1 | Community Plan of Brgy.

Barangka Drive, Mandaluyong City

INTRODUCTION
In this section, the group of researchers will present all necessary and supporting
information that can assist in the complete establishment of the community plan for the
barangay being studied.

THE REGION
The Metropolitan Manila often called Metro Manila in short, officially named as
National Capital Region, is composed of 16 cities and 1 municipality. The cities of
Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Manila, Marikina, Muntinlupa,
Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon City, San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela as
well as the Munipality of Pateros are what compasses this region. The region is
composed of 619.57 square kilometres of land as has a population of 12,877,253 as of
2015 census. It is regarded as the most densely populated region of the Philippines and
currently the 9th most populous Asian metropolitan area and the world’s 5th most
populous urban area.
The region is bounded by the Manila Bay to the West, by Laguna de Bay to the
East, provinces of Bulacan to the North, and Laguna and Cavite to the South.

THE CITY
The City of Mandaluyong is one of the cities in Metro Manila and is a 1 st class
highly urbanized city. It has a population of 386,276 as of the 2015 census. It is bounded
to the East by city of Pasig, to the West by the City of Manila, to the North by San Juan
and Quezon City, and to the South by Makati and Taguig Cities.

Figure 1. Land Use Map of Mandaluyong City showing different zoning and land
use as well as barangay borders.
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The City is known for the Ortigas Center, Pioneer District, and Greenfield
District. It is seat of many known establishments: Malls like Starmall, Megamaall,
Shangri-la, SM Light, Robinson’s Galleria, Robinson’s Forum, Estancia Mall, Shaw Mall
and MarketPlace.
The city is divided into 2 districts and 27 Barangays:

Figure 2. Mandaluyong Base Map showing the borders of the city and the
barangays within it.

Table 1. List of Barangays Within Mandaluyong City

Barangay Land Area Population

District Barangay
Chairman (has.) 2015
1 Addition Hills Carlito Cernal 162 99,058
1 Bagong Silang Kristofer Dominguez 14.26 5,572
1 Burol Ernesto Santos, Jr. 2.78 2,740
1 Daang Bakal Richard Bassig 17.34 3,660
1 Hagdan Bato Itaas Edmon Espiritu 18.36 10,314
1 Hagdan Bato Libis Danilo Torres 15.48 6,962
1 Harapin Ang Bukas Federico Ogbac 4.89 4,496
1 Highway Hills Rolando Rugay 105.12 28,703
1 Mauway Bernardo Evangelista 19.25 29,103
1 New Zañiga Elizabeth Cruz 21.96 7,534
1 Pag-Asa Conrado Angga, Jr. 12.6 4,053
 1 Pleasant Hills Tagani Evangelista 20.33 5,910
1 Poblacion Elmer Castillo 24.12 14,733
1 Wack-Wack Greenhills Margarita Climaco 294.48 8,965
2 Barangka Drive Darwin Fernandez 24.54 13,310
2 Barangka Ibaba Edwin Santa Maria 16.92 9,540
2 Barangka Ilaya Joselito Pangilinan 47.45 17,896
2 Barangka Itaas Dannie Ocampo 17.21 11,252
2 Buayang Bato Reynaldo Nobela 7.26 1,782
2 Hulo Bernardino Maglaque 29.3 27,515
2 Mabini–J.Rizal Antonio Castañeda 11.88 7,628
2 Malamig Marlon Manalo 29.52 12,667
2 Namayan Victor Francisco 30.6 6,123
2 Old Zañiga Alex Lacson 42.48 7,013
2 Plainview Michael Garcia 115.92 26,575
2 San Jose Anna Abejar 3.8 7,262
2 Vergara Ernesto Mendiola 15.12 5,910

THE COMMUNITY
The project community is Barangay Barangka Drive. This is the 10th largest
barangay in Mandaluyong City in terms of area which is 24.54 hectares. In terms of
population, it is the 8th most populous barangay with 13,310 members.

Figure 3. Aerial View of the Barangay (Highlighted), taken from Google Maps
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In terms of boundary, the barangay is bounded to the North by Brgy. Plainview, to

the West by Brgy. Hulo, to the East by Brgy. Malamig and to the South by Brgy.
Barangka Ibaba.
The streets that borders the barangay are Tiyaga, Rosal, Hasmin, Dama De Noche,
Champaca, Ginhawa, Tanglaw, Agudo, Kapalaran and Pantaleon Streets.

