Degradation of soil and water

Decreased
quality aesthetic value of the community

Breeding sites for vectors

Leaching

Poisoning through chemical inhalation

Sources of infectious diseases

Improper Solid Waste Management

Absence of waste disposal and garbage collection system
Population Growth
Knowledge Deficit

Improper Segregation of Waste

Growing urbanization and modernization

IMPROPER SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

THE PROBLEM
Barangay Goin is a rural and agricultural community among the 37 barangays of the
Municipality of Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte province. Due to its distant location from the
municipality proper (about 12km), and the difficult mountainous terrain, a garbage collection
system has not been provided for the barangay. 52% of the residents in the community do not
practice waste segregation, the rest of the 48% practice waste segregation. 62% burn their
garbage; 35% throw their garbage in a compost pit; 3% throw their garbage openly anywhere.
Because of the absence of a garbage collection system, knowledge deficit regarding the
methods of proper ecological solid waste management, improper segregation of wastes, and
population growth, growing urbanization and modernization, the community is at risk for
multiple problems that target their health. Possible outcomes from this problem are sources of
infectious diseases, degradation of soil and water quality, breeding sites for vectors, leaching,
medical conditions, and decreased aesthetic value of the community.
THE PROPOSED SOLUTIONS & SUSTAINABILITY
The Ateneo de Zamboanga University School of Medicine, Team GOINnovate, has
strategized a plan for the advocacy and reinforcement of proper ecological solid waste
management in the barangay through the Republic Act 9003 Ecological Solid Waste
Management Act of 2000.
The plan runs through a systematized assessment and presentation of the problem to the
community, followed by coordinating and planning of the program solutions.

The following are the strategies and activities included in the community health plan that
addresses the ecological solid waste management problem of the barangay:
PRE-OPERATIONAL: Prior to the implementation of the programs on SWM, the ADZU
SOM shall identify the knowledge and practices of the residents of the barangay on SWM. A
Barangay Solid Waste Management (BSWM) Committee or Barangay Health Committee
shall be identified. Solutions shall be proposed to the committee and barangay leaders. Legal
support, ordinances and intrasectoral liaisons shall be obtained to strengthen the proposed
projects for the community.

OPERATIONAL: This consists of the conduction of a health teaching assembly with

the residents focusing on the proper methods of solid waste management with
emphasis on the classification of solid wastes: Compostable, Recyclable, Residual;
utilizing different IEC resources; inclusion of the youth in the advocacy through
storytelling and banner-making that promote awareness on proper solid waste
management in their community, formation of a Barangay Solid Waste Management
Committee in the community; collaboration with GOs and NGOs in the advocacy of
the SWM program in the barangay; education of proper methods of composting
among households; adoption of vermiculture farming both at home and in school as
an avenue for recreating biodegradable wastes into healthy fertilizer; reinforcement of
a Clean and Green program in the barangay; and inter-school and community
campaign on proper solid waste management.
POST-OPERATIONAL: Programs and activities shall be evaluated; additional
ordinances to strengthen the programs on SWM in the barangay shall be made; and
recognition for the efforts of the barangay and the NGOs shall be respectfully

provided. Furthermore, the responsibility for the program shall be bequeathed to the
BSWM committee.
The community health plan will span 4 visits (twice in 2 nd year, once in 3rd and 4th year) to
the community. Implementation will occur during the 3rd and 4th year in Barangay Goin, provided
that the initial interventions prior to the operation of the plans have been completed.
At the end of the community immersion, the success of the program shall be awarded to
the barangay and the notable personages who have supported the advocacy. The program will
then be bequeathed to the community for strengthening and sustainability.

Health Problem: Improper Solid Waste Management

General Objective: To increase the number of households practicing proper solid waste management from 48% to 70% by the year 2017.
CUES
Objective Cues:
Garbage
Segregation 52% does not
practice waste
segregation,
while48% of the
households
practice waste
segregation.
Methods of
NonBiodegradable
Waste Disposal
- 62% burn their
garbage; 35%
throw their
garbage in a
compost pit; 3%
throw their
garbage openly
anywhere.

SPECIFIC
OBJECTIVES
To establish an
organizational
structure at the
barangay level
in solving the
problem.

TARGET
POPULATION
/ PERSON
ADZU-SOM
Barangay
Officials

STRATEGIES
Schedule a meeting with the
communitys barangay
officials to present identified
data on SWM.

