2022 ANNUAL REPORT

 2022 ANNUAL REPORT

2/F The Bible League Bldg.,

9 Colonel Salgado St., West Kamias.

Quezon City, Philippines (63-2) 7717-1882

I. INTRODUCTION

Operation Compassion Philippines, Inc. is a relief and developmental non-government organization registered with Securities and Exchange Commission and registered & licensed to operate by the Department of Social Welfare and Development as a social welfare and development agency implementing Alternative Child Care Services and Community-Based Programs and Services for Children, Families, Communities and Disaster Victims.

OCP has two major programs, the i-Rebuild and I-Foster (Foster Care and Domestic Adoption). i-Rebuild which primarily focuses on partnering with communities, LGUs and other groups in extending relief, holistic community development and the protection of vulnerable sectors of society. I-Foster (Foster Care and Adoption) as another program seeks to raise awareness of the plight of the orphan children which is one of the vulnerable groups in our society. OCP aims to provide alternative family care through foster care and legal adoption by way of administrative process to the abandoned, neglected, orphans and children who need special protection. OCP’s main advocacy campaign is to free out orphanages and give more children new spaces by means of recruiting, developing and maintaining a pool of licensed foster families and Potential Adoptive Parents. 

For  the year 2022, the highlights of the organization are still anchored on its mission which is to partner with communities and organizations in extending emergency relief, holistic community development and the protection of marginalized communities. OCP reached out to the eighteen (18) municipalities in Southern Leyte part of the continuation of 2021 efforts during typhoon Odette, seven (7) barangays of Baras Catanduanes as part of the post disaster of typhoon Rolly, and had been partnered with the office of the Vice President for several pandemic and disaster response and interventions.

Over all, OCP served a total of 59,561 individuals, 10,640 families in 49 barangay’s of 19 municipalities  in 4 provinces of the country.

II. SOUTHERN, LEYTE

Operation Compassion Philippines Inc. conducted a relief operation in the disaster stricken province of Southern Leyte last December 2021. The relief operations were then spilled-over until January of 2022 since the disaster happened last month of 2021.  OCP was in the community at the start of the year facilitating, communicating and serving the communities that were directly hit by the typhoon.  

As part of OCP disaster response thematic phase, coordination and partnering with LGU’s is the first step in entering and in assessing the situation and coming up with immediate intervention based on the needs assessment. The team visited the 21 municipalities of Southern Leyte and came up with the prioritization since the destruction is too wide as to the scope.  All towns in Southern Leyte were badly hit by typhoon Odette. Since December of 2021, OCP already had some engagements in the different municipalities, by January of 2023 OCP already identified the municipalities and their needed interventions. In partnership with 

and come up with the prioritization since the destruction is too wide as to the scope.  All towns in Southern Leyte were badly hit by typhoon Odette. Among the affected LGU’s is San Francisco the worst devastated municipality with 22 affected barangays (100%) 5,000 affected families, or an estimate of 14,600 affected persons. San Ricardo on the other hand is not covered by the media, a peaceful, beautiful and unheard of community where 90% of the residents lost their homes. OCP posted  updates on social media and called for a donation drive campaign. 

Right after the assessment, it was found out that the immediate problem in the communities were food, medicine, water and temporary shelters/ housing materials. It was relayed and posted in Facebook page. One of the donors contacted OCP and verbalized their organization’s intention to partner in helping the disaster-stricken communities. Moonton Philippines Technology- the developer of Mobile Legend  facilitated and processed the 5000 relief packs intended for Southern Leyte, the relief packs composed of 4 pcs. Assorted canned goods, 1 pcs 1 liter bottled water, 1 pack face mask, 1 pack sanitary pad and OCP added 2 kilos of rice each. 

The 5000 relief packs were transported via land travel through forwarders from Manila to Sogod Southern Leyte – the donation and repacking hub of OCP. It was also coordinated by the local volunteers and PNP to facilitate the additional repacking since the donor packed 2700 bags in Manila, the remaining 2300 were packed in the local hub. After brainstorming and deliberately considering all the factors and the result of the assessment, the team came up with the distribution plan. 