Figure 4. Land Use Map of Barangay Barangka Drive showing the different zones
within it.
The following areas can be seen within the barangay:
Institutions
The following institutional structures are present in the area:
- Barangka Drive Barangay Hall, Barangka Drive corner Sgt. Bumatay
Streets – includes Multi-Purpose Hall, Health Center and Day Care
Center
- Bonifacio Javier National High School, Barangka Drive, Timog,
Busilak and Sgt. Bumatay Streets.
- Pedro P. Cruz Elementary School, Ginhawa, Maria Clara, Hinahon and
Busilak Streets
- Botika ng Barangay, Barangka Drive
- Rizal Technological University SNAGAH Building
Residential Areas
Aside from the residents in the area, the following residential complexes
are also present:
- Ayala Homes Subdivision
- Gawad Kalinga (GK) Village by Century Properties
Religious
- Ayala Chapel, Ginhawa Street
- Sta. Rita Chapel, Busilak Corner Silangan Streets
- Our Lady of Peñafrancia Chapel
Commercial
There are several commercial structures and the area, to name a few:
a. Public Market – Barangka Drive corner Tanglaw Street
b. Gasoline Stations
- Petro Gazz Gasoline Station, Barangka Drive corner Hinahon Street
- Power Fill Gasoline Station, Barangka Drive corner HInahon Street
c. Pawnshops
- Cebuana Lhuiller, Barangka Drive
- MLhuiller, Barangka Drive
- Palawan Pawnshop, Barangka Drive
- Dominican Pawnshop, Barangka Drive
- Unicorn Pawnshop, Barangka Drive
d. Pharmacy
- JTSR Pharmacy, Pantaleon Street
- TGP, The Generics Pharmacy, Barangka Drive
e. Pet Shop
- MM Pet Grooming Boarding and Veterenary Clinic, Barangka Drive
- Urban Pets, Barangka Drive
- Ton’s Pet Shop, Barangka Drive
- Miz Ratch Petshop, Barangka Drive
f. Car Shop, Car Services
- Red’s Auto Care, Barangka Drive
- Viray Towing Services, Barangka Drive
- Bykerev Motorbike Zone, Barangaka Drive
- AMAC Car Wash, Barangka Drive
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- Cad Carwash and Auto Detail, Barangka Drive

- 359 Falcon Car Painting and Mechanical Works, Barangka Drive
- LJS MC Parts and Services, Barangka Drive
- Central Tire Supply, Busilak Street
- Remix Motors, Barangka Drive
g. Merchandise
- Roger TailorShop, Barangka Drive
- OfficeLux Interior, Halcon Street
- TShirt Printing, Barangka Drive
- Cosmopack Inc., Barangka Drive
- CG Umali Commercia, Inc., Barangka Drive
- Vaperspoint Mandaluyong, Barangka Drive
- Karissa Apparel Inc., Barangka Drive

SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE:

Figure 5. Depressed/Blighted Area Map of Mandaluyong City showing that

Barangay Barangka Drive (Highlighted) has few areas under the Depressed/Blighted
category.
 The community planning team made a thorough ocular inspection of the physical
and social structure of the barangay. Although, the team can say that most of the areas
within the barangay can be considered well-off, there are indeed few concentrated areas
that can be considered as depressed or blighted.

Figure 6. The Busy Street of Barangka Drive. The heart of the barangay where the
community’s name was derived. It can be seen that the main artery of the barangay is
booming with businesses and patrons.
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Figure 7. Some Thriving Businesses outside of Barangay Drive (Street).

Figure 8 and 9. Gasoline Stations in Barangay Barangka Drive. Two of the major
businesses within the area.

Aside from the businesses that can be seen above, the areas socio-economic
profile can be seen as diversified with some of the areas that can be considered well-off or
rich while some areas can be considered as dense and depressed.

The pictures below show the different types of residential structures.

 Figure 10. Some Well-off Houses within the Barangay. There are a few of these
types of houses within the community

Figure 11. Some Mid-Dense Areas within the Barangay. Some parts of the
barangay have medium houses with medium population density.
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Figure 12. Highly Dense Areas within the Barangay. These usually are formed by
housing structures by the government
 Figure 13. Housing Areas where children have no Recreational Spaces aside from
the roads.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONS PROFILE
The barangay has a total of 13,310 members with 8,859 registered voters. As of
the 2018, the following officials hold the administrative and legislative postions:
Brgy. Chairman DARWIN A. FERNANDEZ
Brgy. Kagawad JUDITH BAROJABO
Brgy. Kagawad ANTONIO DEVERA
Brgy. Kagawad FERDINAND FLORES
Brgy. Kagawad CHARITY FERNANDEZ
Brgy. Kagawad LYNDON BONIFACIO
Brgy. Kagawad MICHAEL DE CASTRO
Brgy. Kagawad MARIA GULANE
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Figure 14. The Current Barangay Officials of Barangay Barangka Drive,

Mandaluyong City.

For the Sangguniang Kabataan Electiors, the following hold offices:

SK Chairman DESIRE MAY S. BAROJABO
SK Kagawad JOHN PAUL RIGOR
SK Kagawad CLARISSA MHAY ARIAS
SK Kagawad DARINE DOMONDON
SK Kagawad EDISON CARLON
SK Kagawad THOMMY BENLAYO
SK Kagawad MARK JOSEPH REYES
SK Kagawad PAULINE DE GUZMAN
 Figure 15. The Current Sangguniang Kabataan Officials of Barangay Barangka
Drive, Mandaluyong city.
The barangay’s seat of power is located on the corner of Barangka Drive
and Sgt. Bumatay Street.