TIME
FRAME

MATERIALS
NEEDED

October
2014

Copies of the The barangay

CHP of SWM.
officials shall
have been present
during the
meeting.
Pertinent data on
SWM practices
of the barangay
shall have been
presented to the
community
leaders.
Copies of the The Barangay
CHP of SWM.
SWM committee
members shall
have been present
in the discussion
of the current and
future plans and
existing progress,
problems/barriers
to the strategies.
A Barangay Health
Committee shall
have been formed
in the community.
The committee
shall have
accepted the
responsibility of

ACCOMPLISHED

ADZU-SOM,
Barangay
Officials

Identify existence of Barangay

Solid Waste Management
(BSWM) Committee.
Conduct a meeting with
the BSWM committee and
discuss about current and
future plans and existing
progress, problems/barriers
to the strategies.
If there is no said
committee, propose the
formation of one called
Barangay Health
Committee in the
community wherein the
patrollers shall consist of a
representative per district,
preferably the district
leaders. The Barangay
Health Committee shall act

October
2014

ACTIVITY
INDICATORS

EVALUATION
INDICATORS
A meeting with
the barangay
officials was
done last
October 12,
2014.
Pertinent data on
SWM practices
of the barangay
had been
presented to the
community
leaders.
A Barangay
Solid Waste
Management
(BSWM)
Committee does
not exist in the
community.
A Barangay
Health
Committee was
formed,
spearheaded by
the Health
Officer of the
barangay, Hon.
Felix
Villanueva.
Personages have
understood the
roles and
responsibilities

Identify
existing legal
support

Barangay
officials,
Municipal
officials

as law enforcers in the

provision of proper waste
disposal and management
in the different districts.
Propose the committee to
lead the community on
waste management.
Monitor the activities and
report the status of the
different programs in each
district every month and in
every general assembly.

ACCOMPLISHED
Request a copy of the
barangay/municipal
ordinances in the appropriate
agencies.
Review the existing
ordinances in the barangay and
in the municipal on solid waste
management.

leading the
community on
proper waste
management.
Personages present
shall have
understood the
roles and
responsibilities of
the Barangay
Health
Committee of
Barangay Goin.
October
2014

ACCOMPLISHED

Identify
existing Solid
Waste
Management
Plans in the
Municipal for
the barangay.

Municipal
officials,
Department of
Environment
and Natural
Resources
Environmental
Management
Bureau (DENR
EMB)
National Solid
Waste
Management

Determine the municipals

long-term management of
solid wastes and existing plans
and strategies for the
Barangay.
Request a copy of the
municipals documents and on
SWM.
ACCOMPLISHED

October
2014

Document of Copies of the

barangay/muni
ordinances shall
cipal
have been
ordinance.
obtained.
Ordinances shall
have been applied
in the
construction and
implementation
of the proposed
SWM plans.
Existing
Copies of the
municipal
documents and
documents on
blueprints on
SWM.
SWM shall have
been obtained.
Long-term and
existing plans and
strategies of solid
wastes
management shall
have been merged

of the Barangay
Health
Committee of
Barangay Goin.

A copy of the
municipal
ordinance on
Solid Waste
Management has
been obtained
(September 23,
2014)

A copy of the
municipalitys
Ecological Solid
Waste
Management
Plan has been
obtained.
(September 23,
2014)

Commission
(NSWMC)

Implementation
of the different
proposed
activities on
Solid Waste
Management.

Conduct a focused group

discussion/health teaching to
present the problem and the
consequences to health and
society of improper solid
waste management, and
methods of proper solid waste
management and do the
following:
Pre-test.
Presenting health
information about the
possible cause and effects
of improper waste
segregation

April
2015

IEC

Discuss the different

methods of proper waste
management emphasizing
R.A. 9003 on Solid Waste
Management.
Emphasis of the 3 Rs
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Post-tests
ACCOMPLISHED

Identification of feasibility of a
Vermiculture Facility in the
community:
- Identify the knowledge of
the people of the
community on

April
2015

IEC

with the
implementation
of the proposed
SWM plans.
At least 50
participants shall
have been present
at the health
teaching.
An estimate of 60%
success rate shall
have been
increased from
the number of
successful pretests to the posttests indicating a
significant
development
from the
assembly
discussion.
Information on the
consequences of
improper SWM
to health and
society and
method of proper
SWM shall have
been successfully
presented.

A total of 78
participants
attended the
health teaching.
Pre-test:
0/5 = 1
1/5 = 5
2/5 = 12
3/5 = 32
4/5 = 24
5/5 = 4

Post-test:

0/5 = 0
1/5 = 1
2/5 = 9
3/5 = 11
4/5 = 19
5/5 = 38

vermiculture/vermicasting.
- Identify compostable
wastes in each residents
homes for food for the
worms.
- Identify the percentage of
households that are willing
to support the adoption of
a vermiculture facility in
the community.
AdZU SOM, Advocate proper waste
Barangay
management among the youth.
officials, DENR Conduct a storytelling play
EMB,
about the consequences of
NSWMC
poor solid waste
management to their health
and the methods to prevent
them and ways to properly
address the issue using the
community-based
ecological solid waste
management programme:
Basura Kid, at iba pa by
Elvin G. Luciano, Basura
Monster by Christine B.
Babao.
Pre-test and post-test shall
be done to evaluate the
effectiveness of the roleplay in instilling
knowledge of solid waste
management to the
students.
AdZU SOM, Coordinate with the Barangay
Barangay Health Health Committee for the
Committee,
solicitation of financial
DENR EMB, support from GOs and NGOs
NSWMC
for the advocacy of proper

October
2015

October
2015

Attendance list 90% of the

of elementary
elementary
students,
school in every
Costumes,
level shall have
Paper, Visual
been present
Aids, Sound
during the play.
System,
CommunityFeedback from
based
the students shall
ecological solid
have been
waste
positive in terms
management
of learning
programme:
outcome.
Basura Kid, at
iba pa by Advocacy on
Elvin G.
proper SWM
Luciano,
among the youth
Basura
shall have been a
Monster by
success.
Christine B.
Babao.