RELIEF DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY (BATCH 2)
Municipality	Barangays	Total Families served
Poblacion	Zone 3	345
	Zone 5	378
Sogod	Inolinan	202
	San Antonio	278
	Dan an	360
	Son ok	373
	Pinamudlan	223
	Bongawisan	560
Tomas Oppus	Magata	264
Padre Burgos	Sto Rosario	250
	Tangkaan	375
Malitbog	Cadaruhan Norte	240
	Cadaruhan Sur	265
Maasin	Canyon	180
	Bagtican	250
Macrohon	San Juaquin	458
TOTAL		5001

The second batch of relief packs were transported once again from Metro Manila directly to Southern Leyte. The 10 wheel truck took 5 days to transport the allocation for another 5000 packs via land to Sogod. From Sogod, to nearby municipalities the OCP team tapped the different volunteer groups and  faith based organizations for the repacking and distribution. The Parish of  Immaculate Conception in Sogod, Southern Leyte serves as the warehouse and drop off point for the relief distribution. Overall, the month-long relief operation activities in Southern Leyte went well and was able to serve around 10,000 families with a manpower of at least 128 volunteers. With the linkage of OCP to the Office of the Vice President, we were able to recommend and help them when it comes to the selection process of potential beneficiaries for the livelihood and shelter kit assistance. 

Some of the Snapshots during the typhoon Odette response.

BARAS, CATANDUANES

SHELTER ASSISTANCE

  The resumption of the Puraran project was able to continue in the last quarter of 2021, a year and five (5) months after the twin typhoons devastated the island province of Catanduanes, Operation Compassion visited the municipality of Baras to continue its community development projects. OCP was not able to go back to the community due to travel restrictions caused by the covid 19 pandemic and some relief operations for the typhoon Odette. 

  The needs of the families affected by the two strong typhoons and the massive flooding after a year is still significant as most of the affected families transitioned from evacuation centers to their relatives to makeshift shelters. To some of the community people, challenges still remain such as protection issues, lack of access to basic needs and the absence of sources of income or livelihood.

The Beneficiaries for the shelter assistance were selected by the barangay council based on some criteria presented during the series of meetings. One of the main criteria is the lot/land ownership due to the fact that it’s semi-permanent housing assistance and there should be no possible dispute in the future.  But there is an exemption to this, those beneficiaries who do not have a lot/land ownership but belong to the indigent group and do not have the capacity to improve their dwellings can still be considered, provided that the barangay will give them a certification that they can settle in their land for the next five years. Added to that, the beneficiaries belong to the poorest of the poor according to the National Housing Targeting Survey conducted by DSWD, with persons with Disability (PWD) or solo parents and lastly the beneficiaries are willing to cooperate with the barangay and NGO “Pansamantagalang Pabahay” project. 

         With the thorough deliberation and consultation of the barangay council and the project proponent which is the OCP, they decided to come up with a fair and acceptable decision to include those who are landless, indigent, and at-risk families due to dwelling related factors and come up with the list of priority beneficiaries.

SITES AND NO. OF HOUSES/BENEFICIARIES

Barangay	House No.	Name of Family Head/ Beneficiaries	No. of Shelter Assistance (Family member beneficiaries
Barangay Puraran, Baras, Catanduanes	1	Jenny Padilla	3
	2	Roger Timajo	4
	3	Nilo Posada	6
	4	Alberto Celosa
	5	Ernesto Timajo	8
	6	Glen Balcueva	3
	7	Arnel Balcueva	3
	8	Jovito Posada	6
	9	Manuel Bile	5
	10	Erwin Pamplona	5
Total		10	43 beneficiaries

            The short list of beneficiaries was deliberated and decided according to different socio-economic related factors and came up to the decision that some of the houses will be repaired or renovated and others will be built from the start meaning total construction of the house. OCP’s main goal is to build dignified and decent houses.