Figure 16. The Barangay Hall of Barangay Barangka Drive. It contains the Health
Center, Day Care Center, Police Assistance Center and Multi-Purpose Hall.
When it comes to social services the barangay has the following:
1) Community Health Center
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Figure17. Community Health Center at the side of the Brgy. Hall.

Figure 18. The Bulletin Board of the Health center showing that the current
medical and health trend of the barangay is Polio Vaccination.
 Figure 19. The Stock of Available Medicines at the Barangay Health Center

Figure 20. The Barangay’s Ambulance. The barangay has its own ambulance for
the use of the community. However, no parking space is available which is why it is
parked at the nearby road.
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2) Security and Safety

Figure 21. Posters for Crime Prevention outside the Barangay Police Station

Figure 22. Barangay’s Fire Truck. The barangay has its own fire truck but same
with the ambulance that it has no parking space, only parked at the nearest road.
 3) Information Dissemination
The Barangay prides itself that they always conduct a regular meeting with their
constituents. According to the interview, they conduct quarterly townhall meeting with
the members of the community.
Aside from this, they also make sure that the community is well-informed of all
the activities to be conducted within the area. They post all the information, projects,
notices and other sanctions that are pertinent to the barangay and its constituents.

Figure 23. Barangay’s Community Board. The barangay updates their bulletin
board every day to make sure that no information is left unnoticed.
Based on research, the barangay also has active Facebook Accounts, one for the
Barangay officials and the information regarding any activities to be conducted or
finished within the barangay, and the second is for the Sangguniang Kabataan activities.
Both of these Facebook accounts have constant and updated post, as per recent checking.

4) Traffic and Transportation Profile

The main mode of transportation within the barangay is through tricycle. The
main terminal is located at the former market located at the corner of Barangka Drive and
Halcon Street.
Other mode of transportation like jeepneys do not have routes within the barangay
although in some areas like Pantaleon Street has access to jeepneys from Boni and Hulo.
One way scheme is also in effect in all other roads aside from Barangka Drive.
Although the barangay has admitted that these were implemented to minimize traffic
within the area, they cannot see significant resolution to the traffic problem.
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Figure 24. One Side Parking Ordinance Sign. Although the President of the
Philippines has declared that no obstructions should be made on all major roads or arterial
roads, the barangay has made exemptions to some of their roads where they requested
that they will be allowed one side parking. Although the one side parking was only for
half a month, the barangay also states that it has not exactly helped the community in
terms of traffic.

Figure 25. Some Streets with One Side Parking mostly occupied by private
vehicles.
 Figure 26. Some Streets with One Side Parking are used for public and private
vehicles and illegal venders.

5) Community Activities

Figure 27. Community Garden, an example of community activity conducted by

the barangay. Residents were encouraged to create community vegetable garden that they
can also harvest.
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6) Community Problems

Figure 28. Water Crisis. The Barangay Barangka Drive is one of the barangays in
Metro Manila that experienced the worst of the water shortage crisis March 2019.

Figure 29. Disappearing Roads. One of the problems the team found with regards
to the community is that there are areas that have dead-ends or roads that disappear due to
being occupied by residents. This pose risk in cases of emergencies like fire and natural
calamities as no visible means of exit can be easily seen.
 Figure 30. Pedestrian Areas like Pathways and Sidewalks are not utilized
properly. This pose risk to both pedestrians and riders. This is caused by non-uniform
sidewalk setbacks.

Figure 31. Lack of Recreation Facilities and Playgrounds. Children are forced to
play on the streets and pose risk to passing vehicles. Children also have no other means
of recreation aside from street games and online games.
The barangay also complains that these children often loiter especially at night for
gang fights and noisy activities.
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Figure 32. Lack of Recreational Spaces. The problem with recreational spaces is
not only for young children but also teens who use the streets for their outdoor activities
which is of course unsafe and for some, a nuisance.

Figure 33. Lack of Safe Pedestrian Provisions. With the busy Barangka Drive,
there are only few pedestrian lanes available and pedestrians are taking the risk of
crossing on unsafe areas instead of pedestrian lanes.
THE COMMUNITY PLAN

PHASE 1 - WHERE TO START

1. Setting up an initial work group.

In this stage of the community plan, the researchers established a group composed
initially of four students of Rizal Technological University, College of
Engineering and Industrial Technology, Department of Architecture, Section
CEIT-01-904P:
a. Racy Moral Nudo
b. Clarissa Mae Saberola Dimafelix
c. Rayvin Paul Rayo
d. Angelo Aguilar Sonza

