income of households) and from the

Municipal Agriculture and Tourism offices (crop production data, registered fisheries and

profile, tourist arrival data for Sapian, and tourism plan) from Department of Trade and

Industry (DTI) Negosyo Center (existing food processors in Sapian and interventions). For

the interview, the following sector groups were chosen as sample: i) Barangay, Municipal

and DTI Negosyo Center officials; ii) Farmers and fisher folks; iii) informal vendors (trade);

iv) Service sector (both formal and informal sectors) v) Housewives, sari-sari store owners

and on-call skilled workers and vi) Cooperative’s representative.

 On the other hand, the group surveyed households (Annex A) from the following Sitio:

Kamanok, Proper, Laguit and Agkaningay to determine the nature of employment or job,

income/earnings, other sources of income and other related information. Due to limited time

and resources to conduct a random sampling survey, the group used purposive sampling by

validating the secondary data available to determine the information mentioned above. The

result of the survey is discussed in Part III.

III. RESULTS AND FINDINGS

a. Survey

Table 1: Number of Households by Monthly Income

2016 Barangay Data 2018 Primary Data

No. of Percent No. of Percent Highest Educational
Monthly Income
Households Distribution Households Distribution Attainment

2000 & below 405 51.9 1 3.6 Elementary undergrad

2001-5000 105 13.4 10 35.7 Elementary/HS
5001-10000 106 13.6 11 39.3 HS undergraduate
10001-15000 120 15.4 2 7.1 College/HS graduate
15001-20000 15 1.9 2 7.1 College Graduate
above 20000 30 3.8 2 7.1 College Graduate
Total 781 100 28 100.0

2016 Barangay Data 2018 Primary Data

Average 4.09 4.54
Household Size

Based on the result of the survey, households with monthly income above P15,000 which is

14.2% of the sample of 28 households are College graduates. On the other hand, we noted the

huge deviation of the survey from the 2016 Barangay data for households earning P2,000 and

below. This might be due to the differences in the definition of income, sources, coverage and

the method used by the Barangay to gather the information. The survey also noted that those
households with more than 2 members working or employed have higher monthly income.

Moreover, the survey shows that average number of households increased to 5 from 4.

Comparing the data with 2015 Annual Poverty Threshold for Capiz, which is P21,146 we found

out that 57% of our sample are poor (see Annex 2) which is much higher compared to the

poverty incidence of Sapian of 29.7% in 2012. We note that there might be a potential bias

towards high poverty incidence in the result since the group survey concentrated on households

with low income.

b. Findings from Interviews and data gathering

1. Many unregistered businesses in the Barangay level particularly

fishpond operators, bakery, poultry and other micro enterprises.

2. Lack of Barangay Development Plan and the need for a reliable and

credible data

3. Barangay Bilao is not yet part of the Tourism Development Plan

especially for the rehabilitation of Mangroves as a tourist attraction as

well as the Kipot Cave at Sitio Agkaningay due to lack of political will,

distance and accessibility

4. No facilities for tourism promotion, such as pasalubong center to

promote goods in its raw form (buko, sugar cane, ginger and other root

crops, among others)

IV. SECTORAL PROFILE OF STAKEHOLDERS, CHALLENGES AND ISSUES IN

GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT The group identified the following

stakeholders involving Economic Cluster. The details of the SPSCIGD analysis is

presented in Tables 2 and 3.

1. FARMERS AND FISHER FOLKS

 The agricultural lands and fishing industry of Brgy. Bilao are not maximized due to lack of

capital, farmers do not own the land, insufficient supply of water, traditional methods of

farming, lack of advanced farm equipment, presence of crop diseases, low price of

agricultural products, absence of crop rotation, lack of skills for market and value-adding

activities, etc. As a result, the farmers and fisher folks have low income, low agricultural

productivity, wastage of some harvested crops, which in turn affect the quality of life they

have and the level of education reached by their children.

