UMWAD Project Newsletter April 2010

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Umwad PanayPanay CBR Projects Newsletter Issue 1, April 2010

Participants of the project development workshop were all smiles at the conclusion of the 3-day activity

In its quest to develop a project in a participative manner, the Handicap Inter-

national (HI) Panay project team worked with partners of the 5 target local

government units (LGU) in Panay Island during the Project Development Work-

shop held at Eon Centennial Hotel in Iloilo City from Feb. 10-12, 2010. The work-

shop aimed to define the project work plan for 2010 in a consultative manneras well as to provide capacity building to Disabled Peoples Organization (DPO)

and Community-based Rehabilitation (CBR) focal persons of the LGUs of

Batad, San Dionisio, & Concepcion in Iloilo province, and Barbaza & Laua-an

in Antique province on how to develop a project using the logical framework

approach.

Originally, the plan was to develop a project following the local inclusive de-

velopment (LID) approach and focusing on the three main actors of LGU, ser-

vice providers, and DPO. However, due to the upcoming May 2010 elections

and expected changes in LGU leaderships, it was decided that for this year,

the focus will be on developing the capacity of DPO to become integral ac-

tors in the implementation of their municipal CBR action plans.

Thus for the 3 days, the participants worked hard to develop a logical frame-

work that centers on improving DPO skills particularly in fund raising, advocacy,

event organizing, and effective communication.

HI develops CBR/LID Project with Partners

UMWAD PANAY is born!

Umwad, which means

progress in Ilonggo, ex-

emplifies HIs commit-ment to support the de-

velopment of Disabled

Peoples Organization

(DPO) in the island of

Panay so they can con-

tribute towards the pro-

gress of their respective

municipalities.

Umwad Panay brings

quarterly updates on the

Panay CBR Projects

quest to meet the above

challenge.


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Activities in brief

Person with Disability Day in Barbaza

Mayor Faith Francisco speaks in front of her PWD constituents

In connection with their annual Batabat Festival, HI joined

the municipality of Barbaza in holding their own Person with

Disability Day on March 16, 2010. The highlight of the event

was the distribution of PWD IDs and purchase booklets

signed by the mayor to an estimated 700 PWDs of Barbaza.

These IDs and booklets will be used by PWDs to avail of the

20% discount as embodied in Republic Act 9442. RA 9442 is

the 2007 amendment to RA 7277the 1992 Magna Carta

for PWDs, which stipulates that Persons with Disabilities are

entitled to 20% discounts to provision of services in hotels,

theaters & places of recreation, purchase of medicines &

medical services, transportation, etc.

At the end of the day, 168 PWDs who came from far-flung

barangays were provided with IDs and purchase booklets.

Distribution will then continue through the members of the

CBR team and the social welfare office. The challenge now

is to make sure that these IDs and purchase booklets are

honored in various establishments in the municipality so that

PWDs can enjoy their rights as stipulated in the law.

New staff on board

Raphy Imperial, a registered social

worker out of Central Philippines

University in Iloilo was hired as com-

munity organizer of the project on

January 11. Prior to HI, he worked

for several years with MSF on street

children issues.

Rosie Pernia of San Jose, Antique

was hired as office keeper on Janu-

ary 18.

Sheila Arroyo, a graduate of

Bachelor of Science in Accoun-

tancy from Central Philippine Uni-

versity, was hired as field admin

assistant on February 10. She

worked 8 years as accounting staffin Manila before returning home to

Iloilo this year.

Lyndon Fontiveros of Santa Bar-

bara, Iloilo was hired as driver on

March 1.

Cindy Blasurca, a BS Psychology-

Community Development gradu-

ate of University of the Philippines

(Miag-ao) was hired as community

organizer on March 22. She worked

with community-based organiza-tions in Antique & Iloilo supported

by World Vision before she joined

HI.

From L-R: Lyndon Fontiveros, Cindy

Blasurca, Rosie Pernia, Sheila Ar-

royo, Raphy Imperial

REPUBLIC ACT 9442

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, OTHERWISE

KNOWN AS THE "MAGNA CARTA FOR DISABLED PERSONS,

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

"SEC. 32. Persons with disability shall be entitled to the following:(a) At least twenty percent (20%) discount from all establish-ments relative to the utilization of all services in hotels; restau-rants and recreation centers for the exclusive use or enjoymentof persons with disability; (c) At least twenty percent (20%) dis-count for the purchase of medicines in all drugstores for the ex-

clusive use or enjoyment of persons with disability;Full text at: http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/ra_no9442.htm


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Project Orientations & Planning

Iloilo Province

Participants from Batad, San Dionisio, & Concepcion

To start the implementation of the 2010 work plan based on

the output of the project development workshop, a project

orientation and planning was held on March 25, 2010 at

Sealips Restaurant in San Dionisio. DPO leaders and CBR fo-

cal persons from Batad, San Dionisio, & Concepcion came

to discuss the objectives, expected results, and activities ofthe project for 2010. The participants reached a consensus

that the trainings for project proposal writing, advocacy,

and event organizing will be done on site and set the

schedules accordingly.