Figure 34. The Initial Work group composed of four students names listed above.
The above-mentioned students are under the instruction of Ar. Aristides de Paz,
UAP.
The team identified that in order for the community plan to be established they
need to be able to communicate and promote participation from the members of
the community especially with the leaders of the community.
On October 23, 2019, the team visited the barangay hall of Barangay Barangka
Drive, Mandaluyong City and requested audience with the leaders of the barangay
in order to create, plan, establish and implement a community plan that will be
able to help the members of the community.
The leaders of the barangay along with its key personnel were able to provide
significant information that can assist the initial work team in creating a
community plan.
The leaders and key personnel of the barangay were able to provide the following
information that the researchers believe will be able to assist in the creating up to
implementing of a community plan.
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Figure 35. The team speaking with the key personnel of the barangay.
 Figure 36. The team going around the barangay hall and scrutinizing all areas of
the barangay, taking pictures of the bulletin board, discussing every angle of the barangay
that is worth mentioning.
In the earlier stage of the ocular visit, the researchers felt that there are really rich
areas in the community and there are a lot of depressed areas. Furthermore, the team
were able to visit all parts of the community.
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Figure 37. The team visited all walks of life within the community regardless of
density or depression. The team were able to immerse themselves in the overall feel of
the community and were able to make preliminary assessment of the whole condition of
the area.
2. Define the Stakeholders
The community plan that the team will create should be in line with what works
within the community itself, therefore the community planners must include all the
stakeholders of the project and in this sense, the stakeholders are the following groups:
a. Purchaser - in the purchasing aspect of the community plan, the purchasers
will be the community officials or barangay officials. They will be the prime
sponsor of the project and most of the decisions will be affected by their
beliefs, inhibitions, values and norms.
b. User – aside from the purchaser, the user is one of the most important member
of the community or most important stakeholders as they are the ones who
will be using, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the overall project.
The team needs to approach the biggest part of the community in order for the
project to be properly practiced.

Figure 38. The team evaluates the reported problem of the barangay such
as no recreational spaces that pose danger to children.
c. Municipal/Regional Authority – although the project will only be on the
community level, the team wishes to create a community plan that can be
applied to other communities within the city or region. It is important that the
higher branches of government will be participatory in the community
planning.
d. The Public – following the result of the whole community planning, it is
important that the public will also be made aware of any result that the
community plan will incur. Negative results should be improved into a more
positive result and positive results need to be developed further for a better
planning approach and result.
e. Non-Profit Non-Government Organization – The team will also make sure to
check on all possible NGOs that they can work with. This does not limit to
financial support, but may include, technology, education, best practices,
information dissemination, time, effort, and any form of voluntary support that
the community plan would need in the future.
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3. Engage the Stakeholders in the preparation of the Community Plan

Figure 39. The team immersed themselves in all the areas of the community, no
matter how blight/ depressing, or noisy and crowded the area is. The team went into
all the streets and alleys or pass-through to make sure that they will have the complete
experience and understanding of the overall condition of the community.
In this way, the team would not be isolated or feel unfamiliar with the ins and outs
of the barangay. This will also be necessary in the future where the researchers will
have to meet all the stakeholders within the barangay. Being able to relate with the
people within the community will help the community planning team to have a more
complete community planning proposal that will benefit the majority, if not all.

4. Determine the Method of Addressing or Calling Assistance.

In the sense that “No Man is An Island” it is also very important that the team
would in times of inadequacies should know who, when, where, how and why
assistance and participation of the other group of stakeholders, or officials, etc.
The team has made sure that the first person to be involved in the whole process
of community planning is the Barangay Chairman, his council and his other appointed
officers. The team has sent a formal letter of request for interview of the Barangay
Chairman and his council in order to understand further the needs of the community.

5. Plan for Political Support

During the course of action, it is very important that the team will be able to
involve the political leaders and members of the community. These political support
have great impact in the proper planning and implementation of the community plan.
The researchers are aware that political support will be further needed from
 initially planning the plan, to control and monitoring, to implementation, and lastly
for development and improvement of the community plan.
This political support will also be necessary should it be identified that the
community plan needs to be escalated or expedited into a higher form of plan with
greater scope of application.

6. Information Strategy
In this sense, the team understands the importance of proper information
dissemination. The team believes that no community plan should be kept a secret and
no community plan is best kept hidden.
The team will make use of the social media and other physical means in order to
properly disseminate the information. For social media, the use of online platforms
such as Twitter, Facebook or Instagram will be very much used in order to get views
from all members of the society.
Furthermore, the group will post on barangay allowed bulletin boards or fliers left
within the barangay halls and other public areas, and personally hand them the
requests for meeting with other stakeholders. In this sense, the team will be able to
have personal relations with the stakeholders and at the same time be able to timely
answer the necessary questions that might inhibit a participatory audience.

PHASE 2 – SETUP A MANAGING STRUCTURE FOR PLANNING

1. Involve the stakeholders

The Community Plan from the name itself should be involved with the
community itself. The community by the name is composed of all the people within
the community and all these people should have a voice in the whole community plan
process.