2. LABORERS, INFORMAL VENDORS, UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS

(HOUSEWIVES, OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH)

Most of the respondents interviewed were high school undergraduates, which limits their

opportunities to have high-paying jobs. Laborers, such as construction workers and drivers,

were on an on-call basis. Informal vendors and sari-sari store owners have limited

knowledge on how to manage their businesses and just use their daily sales to augment

their daily household expenses. There were also very few skills and livelihood trainings

availed by the residents of Brgy. Bilao. Also, not all families maximize the land in their

surroundings to plant vegetables for their own consumption. Thus, with the limited income

they earn, even the provision for their daily food intake is affected.

Table 2: SECTORAL PROFILE OF STAKEHOLDERS, CHALLENGES AND ISSUES IN

GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

ACTUAL EFFECTS/
FELT NEEDS, PROBLEMS IMPACT ON THE QUALITY
PERCEIVED CAUSES,
AND OTHER ISSUES OF LIFE OF CITIZENS,
ORIGINS AND ATTENDANT
CHALLENGING TARGET INSTITUTIONS AND
VARIABLES
COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENT OF THESE
COMMUNITIES
STAKEHOLDER: FARMERS (CROPS AND LIVESTOCK)
 Low agricultural  Lack of irrigation facilities  Low income of farmers
productivity  Lack of available water resulting in poverty
supply  Children not sent to higher
 Poor maintenance of educational institutions
existing irrigation system  No investments for their
 Use of traditional methods future
 ACTUAL EFFECTS/
FELT NEEDS, PROBLEMS IMPACT ON THE QUALITY
PERCEIVED CAUSES,
AND OTHER ISSUES OF LIFE OF CITIZENS,
ORIGINS AND ATTENDANT
CHALLENGING TARGET INSTITUTIONS AND
VARIABLES
COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENT OF THESE
COMMUNITIES
of farming (eg. Sabog of
palay)
 Lack of advanced farm
equipment
 Use of non-hybrid seeds/
animals
 Presence of natural
calamities
 Presence of crop diseases
(ginger, coconut, banana,
etc)
 Non-utilization of modern
technologies to increase
production
 Absence of crop rotation
 Decreasing size of fruits
 Available agricultural lands  Lack of knowledge of  Low income of farmers
not being maximized; farmers on how to resulting in poverty
many idle agricultural maximize their agricultural  Children not sent to higher
lands lands educational institutions
 Many farmers are not land-  No investments for their
owners future
 Low profit of farmers  Low price of agricultural  Low income of farmers
products resulting in poverty
 Wrong timing of  Children not sent to higher
production/harvest educational institutions
 Dynamics of supply and  No investments for their
demand future
 Absence of value-adding
activities
 Some farmers are not
land-owners
 Absence of ready buyers
for some products which
results to wastage of some
harvested crops
 Lack of skills for market
and value-adding activities
 Lack of capital  No savings for investment  Low income
 Absence of structured
lending institutions
 Low pay of agricultural  Lack of knowledge of  Low income of farmers
laborers/helpers laborers on their rights resulting in poverty
 ACTUAL EFFECTS/
FELT NEEDS, PROBLEMS IMPACT ON THE QUALITY
PERCEIVED CAUSES,
AND OTHER ISSUES OF LIFE OF CITIZENS,
ORIGINS AND ATTENDANT
CHALLENGING TARGET INSTITUTIONS AND
VARIABLES
COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENT OF THESE
COMMUNITIES
 Abusive land-owners who  Children not sent to higher
take advantage of laborers educational institutions
who lack knowledge of  No investments for their
their rights future
 Farmers do not have  Seasonal agricultural Low income of farmers
income in some months activities resulting in poverty
 No other job opportunities
 Many farmers are not land-  Comprehensive Agrarian  Low income
owners Reform Program not fully
implemented
 Poor farm to market roads  Lack of funds for  Low income
infrastructure projects
STAKEHOLDER: INFORMAL VENDORS (TRADE)
 Low profit of micro-  Some products are not  Low income of micro
enterprises sold due to supply and entrepreneurs resulting in
demand dynamics poverty
 Low income of buyers
 Some buyers do not pay at
once
 Some fresh products (eg.
Fish) are not sold – these
are dried and sold at lower
value
 Lack of storage facilities
for unsold products
 Absence of permanent  No designated area for 
stalls for vendors. Some permanent barangay
stalls will be affected by public market
road expansion program
STAKEHOLDER: HOUSEWIVES AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS
 Families do not plant  People of Bilao do not  For vegetable needs,
vegetables in their know how to maximize families are dependent on
surroundings. Open land resource in their what is sold in Talipapa.
grounds remain idle surroundings. Based from They don’t know how to
random interviews, many produce for their family’s
residents are lazy consumption
 Based from interviews with  The schools do not have  Uneducated residents of
barangay officials and innovative intervention Bilao remain unproductive.
residents, three out of ten programs on dropout There is also a tendency
high school-age children in reduction for the out-of-school youth
Bilao are not studying or  Parents do not care about to become liabilities of the
what we call out-of-school the education of their community
youth children
 ACTUAL EFFECTS/
FELT NEEDS, PROBLEMS IMPACT ON THE QUALITY
PERCEIVED CAUSES,
AND OTHER ISSUES OF LIFE OF CITIZENS,
ORIGINS AND ATTENDANT
CHALLENGING TARGET INSTITUTIONS AND
VARIABLES
COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENT OF THESE
COMMUNITIES
STAKEHOLDER: FISHER FOLKS, HOUSEWIVES, SARI-SARI STORE OWNERS, ON-
CALL SKILLED WORKERS
 Limited employment  Most students do not finish  Separation of family
available schooling. They look for members and children are
jobs outside the barangay left to the care of
grandparents
 Farmers are getting old
and young people are
shunning away from
farming
 No capital to raise animals  Hand to mouth living and  Limited development since
and farming no motivation to be the barangay is confined to
entrepreneurial. Limited being source of raw
access to capital materials
 Very few trainings on  Selective process on  No motivation to attain
livelihood development identifying participants on skills due to perceived
trainings selective process of
identifying participants
 Unstructured system in  No training on small store  No upgrade from small
running a business such business process store to bigger store
as sari-sari store
 Limited processing or no  Lack of advocacy in value  Farmer-producer exploited
value-adding of products/ chain approach to by middle traders in the
raw materials within development marketing chain
barangay
 No development agenda  Lack of know-how in  Private sectors not tapped
for the tourism industry tapping tourism related for tourism industry
given the potential of as entrepreneurship development
tourist attraction

