CHAPTER II

DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMUNITY

A. COMMUNITY AS A PLACE

The Barangay 95 District II is bounded by the Barangay 99 in the east and Barangay
100 in the south and west are Barangay 94 and Barangay 96. It has a land area of 6.36
hectares and it has seven 7 puroks. It is considered an urbanized community with more
commercial establishments specially along EDSA. The barangay is somewhat peaceful
except for some occasional domestic misunderstanding. The authorities are attentive to the
security concerns of the people.

The Barangay covers the satellite Health Center located along 11th Avenue,
Caloocan City, there are also several clinics in the vicinity of the Barangay. The Barrio
Pacita Entrance made more presentable, the roof was replaced with a more concrete
materials that makes it decent to look at and can stay without worries of getting wet when
the rain falls. The typical source of income of the community are sari-sari stores, carinderia,
computer shops, garments and others. The city mayor and the punong barangay as well as
the congressman have the continuing projects such as infrastructure projects, repair and
maintenance such as upgrading of pathways, drainage and it's covers, streetlights, barangay
facilities, declogging of drainage, waterways and other similar projects.

Barangay Health Center Services are regulated by the Department of Health. Projects
were spearheaded by the health center under the supervision of the local government and
the municipal health officer. Every health center is equipped to provide a primary level of
care.
B. COMMUNITY AS A PEOPLE

A community is a group of interacting people sharing an environment. In human

communities, intent, belief, resources, references, needs, risks, and a number of other
conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their
degree of cohesiveness.

The Barangay 95 is a community that composed of nuclear and extended families.

Majority of the age group were from the age of adolescents. Also, majority of the people
in the community had a low educational attainment because of financial crisis and some
personal problems in the family. But despite of their low educational attainment, most of
them were employed that usually mostly work as a driver, construction worker and a
government employee that earn mostly within minimum and had an adequate income to
fulfill their basic necessities. As we conducted our ocular survey, we observed that the
people in the barangay utilizes the health center and it’s services. They warmly cooperate
with the health workers so that they would be giving them assessment and that would
satisfy their health care needs.

The community needs a caring environment as they settle in the changing structural,
social and financial condition. To have a healthy community that promotes high level of
wellness among families.
C. COMMUNITY AS A SYSTEM

Community members fulfill the essential functions of community by

interacting in groups. These functions provide role fulfillment, goal achievement and
member support. Therefore, a community is a complex social system and it’s
interacting members comprise various social systems within the community. This
organizations was created to help the community by keeping it harmonized and
systemized when it comes to better service to people.

The Barangay 95 officials are responsible in supervising and maintaining

organized and peaceful community, implementing rules and regulations that was able
to achieve peace and order among it’s people. Social systems include a community’s
economy, education, religion, welfare, politics, recreations, legal system, health care,
safety and transportation and communications systems. Depending on the
infrastructure, these systems may have a beneficial or detrimental impact on the health
of individuals living in a given community.

For instance, recreational facilities provide opportunities for health promotion

activities, then, the health of the citizens will be enhanced, if vaccines are available and
accessible to all children, the immunization rate is high and therefore a lower rate in
communicable diseases.