Figure 40. The Team conducting an interview with Mrs. Nineth Forelo, the
administrative-in-charge of the Barangay Barangka Drive.
The team will make sure that the stakeholders are properly identified and
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ultimately involved in the whole process of creating the community plan. It is right to
say that to involve stakeholders, the following processes need to be followed:
a. Goals are properly set. The team needs to identify concretely, brief and
concise as to what they want to achieve in the whole course of community
planning. By having fixed goals whether easy or difficult will be able to
entice the stakeholder to get involved. Furthermore, having concrete goals
will be easier for the team to garner support, both in person or financially.
b. Goals are timely. The team needs to set a goal that can be completed or
satisfied within the time intended for it. Should the group create a long-term
goal, they need to make sure that they will be able to support the whole
process during the whole course of time. Also, goals should be able to finish
within the short period of time allotted for the whole process in order to
minimize waste of energy, time and money.
c. Goals are realistic. The goals no matter how difficult as they may seem, they
should at least be realistic. The stakeholders want goals that they can see as
real as possible. It is not a matter of how shallow or difficult the goal is as
long as the team can provide satisfactory process that can be ultimately
achieved.
d. Goals are relatable. The last but not the least important process to be followed
is to make sure that goals are relatable. Stakeholders will find it hard to
understand or be involved in a process that they do not have any relation with.
Therefore, the goals should be in line with the stakeholders’ needs and not
biased by the team’s innuendo.

2. Setup Organizing/Management Structure

In order for a community plan to be properly executed, the team needs to identify
its organizing and management structure for the overall process of the implementation
of a community plan.
The team identified the following organizational chart for a better management of
the community plan.
BARANGAY CHAIRMAN

COMMUNITY PLANNING BARANGAY

TEAM
OFFICIALS

SQUAD LEADERS
(1 EVERY 10 MEMBERS)

MEMBERS
(10 PER GROUP)
 TEAM
(ORGANIZATION)

ANGELO SONZA RAYVIN RAYO CLARISS A RACY NUDO

DIMAFELIX
(FUNDS, (CREATIVE (ACTIVITIES,
DESIGN, (FOOD, PROCESSES,
COORDINATION)
INFORMATION) REFRESHMENT) PRACTICES)

3. Define the Rules of Action

In order to make sure that the true goal of the community planning is properly set,
the team has set several rules of action to properly set the goals of the community
plan.
The following rules has been set by the team in order to make sure that the
community plan will be created free from prejudice and bias.
a. All the members of the team, or majority shall be available at all times in any
decision-making activities.
b. All the members of the team, should be available in all the activities set by the
group.
c. All the members should at all times provide their undivided attention
especially on the due course of action
d. If any member of the group has three absences in total or two consecutive
absences, or five tardiness count, he/she will only be allowed to participate in
the community planning activity but not preside or provide critical decision
making votes.
e. All activities should be suggested to the team and be approved by majority of
stakeholders before the implementation.
f. If any dispute or complaint are raised, it shall be arbitrated or investigate
before the end of the session.
g. All members of the team should at all times inhibit from any biases or
prejudice before any decision making activity is conducted.

PHASE 3 – UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY

1. Determine and present objectives of the community plan to the stakeholders

The team has already conducted a face-to-face presentation and interview with the
representative of the community which in this case are the barangay officials.
However, the team still needs to confer with the users of the community plan.
The team has identified that the first meeting with the users will be on the 4th
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quarterly townhall meeting of the community and will also be the kick-off meeting to
entice stakeholders to take part in the community planning activities. This is the time
that the team will introduce the team, identify the problems as input by the attendees
and collaboratively obtain a more holistic urban planning solution.
The succeeding meeting is proposed to be every week until the end of the year
2019. The last meeting will be on the Christmas Party held for the members of the
community.

2. Create mechanisms for active engagement

It is very important that the stakeholders are interested and participatory in the
creation of the community plan. It is up to the team to identify measures that will
entice stakeholders to not only participate but have an active engagement on the
process of creating the community plan. The team needs to look into all other
effective and modern mechanisms that catalyzes audience or make them have their
full attention and energy for the success of the project.
To promote active engagement, the team has agreed on the following possible
measures:
a. The members will be formed into teams and be assigned depending on the
goal of the project.
b. The teams will have one assigned/appointed/elected leader who shall be the
representative of the group.
c. Teams will have friendly competition and see who can achieve the best or
most achievements during the course of the project.
d. Teams with the most achievement with regards to the goal of the project will
have an award and/or prize depending on the course of discussion with the
team and the purchaser and NGO
e. Teams with notable participation in the project will also be awarded special
prizes.