V. COMMUNITY AGENDA FOR STRENGTHENING GOVERNANCE AND

DEVELOPMENT (CASGD) See Table 4 for detailed discussion of CASGD

1. FARMERS AND FISHER FOLKS

1.1 Agricultural Productivity Enhancement Program – this includes the establishment

of appropriate irrigation system, hybrid seed dispersal, livestock dispersal, research and

development and technology assistance to increase agricultural productivity and the income

of farmers.
 1.2 Market Linkaging Program and Value Chain Analysis – to prevent wastage of

harvested crops and provide branding of products of Brgy. Bilao.

1.3 Structured Lending Program – this includes provision of loans and insurance to

augment capital of farmers with minimal interest rate as well as insure crops against

calamities

1.4 Intensify the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program for

the farmers to own lands

1.5 Infrastructure Support Program – to provide necessary infrastructure such as

farm to market roads and irrigation.

1.6 Organize farmers and fisher folks to empower them

2. LABORERS, INFORMAL VENDORS, UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS (HOUSEWIVES,

OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH)

2.1 Development of menu of skills and livelihood training programs – to provide a

selection of trainings from which the people of Brgy. Bilao can choose based on their areas

of interest.

2.2 Structured Lending Program for Micro-Entrepreneurs – this includes conduct of

information, education and communication, financial and technical assistance to equip

micro-entrepreneurs with relevant information on available resources, provide available

loans with low interest and facilitate the preparation of necessary requirements for the loans

2.3 Capability Building Programs – conduct appropriate skills or livelihood training

programs, based on the determined areas of interest of the residents, whether skilled

laborers, out-of-school youths or the unemployed. Skills trainings may include sectors such

as, but not limited to, construction, tourism and metals and engineering. Livelihood

programs may include processing of crops (eg. Turmeric powder, banana chips, seafood

crackers), handicrafts and other souvenir items. Training programs can also be conducted

for micro-entrepreneurs to improve profitability.