Antique Province

CBR focal persons and DPO leaders from Barbaza & Laua-an

Panay CBR Project

General Objective: DPOs in

Panay Island are autonomous

and are an integral actor in lo-

cal development.

Specific Objective: DPOs in 5

LGUs increase their capacity to

co-implement their municipal

CBR action plan.

Expected Results:

1) At the end of 2010, each

DPO develop the capacity

to write project proposals /

action plans.2) Each DPO organize 2 stake-

holders forum on disability.

3) Each DPO organize 2 advo-

cacy events.

4) Each DPO develop effec-

tive communication skills.

Upcoming activities (2nd Qtr):

April 21-23Advocacy work-

shop in Laua-an (Antique DPOs)

April 28-30Advocacy work-

shop in Batad (Iloilo DPOs)

May 25-28Project proposal &

budget development training in

San Dionisio (Iloilo DPOs)

June 1-4Project proposal and

budget development training in

Barbaza (Antique DPOs)

June 17-18Event organizing

workshop in Concepcion (Iloilo

DPOs)

June 24-25Event organizing

workshop in San Jose (Antique

DPOs)


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On the Antique side, the project orientation and planning

was held on March 30 at the municipal council session hall

of Laua-an. DPO leaders and CBR focal persons from Bar-

baza & Laua-an also came to discuss the updated log-

frame and workplan for 2010. Like in Iloilo, the two munici-

palities decided to hold the trainings on site and scheduled

them based on their availability. They also agreed to alter-

nate the venues for the training between them and take

charge of the preparations especially on logistical aspects.

With the schedules set for trainings, capacity building activi-

ties, and field coordination visits, the Panay CBR team will

have busy days ahead. It is hoped that with the full coop-

eration and support of the LGUs, CBR focal persons, other

organization and the DPOs themselves, the expected results

for 2010 will be achieved with flying colors.

CBR Orientation in Iloilo City

In its continuing thrust to promote CBR in the city of Iloilo,

the Office of Persons with Disability Affairs (OPDA) in coordi-

nation with HI conducted another CBR orientation on

March 26-27 at Arevalo District. It was participated in by

Barangay officials, day care workers, barangay healthworkers, PWDs and their families, and other stakeholders

who are expected to take an important role during the im-

plementation of CBR. This is a follow-up to the CBR orienta-

tion conducted to stakeholders in Molo District at the begin-

ning of the year.

Subsequent orientations on CBR are set to follow with one in

Jaro District scheduled on April 12. OPDA under the leader-

ship of Dolores Laudenorio has pushed for the adoption of

CBR in the city and has so far been ably supported by the

city mayor.

Panay CBR Project

Staff 2010

Jasper Rom

Project Manager

Edward Ello

Social Mobilization Officer

Sheila Arroyo

Field Administrative Assistant

Raphy Imperial

Community Organizer

Cindy Blasurca

Community Organizer

Saori Sato

PNVSCA-JICA Occupational

Therapist Volunteer

Lyndon Fontiveros

Driver

Rosie Pernia

Office keeper

Field team (R-L) of Edward,

Saori, Cindy & Raphy


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STAFF TRAININGS

Admin Training

Manila based admin staffs Michelle

de Claro and Ana Fe Somobaycame to Iloilo on February 23-24 to

train newly hired admin Sheila Arroyo.

At the end of the 2-day training,

Sheila was able to understand the

administrative & financial processes

better as well as the logistical require-

ments of her position.

From L-R: Rosie, Michelle, Raphy, Ana, Sheila

Technical Writing Training

Social Mobilization Officer Edward

Ello, participated during the Seminar

Workshop on Press Release and Tech-

nical Writing organized by the Devel-

opment Center for Asia and the Pa-

cific in Quezon City from February 25-

26. The training allowed Edward to

improve his writing skills and would be

very useful as he writes reports and

articles on his field activities.

PANAY CBR PROJECT TEAM 2010

From L-R: Raphy Imperial, Cindy

Blasurca, Saori Sato, Edward Ello,

Rosie Pernia, Sheila Arroyo, Lyndon

Fontiveros, Jasper Rom

Handicap International

42 Ponce St., San Lorenzo Village

Makati City, Philippines

Tel. (+63 2) 812-6990

[email protected]

Panay Project Office

56 Quezon St., Arevalo

Iloilo City 5000

Philippines

Tel. (+63 33) 501-9690

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