3. Analyze the needs and assess existing structures

During the course of discussion of the team with the members of the barangay,
plus the personal ocular visit of the whole barangay, the following needs have been
identified by the team:
a. The barangay lacks open spaces. There is a significant amount of built spaces
and the remaining unbuilt spaces are the roads. This lack of open spaces
forces children to play and recreate within the dangerous course of the road.
Further, it is a matter of health and safety of the children.
b. The barangay lacks parking spaces for its ambulant services. Fire Truck,
Barangay Patrols and Ambulace are parked in streets or in nearby vacant lot.
c. The barangay lacks livelihood program. According to the barangay council,
any livelihood program will be acceptable.
 d. The barangay lacks parking spaces for all public and private cars hence, one
side parking scheme is implemented

With regards to the social services that are already available within the
community, the team was able to account the following social services present within
the barangay:
a. Health Center
b. Pharmacy
c. Multi-purpose Hall
d. Elementary School
e. High School
f. Police Station
g. Fire Volunteer Brigade
h. Day Care Center
i. Vegetable Plantation
j. Public Market
k. Religious Structures

4. Create a SWOT Analysis of the existing social services delivery

In line with the community planning, the team was also able to conduct interview
with the barangay’s key personnel and was able to create a summary of the
community’s Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis.
a. Strengths
- Barangay provides timely update to all its constituents regarding any
program set by the government or private companies
- Barangay holds quarterly meeting to entice community engagement
- Barangay has considerable amount of commercial areas generating
income for the barangay
b. Weaknesses
- Barangay members do not want to undergo vaccination required by the
health center
- Barangay has no recreation facilities or spaces
- Traffic Scheme of One Way in most areas provide problems in
circulation
- One Side Parking does not answer the problems of traffic in the area
c. Opportunities
- The barangay has rich diversity of people
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- The barangay has high number of working population

- The barangay is accessible along major roads connecting to other
barangays
- Once the Pantaleon-Rockwell Bridge is finished, the barangay will be
a pass-through into Rockwell which is a highly urbanized area.
d. Threats
- There are a considerable number of “Batang-Hamog” or streetchildren
in the area that are not from their barangay
- Water crisis becomes an annual problem with the community and its
neighbouring barangays

5. Outline trends of development of the social services

During the course of the study for the community planning, the team was able to
come into account of the trends in the development of social services.
a. Social Services need to be timely. The social services no matter how
many they are, they still need to adhere and adapt to the modern times. It
is not imperative that all social services of the old will always be
applicable to all ages and time
b. Social Services need be universal. Although social service need to be
specific to the needs of the community, the social services however should
also be in relation to all other social services globally. Although in a
sense, it contradicts the purpose of a social service that needs to address
the needs of the community in the local level, however, since society is
universal with different subdivisions and segments, it is also imperative to
say that social services may generally and should be applicable to all other
societies.
c. Social Services need be evolving. Although social services need to be in
line with time, it is also important to say that social services need to adapt
to the needs in relation to its application.

RECOMMENDATION

It is important to note that this part of the community plan only covers Phases 1 to
3. The researcher will continue the process of community planning development until the
completion of the project through Phases 4 to 6.
It is also important to note that the conclusions, evaluations and analysis specified
in this phases of the community plan are not yet official and complete. The process of
community planning will be finished once the community plan is created and
implemented to the community in respect.
 COMMUNITY PLAN - PHASES 4 TO 6

INTRODUCTION
Dengue is an infection spread through viruses belonging to the Flaviviridae
family. This can only be transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti and
Aedes albopictus female mosquitoes which can either be indoor or outdoor from dusk to
dawn. These mosquitoes live in areas with stagnant water such as puddles, water tanks,
containers and old tires. In the Philippines, old tires are usually used as weight for roofs
against strong winds while water containers are usually kept especially in areas with no
own water utilities or areas with water shortages or rotating water interruptions which
have worsened within this year. (Source: IAMAT Website)
According to the website of the International Association for Medical Assistance
for Travellers (IAMAT), being infected by the dengue virus can lead to Dengue
Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) which can be seen through symptoms such as pain in the
abdomen, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, bruising and uncontrolled bleeding. Usually
this accompanied by fever lasting for 2 to 7 days. Serious cases would lead to circulatory
system failure and shock, and can sometimes be fatal.

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

In August 2019, the Department of Health along with the National Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Council has convened on their meeting and declared the
national dengue epidemic with the recording of 146, 062 cases from January to June of
this year 2019. These recorded cases are 98% higher than that of the same period in 2018
for 622 deaths. (Source: DOH Press Release 06 August 2019)
In Metro Manila along, the dengue
cases from January to July 2019, 10,103
dengue cases were recorded while the same
period for 2018 has record of 10,159.
The table on right shows the
comparison of dengue records for 2019 and
2018 for each city and municipality in Metro
Manila. The cities that are marked red are
those with the dramatic increase in count
while those in black are areas with lower
dengue counts compared last year.
Mandaluyong City is together with
Taguig and Malabon with dengue cases that
have doubled between 2018 to 2019.
Mandaluyong City’s dengue count has
increased by 87% comparatively.
However, there is still no complete
record with regards to dengue count within
Brgy. Barangka Drive.
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According to Brgy. Health Worker that the group has interviewed, there are two
urgent problems in the barangay which are polio and dengue. However, polio is currently
managed by the Department of Health through the Barangay Health Center, however, like
other vaccines, polio vaccines are now being rejected by the community after the issue
with the Dengvaxia. According to the barangay health workers, they are having hard time
facilitating vaccines for dengue and polio due to these issues.