 2.4 Establishment of Barangay Public Market – to facilitate conduct of trading

activities

2.5 Project Gulayan sa Paaralan at Bakuran – to maximize the use of land resource

by promoting vegetable production in schools and homes. This will ensure that sufficient

supply of food baskets/vegetables for every family and inculcate among them the value of

industry.

3. TOURISM SECTOR

3.1. Establishment of Pasalubong Center – to capture the market potential brought about

by tourists going to Lonoy. This shall showcase the products produced by the locals as a

result of the livelihood trainings conducted.

The following shall be the roles of appropriate government entities to achieve the

development interventions proposed:

1. Barangay Development Council to come up with proposal for endorsement to the

Municipal Development Council

2. Provincial Development Council to endorse to the concerned agency at the provincial

level and/or to the Regional Development Council for endorsement to the concerned

regional or national line agency and other institutions such as:

2.1 Department of Agriculture and Department of Agrarian Reform

2.2 Department of Trade and Industry

2.3 Department of Science and Technology

2.4 National Irrigation Administration

2.5 Department of Public Works and Highways

2.6 Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

2.7 Land Bank of the Philippines and Cooperative Development Authority

Table 4: COMMUNITY AGENDA FOR STRENGTHENING GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
REQUIREMENTS:
GOVERNANCE/ PURPOSE/ INTENDED
RESOURCES, ROLES AND
DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS; OUTCOMES/
INSTITUTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
INTERVENTION(S) LONG TERM IMPACT
PARTNERSHIPS
STAKEHOLDER: FARMERS (CROPS AND LIVESTOCK)
 Agricultural Productivity  To increase agricultural  Human and financial  Barangay Development Council
Enhancement Program productivity resources to be provided by to come up with proposal for
1. Establishment of  To increase income of the government endorsement to the Municipal
appropriate irrigation farmers  Through the municipal Development Council
system (eg. Water  To contribute to the government which shall  Provincial Development Council
impounding system) country’s economic request the endorsement of to endorse to the concerned
2. Hybrid Seed Dispersal development its provincial government for agency at the provincial level
Program  To reduce unemployment the concerned national and/or to the Regional
3. Livestock Dispersal  To decrease poverty among agencies to provide the Development Council for
Program (explore other farmers needed resources endorsement to the concerned
livestock eg. Goat) regional or national line agency
4. Research and  DA – agricultural technologies
development to improve and farm inputs
productivity (address  DTI – market linkages, value
diseases, decreasing size chain analysis training
of fruits, etc.)  DOST – research and
5. Technology Assistance development, equipment/
technology assistance
 NIA – irrigation system
 DPWH – roads
 TESDA – skills training
 CDA – organization of
cooperatives
 Market Linkaging Program  To augment income of DTI
and Value Chain Analysis farmers
 To maximize the gains from
agricultural production
 Skills Training and  To provide other job TESDA/DTI
 REQUIREMENTS:
GOVERNANCE/ PURPOSE/ INTENDED
RESOURCES, ROLES AND
DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS; OUTCOMES/
INSTITUTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
INTERVENTION(S) LONG TERM IMPACT
PARTNERSHIPS
Livelihood Program opportunities during off-
season
 Structured Lending Program  To augment capital of DTI
1. Loans farmers with minimal
2. Insurance interest rate
 To insure crops against
calamities
 Comprehensive Agrarian  To intensify CARP Department of Agrarian Reform
Reform Program implementation for the (DAR)
farmers to own lands
 Infrastructure Support  To provide necessary DPWH
Program infrastructure, farm to
market roads, irrigation
 Organize farmers  To empower farmers DA
STAKEHOLDER: INFORMAL VENDORS (TRADE)
 Structured Lending Program  To enhance the knowledge  Financial resources to be  Barangay Development Council
for micro-entrepreneurs of micro-entrepreneurs on used as seed money for to coordinate with concerned