IEC

Meeting with the

organization shall
have been done.
Financial support

SWM in the barangay of Goin.

Schedule a meeting with a
number of GOs and NGOs
that are willing to provide
financial support for the
provision of earthworms
for vermiculture, and
materials for composting.

AdZU SOM,
Barangay
officials,
Barangay Goin
residents
AdZU SOM,
Barangay
officials

AdZU SOM,
Barangay
officials,
Barangay Goin
residents,

Conduct a plastic bottle

collection from all districts to
be utilized as makeshift pots
for small-scale composts.

October
2015

Advocate the 3 Rs (Reduce,

Reuse, and Recycle) among
the people of the community.
Labelling of trashcans
(Compostable, Recyclable,
and Residual) in the school
and homes.

July 2016
April
2017

Request the assistance of the

DENR on the provision of a
speaker to educate the
community residents on the
proper methods of composting.

July 2016
April
2017

for the provision

of trash cans per
district and a
dump truck shall
have been gained.
Solicitation of
financial support
from GOs and
NGOs for the
advocacy of
proper SWM in
the barangay of
Goin shall have
been gained.
Plastic bottles Bottles shall have
been collected in
every district.
Advocacy of the 3
Rs shall have
been learned by
the people of the
community.
Trashcans that are
properly labeled
according to
classification of
solid wastes shall
have been
installed in the
school and
homes.
Easy Lang Ang The residents shall
Komposting
have learned the
(Resource
different methods
Material from
of composting
NSWMC
and shall have
IEC

DENR speakers Perform teaching on proper

composting in all districts.
Assist in gathering materials
for composting and installing
the composts in the
households.
Assist the residents of each
district on the installation of
safe and sanitary small-scale
and/or large-scale composts
in all households.
Supervise the progress of the
compost-making in all
households.

AdZU SOM, Adoption of

Barangay
vermiculture/vermicasting in
officials,
the barangay.
Department of

Assist
the residents of the
Agriculture
barangay on the installation
(DA)
of safe and sanitary
vermiculture.
Suggest the residents to
contribute their collected
compostable wastes to the
vermiculture facility as foods
for the worms.
Assist in the collection of
vermicasts to be distributed
as fertilizers for the different
households.
AdZU SOM, Conduct school and
DepEd, DENR community campaign on
proper solid waste

July 2016
April
2017

July 2016
April
2017

website),
chosen a method
IEC,
for their
materials for
composting.
composting. The residents shall
have gathered the
materials
necessary for
their composting.
All household shall
have made a
compost pit for
their own
household.
90% of the
households shall
have installed
their own smallscale and/or
large-scale
composts.
African
Interested residents
Nightcrawlers
shall have
from the
installed a
Department of
vermiculture farm
Agriculture
for conversion of
solid wastes to
heathy farm
fertilizer.

IEC

Waste Management
awareness

management.
Collaborate with the
Department of Education and
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources in
conducting a waste
management awareness
program in Goin Elementary
school through primary level
poster-making contest and
intermediate-level bannerslogan-making contest with
emphasis on importance of
proper waste management.
(+) Kite flying

AdZU SOM,
Barangay
officials,
municipal
officers

Evaluate
programs and
activities done.

AdZUSOM,
Barangay
officials,

Strengthen the SWM program

in the community.
Facilitate in creating
ordinances together with the
Core Group, Barangay Health
Committee and Municipal
officers to support waste
management programs.

July 2016
April
2017

Present the progress and

development of the program to
the people of the community.

July 2016
April
2017

IEC

IEC

program in the
educational sector
of the barangay
shall have been
advocated by the
students through
submission of
posters and
banners with
slogans. Products
shall have been
posted in the
DepEd and
DENR websites
for national
recognition.
Campaign for the
provision of
proper SWM in
the barangay,
both school and
community
sectors shall have
been successful.
Ordinances for the
provision of
SWM shall have
been created with
approval from the
municipal level.
SWM program in
the community
shall have been
strengthened.
90% of the
barangay
residents shall

Barangay Goin
residents

AdZU SOM,
Barangay
officials,
Barangay Goin
Residents.

Conduct general assembly to

discuss outcomes of programs
and activities implemented.

have been present

during the
assembly.
The residents shall
have seen
outcome of the
advocacy through
their efforts.
Give recognition to the people
July 2016
IEC
Organizations,
responsible for the
Certificates/pla
April
officials,
development of the program in
ques
of
2017
barangay districts
the community.
recognition and
who have actively
Recognize barangay officials,
participation.
participated in the
organizations, and community
activity shall
residents in active involvement
in the activity.
have been
awarded with
certificates/plaqu
es of recognition
from the
municipality and
government
departments.
Merits for the
people
responsible for
the development
of the SWM
program in the
-community shall
have been given.
Endorsement of responsibility to the community