MEETING WITH THE BARANGAY CAPTAIN

The group was able to conduct an interview with Brgy. Chairman Darwin
Fernandez regarding the urgent issues of the community. It has come to the groups
attention that aside from dengue, livelihood and education are also the primary needs of
the community.
Brgy. Chairman Fernandez, explained that the members of the community require
special training and education in order to answer another dominant issue within the
community which is poverty.

PROJECT PROPOSAL
In line with the above mentioned concerns, the group decided on the following
project proposals that can answer the problems mentioned through our interview and
observations within the community.
The Group proposes a Livelihood and Training Center.
The Livelihood center will focus on training the members of the community in
crafts and skills that they can use for introducing livelihood within the community
members.
The group’s initial project is to start a citronella garden. Citronella is known as
one of the key ingredients in creating insect repellent especially against mosquitoes.
Citronella easily grows in tropical countries such as the Philippines and is easily grown as
an herb basically can grow anywhere.
The purpose of planting citronella is for the livelihood project for the barangay
which is to train interested members of the community in making Citronella Oil. The
steps will be discussed on the following pages. Citronella oil can be sold to other
members of the community or other interested barangays to help protect people from
mosquitoes, especially to protect the children from this epidemic.
 Furthermore, waste materials from making citronella oil can also be burned which
can be used as natural fogging that can ward off mosquitoes.
This project literally will not have excess wastes, can provide livelihood for the
community and assist in answering the dengue epidemic problem within the community.
The Training Center aside from training in making Citronella Oil and other
relevant products, it can also be used by the community in conducting other trainings
such as:
a) Computer training
b) Customer Service Training for BPO
c) Technical and Gadget Repair Services
d) Home Cooking and Baking
e) Art and Skills Workshop and many more

PROJECT LOCATION
The proposed site for the Community Livelihood and Training Center is beside
Pedro P. Cruz Elementary School along Ginhawa Street, between the stretch of Hinahon
and Maria Clara Streets. The site is a 100 meter by 5 meter stretch of land perpendicular
to the 50 meter by 5 meter parcel of land along Hinahon Street located between Ginhawa
and Busilak Streets which will be used for planting the Citronella Plants.
The site has minimal traffic and has no direct access to PUVs or major routes. It
is located within a quiet area with minimal vehicular traffic hence feasible for both the
plants and as training and livelihood center.
It is currently under the open space category of the barangay but under the
jurisdiction of the Pedro P. Cruz Elementary School which is public issued land.

PROJECT LAND USE

The project will encompass the whole stretch of land with an area of 725 square
meters with 300 square meters for built and the rest for open spaces including gardens
and work areas.
The area is under RR Classification with Zonal Value at 5,000 pesos per square
meter according to the 4th revision of the zonal value for Mandaluyong City RDO No. 41.

PROJECT PROCESS SPECIFICATION

In order to facilitate the project, the following procedures should be followed:

A. CITRONELLA PLANTING
a. The group will use the 200 square meters of the site to plant citronella
plants
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b. All plants will be rooted on pots in order to have a layered or tiered

planting pots, which can be seen on the figure below.

Figure 41. Raised plant boxes for plants

c. All plant boxes will be done similar to the image above but would
rather be done using scrap wood and metals.
d. Plant boxes should have a minimum width of 250 millimeters and
maximum length of 2 meters.
e. Planting of Citronella Plants should be at 18 to 24 inches apart.
f. Soil should be at least 3 inches deep with proper draining. Soil should
be fertilized often and should also be best wet a lot. The best type of
soil is moist loamy soil.
g. Direct sunlight is tolerable to Citronella plants which is why it does not
require strict shading conditions. It can either be grown indoor or
outdoor.
h. Citronella Plant can grow from 2 to 3 feet with a spread of 4 feet.
However, growth rate is only 8 inches for the first year and 2 feet on
second year.

i. Citronella plants can be planted by seeds or stem cuttings.

 j. Harvesting for Citronella need to be through pruning. Cutting
branches from the main plant is considered best practice instead of
pulling from roots.

B. MAKING CITRONELLA OILS

The following steps will be introduced to the selected community
facilitators in order for them to properly extract Citronella oil which is
essentially used in creating soaps and other insect repellents.
a. Once the plan has reached 1 foot, pruning can be done.
b. Collect pruned leaves and stems.
c. Slow boil citronella stalks in hot water.
d. Let it simmer in low fire and not over-boil.
e. Water will be evaporated from the pot.

Figure 42. Pot with Citronella Oil Extracted from boiling Stalks
and Water
f. Strain the extract. Home strainers can also be used in this process if
filter papers are not available.