1. Conduct of Information, available sources loans government entities for the
Education and  To facilitate the availability  Human resources for IEC provision of the needed
Communication (IEC) of loans with low interest campaigns and technical assistance through the
2. Financial assistance  To provide assistance in the assistance Municipal Government
3. Technical assistance for preparation of the  DTI – conduct of IEC and
the preparation of necessary documents technical assistance
documentary  LBP – possible lending
requirements institution
 Micro-entrepreneurs’  To enhance the knowledge
Capability Building Program and skills of micro-
1. Organize entrepreneurs entrepreneurs
2. Conduct of capability  To organize them to
building activities facilitate provision of
assistance and to empower
them
 REQUIREMENTS:
GOVERNANCE/ PURPOSE/ INTENDED
RESOURCES, ROLES AND
DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS; OUTCOMES/
INSTITUTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
INTERVENTION(S) LONG TERM IMPACT
PARTNERSHIPS
 Establishment of Barangay  To facilitate conduct of Financial Resources/  Barangay Development Council
Public Market trading activities Barangay Development to prioritize the establishment of
Council barangay public market. It
could request financial support
from Municipal Government and
elected officials (eg.
Congressmen)
STAKEHOLDER: HOUSEHOLDS MEMBERS
 Project Gulayan sa  Promote vegetable  Capacity building – the The barangay shall do the
Paaralan at Bakuran (to production in schools and barangay shall take the lead following:
maximize the use of land homes in conducting orientation  Pass a barangay resolution for
resource)  Establish and maintain and training in schools and the barangay-wide
vegetable gardens as ready sitios. Technical experts implementation of the Gulayan
food baskets for every may be invited from DA-BPI sa Paaralan at Bakuran Project
family or local agricultural office.  Coordinate with the Bureau of
 Inculcate among the  Garden tools – barangay Plant Industry regarding the
learners and family officials shall take charge of needed trainings of participants
members the value of the acquisition of garden  Make sure that every family,
industry tools to be distributed to the rich or pure, will have a
 Make all vacant spaces/lots residents. The barangay vegetable garden in their
in the community productive may make partnership with surroundings
 Train the community the municipal mayor,  Conduct an Annual Search for
members to do small and governor, local Department Best Gulayan sa Bakuran.
medium scale food of Agriculture or NGOs. Awarding of winners shall be
production  Seeds – the barangay shall done during the Barangay
IMPACT: provide the starter seeds of Fiesta
 Every home shall have preferred vegetables. The  Conduct a Quarterly Vegetable
sufficient vegetables for the schools and families shall Fair for the families and
family. It can also serve as be responsible for the schools, to showcase and sell
a source of income production of seeds for the their vegetable products
 The school shall have succeeding cropping  Conduct monthly monitoring of
vegetables for their feeding  Fertilizers – schools and the Gulayan sa Bakuran
 REQUIREMENTS:
GOVERNANCE/ PURPOSE/ INTENDED
RESOURCES, ROLES AND
DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS; OUTCOMES/
INSTITUTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
INTERVENTION(S) LONG TERM IMPACT
PARTNERSHIPS
program families are encouraged to
 No land resource shall be have their respective The School Principal shall:
left unproductive compost pits for the Require each class in school to
production of organic have a vegetable garden within
fertilizer for their plants the campus
 Initiate a search for Most
Productive Class Garden
STAKEHOLDER: FISHER FOLKS, HOUSEWIVES, SARI-SARI STORE OWNERS, ON-CALL SKILLED WORKERS
 Development of menu of  To provide a selection of  List of training to be  Barangay Development Council
livelihood/skills trainings trainings from which the included in the menu of to coordinate with concerned
people of Bilao can choose programs government agencies on
which is aligned to their  Conduct survey on the possible livelihood/skills
interest interest of the people of trainings (DTI and TESDA)
BIlao and prioritize schedule  Barangay to initiate the conduct
of trainings of survey,