            Since this project should be implemented by 2021 but was delayed due to covid 19 restrictions, OCP saw a potential risk like the price increase of some construction materials which surely will affect previous funding projections. The barangay council suggested having certain “counter-part” requirement schemes from the beneficiary like the howling of materials and additional laborer from them if possible. It is also OCP’s aspirations that the community will also grow in them some sense of dignity by contributing something into the construction of the houses and veer away from a “dole-out” mentality. Thus, after many thorough discussions with the beneficiaries, OC was able to set the following terms of engagement:

a.     OC will help raise funds for the construction of the houses while the Barangay council will assist OCP in overseeing the construction operations.

b.     The beneficiaries agreed to contribute free work hours, give additional laborers in the construction/renovation of their houses, and give usable materials as an addition to the available materials based on the bill of materials.

c.     Skilled construction workers within the community volunteered to lead the construction work of the houses. They were divided equally to lead a working team supplemented with unskilled or laborers. The cost of the skilled worker based on the prevailing rate now in the area is Php 600 and Php 400 for the laborers. The working team was composed of 2 skilled workers and 3 laborers in a span of two weeks.

d.     The beneficiaries agreed that certain areas in the finishing of the house would just have to be their responsibility since it is just a core shelter assistance. Electrical and plumbing is no longer part of the shelter assistance. 

The design of the shelter assistance project of OCP was consulted with the community people and the barangay. The house is a single-detached type with 30 sq.m area and has two bedrooms but some of the beneficiaries don’t own the land thus it will be reduced and renovated according to their available space. 

  With core shelter assistance, the beneficiary will be the one to make improvements later. The structural framework was designed by a licensed civil engineer (Renato Constantino) and can withstand future typhoons(* not super typhoons). The roof is a Galvanized Iron gauge 24 with concrete foundation and good lumber column. It’s half CHB and Hardiflex for walling and good lumber framing.

The Pansamantagalang Pabahay is not just about providing new shelters to the typhoon survivors, but more so about establishing new lives and opportunities to continuously dream and achieve their goals in life.  Last June 2, 2022,OCP finally turned over 10 houses to the eligible beneficiaries. The awarding/turn over ceremony was graced by OCP partners, donors and stakeholders with a simple program and a medical mission. 

LIVELIHOOD ASSISTANCE

Abaca Rehabilitation and Community Farming

          After typhoon Rolly hit the island province in 2020, still the road to recovery is slow due to the effect of disaster plus the covid 19 pandemic. As per the recommendation of the barangay council, they all suggested supporting the abaca growers by means of funding the abaca rehabilitation since the barangay has more or less 15 hectares of abaca plantation.  

  For the barangay Puraran, OCP was able to implement Abaca Rehabilitation and Community Farming – a barangay-based communal farming   that would grow the suitable vegetables and crops. The project has a total of 112 direct beneficiaries most of them are family heads.  Each has an allocation of 4.5 days with 400 pesos per day rate.  The beneficiaries were divided into 3 batches. Batches 1&2 focused on Abaca rehabilitation while the remaining assigned to Community Farming.  They clean and cultivate the unused land and then plant vegetables on it with the minimal cash-for-work incentive.

            OCP coordinated with the Local Government Unit of Baras, Catanduanes for the provision of vegetable seeds in the community.  The MSWD and MDRRMO agreed to the said project and verbalized their full support as this project will eventually benefit the community people specially the farmers. Further, they commit to process their ongoing purchase of seedlings and will hand them over to the community since they have the same proposed project in LGU.