 Structured system in sari-  To provide know-how on  Training
sari store business processes in running a sari-  Identify fast moving
sari store to improve products to carry
profitability  Create linkage with Fast
Moving Consumer Goods
companies like Coke-STAR
programs
 Development of mangroves  To capture the market  Identify materials like shells,  Municipality of Sapian Negosyo
as tourist attraction potential brought about by coconut and others to be Center
 Establishment of tourists going to Lonoy used for making souvenir  DA, TESDA,DTI
pasalubong center and items
development of souvenir
items
 VI. GROUP REFLECTION REPORT ON THE CHALLENGES, LESSONS AND
COMMITMENTS TO GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE
D. GROUP REFLECTION REPORT ON
COMMITMENTS TO GOOD GOVERNANCE
WHAT WE LEARNED
1. FARMING
Despite shortage of food, not all
families maximize the land in their
surroundings to plant vegetables for
their own consumption.
Harvested crops were not processed
for additional livelihood and
employment opportunities.
Due to lack of advanced farm
equipment and skills in modern
farming, the farmers resort to traditional
farming, thus reducing productivity
The ABALA Agrarian Reform
Cooperative (ABALA ARC) has very
limited capital and its roles and
potential to extend support and
assistance to the community of farmers
and fishermen
2. EDUCATION
Due to meager resources, families
prioritize spending for their daily
sustenance, thus neglecting the value
of education. Also, instead of going to
school, children help their parents earn
money.
Those with very little education has a
mindset of “living by the day.” They just
settle in earning money which is
enough to cover for expenses per day
THE CHALLENGES, LESSONS AND
WHAT WE MUST DO
We recommend the Project Gulayan sa
Paaralan at Bakuran to maximize the
use of land resource by promoting
vegetable production in schools and
homes. This will ensure that sufficient
supply of food baskets/vegetables for
every family and inculcate among them
the value of industry
Provide appropriate capability building
programs and access to capital to help
families have additional sources of
income.
We recommend the Agricultural
Productivity Enhancement Program
which includes technology assistance
and hybrid seed dispersal among
others
We recommend the following to the
Coop Board:
 Specialized training for officers and
management staff
 Continuous membership education
 Honest and competent leadership
and management staff
 Viable cooperative direction and
business operation
 Increase volume of business
 Undertake marketing and business
alliance
Provide appropriate capability building
programs and access to capital to help
families have additional sources of
income.
A training on having an entrepreneurial
mindset should be conducted to widen
the minds of these locals to more
possibilities and ensure that business
 WHAT WE LEARNED
thinking that they won’t be able to earn
more because of lack of education.
There were respondents who are
currently working, as well as
housewives, who wanted to undergo
skills training, however, only weekday
training schedules were available,
which is in conflict to the work of the
husbands, or the everyday chores of
the housewives.
3. DATA GATHERING
Knowing the correct situation of the
environment before coming up with the
right proposal for the development of
an area is of great importance. The
environmental scanning is a very
important phase of the Community
Engagement Module that it should be
given attention to know the situation of
all the stakeholders of the community.
Sectoral concerns which may differ
from one area to another should be
properly analyzed so that no one will be
left behind. Credible plans for the
improvement of the community should
be anchored on a sound situational
analysis of the area.
WHAT WE MUST DO
potentials in Barangay Bilao are
maximized. The training should also
include how to handle money wisely to
prevent them from spending the capital
for their personal needs, and allocate it
to expand their businesses.
A survey should be conducted on what
industry the residents of Brgy. Bilao
would want to pursue. The results of
the survey should be processed and
prioritized according to the available
resources of the locality.
Skills training schedules should be
flexible enough to cater to the needs of
the interested participants.
The generation of correct data on the
situation of a community should be part
of the planning process. The
community should set up a system for
the generation of critical information,
that will aid in the formulation of plans
and programs, for the improvement of
the situation of the community, which
should redound to the improvement of
life of everyone, leaving no one left
behind, which is one of the basic
principles of the Sustainable
Development Goals

VII. RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION

The SPSCIGD and CASGD as well as the Group Reflection can serve as guide for the

community of Bilao through its officials in the formulation of a Barangay Development Plan to

support the realization of its Mission and Vision anchored on the Municipal, Provincial and

Regional Development Plans up to the Philippine Development Plan and the Sustainable
Development Goals towards the achievement of Ambisyon Natin 2040 to have “A Matatag,

Maginhawa at Panatag na Buhay.”

The study also shows the importance of education in uplifting the lives of the community. There

is a high degree of correlation between education and income wherein those who were able to

finish their studies have a higher monthly income thus better living condition.