           Linkages with other LGU’s and establishments outside Baras is part of the next step and will be facilitated to ensure markets for the vegetables and crops. Moreover, since Puraran is already a tourist destination, the local government has offhand given its thoughts on the potentials of agro-tourism. In this regard, OCP livelihood assistance will help the tourism thrust of the provincial government. Likewise, capability building interventions and assistance will also be provided to sustain the operations of the barangay managed communal farms. The plan to facilitate the crafting of barangay comprehensive development plan is the next step to analyze and study the existing situation and condition of the community using standards and other means of measurements to come up with identification of needs and corresponding appropriate interventions.

MEDICAL AND DENTAL MISSION

The medical and dental mission was mounted in Brgy Puraran, Baras on June 2-3, 2022  as part of the continued efforts in rebuilding lives and helping the communities in disaster stricken areas. In partnership with GCF Mercy ministry, PNP, Ando Cua Foundation, LGU-Baras and the Barangay of Puraran. The two days medical and dental mission in the Municipality of Baras Catanduanes focused on providing free medical and dental consultations to residents of seven different villages: Puraran, Genitligan, Venticayan, Agban, San Miguel, Paniquihan and J.M. Alberto. A total of 573 residents benefited from the medical services provided by the doctors, while 190 residents received free dental care during the  two-day medical mission. The said mission hopes to address the medical needs of communities that do not have accessible facilities within their reach and are afflicted by the pandemic. Overall, the said mission served 763 patients in barangay Puraran and adjacent barangays.

 BARANGAY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN PURARAN BARAS, CATANDUANES

As part of its continuing efforts for community development in barangay Puraran Baras Catanduanes, Operation Compassion Philippines and its partners initiated a planning session for the crafting of the Comprehensive Barangay Development Plan last October 22-23, 2022.  The planning workshop used the Situational Analysis method to assess the broad societal context, elaborate the different aspect of developmental potentials of the area, and streamline the different interventions and sustainable solutions to future endeavors. The output of the aforementioned activity serves as the baseline data and guide in the prioritization and eventually implementation of future barangay development projects. 

Community development is the informative and enlightening learning process by which people change themselves and their behavior, and acquire new skills and confidence by working in collaboration. The keys to growth in the process of community development are to be found in the good working relationship between and among the community, Local Government Unit, and external stakeholders, in the capacity of the community to influence groups of people with self-help motivation, and in the channels of communication, to internal and external stakeholders of the community, which can be sources of support, encouragement, and recognition from the larger community, along with the technical and material help required. 

Overall, the comprehensive barangay development planning workshop aims to capacitate the Barangay council, stakeholders and benefactors in the planning process and in identification and proposal preparation addressing the unmet recovery and rehabilitation needs. Provide local volunteers with the basic knowledge of the key points that need to be considered in the preparation, design, and development of community projects and the packaging of community project proposals. Lastly, to create a venue for creative dialogue between barangay councils, benefactors, stakeholders and the local technical assistance providers in particular the local government unit members on the design of development interventions.

For 2022, OCP was able to facilitate 4 babies for emergency placement, this is in close coordination with the Quezon City Social Services Development Department (SSDD). Six (6) Foster Applicants were submitted to DSWD and eventually got their license. Out of the 6 licensed foster parents, 4 of them were matched to 6 babies.  Plus the different types of the agreements made during the special mandatory placement of the different events plus the regional trial court and the matching conference. The different special deals and the compromised of the shelter assistance and covenant and also the different types of the. 

In the same year, OCP spearheaded 1 Matching conference, 6 outreach activities to the different child caring agencies and finished the Domestic Adoption manual of operations that leads to the issuance of licenses to operate. 

As one of the four (4) private Adoption Child Placing Agency in the country, OCP is now a duly licensed and registered agency by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to provide comprehensive child welfare services including but not limited to, receiving applications for adoption, evaluating the prospective adoptive parents, preparing the adoption home study and process the requirements of Potential Adoptive Parents. For the start of the Domestic Administrative Adoption program, OCP now has four (4) potential adoptive parent applicants who are  complying with the different requirements. Our Social Workers also are in the process of undergoing capacity building and technical assistance activities provided by DSWD.