Figure 43. Draining Citronella extracts using home strainers.

g. Collect all waste Citronella stalks
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Figure 44. Collected Citronella stalks.

h. Burn collected stalks for selective fogging of mosquito prone areas.
Burning of collected stalks should be done on contained vessel with
proper clearance from combustible materials and should be
administered with trained personnel and supervised accordingly.

Figure 45. Contained Burning Citronella wastes with Clearance

from any combustible materials and using controlled vessel.

C. SELLING CITRONELLA OILS

Table 2. Citronella Oils prices based on quantity.

# Volume (mL) Price Quantity Supplied Total
1 30 295.00 100 29,500.00
2 50 395.00 100 39,500.00
3 500 750.00 30 22,500.00
TOTAL 91,500.00
 Table 2. Projected Sale for 6 months for the initial month. Prices are based
on mean prices of same products on online platforms.

To compute the profit, cost for raw materials such as spray bottles need to
be considered.
Table 3. Prices of Plastic Bottles Used for Manufacturing
# Volume (mL) Price Quantity Required Total
1 30 12 100 1,200.00
2 50 18 100 1,800.00
3 500 32 30 960.00
TOTAL 3,960.00

Table 4. Profit per bottle.

# Volume Price Cost Profit Profit per
(mL) Bottle
1 30 29,500.00 1,200.00 28,300.00 283.00
2 50 39,500.00 1,800.00 37,700.00 377.00
3 500 22,500.00 960.00 21,540.00 718.00
TOTAL 87,540.00

Table 5. Profit per month.

ITEM AMOUNT
Total Annual Profit 175,080.00
Monthly Profit 14,590.00
Average Income (5 Employees) 2,918.00
Table 5. Profit per Employee per month assuming 5 people will be
manufacturing the above quantity.

Note: Cost does not include water, lighting and other necessary utilities and
materials.

D. TRAINING ACTIVITIES
1. The community can tap training providers for community training for
livelihood activities.
a. Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) Gender and Development
Office (GAD) livelihood training for:
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- dishwashing liquid
- fabric conditioner making
- T-shirt printing
- mug design
- fan design
- eco bag printing
- keychain design
- tumbler printing
- cellular phone repair training
- food and beverage
- hotel and restaurant
- hotel housekeeping
2. Requirements for Availing Free Skills Training
- Applicant must be 18 years old and above as per DAO 10-
03 series of 2010
- Duly filled-out application form
- Proof of residency
3. Scheduling of Skills Training
- Trainings should be scheduled once a week with at least 4
meetings
- Scheduling of non-regular skills trainings should be done 2
weeks prior to target date with the approval of the Brgy.
Chairman or the barangay appointed administrator of the
facility
- Skills Training seminars should be conducted free of
charge. Should the seminar require registration payment,
breakdown of proposed expenses should be filed prior to
approval.
- Only Skills and Livelihood Training activities are approved
for use of the facility. Other activities not categorized as
skills and livelihood should be forwarded to the barangay’s
multi-purpose hall.

METHOD OF FINANCING
The proposed plan will be financed under the Local Government Unit (LGU)
Loan which is supported under the Section 296 of the Local Government Code.
The LGU Loan Application form should include the following:
A. Letter request from the Barangay Chairman indicating the following:
 1. Lending Institution
2. Terms and condition of proposed loan
3. Purpose of the loan (in this case, the establishment of a Community
Livelihood and Training Center)
B. Certification of existing loan/s duly certified by the Barangay Treasurer
indicating the following:
1. Types and purpose of loans and other obligations contracted
2. Name of Lending Institutions
3. Date of Approval and Maturity
4. Terms and Conditions
5. Remaining Balances of Loan/s and other Obligations
6. Annual Amortization schedules from Lending Institutions
C. Commission on Audit (COA) Annual Audit Certificate for the most recent
year supported by the year-end reports for the past 3 years
1. Pre-closing trial balance
2. Detailed Statement of Financial Performance
D. Certification by the Lending Institution stating that it shall not require LGU
Deposits as compensating balance for the loan (for non-authorized
government depository banks)

Process:
A. LGU submits written request to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for
Monetary Board (MB) opinion accompanied by the required documents and
information.
B. Request will be processed once all required documents and information are
submitted. If there are incomplete documents, the Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas will inform the Barangay of the document/s or information that
should be submitted.
C. Barangay with complete documentation will be elevated to Monetary Board
for opinion on monetary and Balance of Payments implications of proposed
loan. The BSP has informed BGEs through their public information campaign
(PIC) that MB meets every Thursday.
D. The BSP to transmit letter containing MB opinion to the Barangay

PRESENTATION TO THE LGU

The Community Plan has been presented by the group to the Barangay Chairman
Darwin Fernandez and the barangay chairman has presented his utmost interest and
support to the said community plan.
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Figure 46. Endorsement Letter signed by the Barangay Chairman of Barangay

Barangka Drive showing their support regarding the Project Plan presented by the group.
 Figure 47. The Barangay Chairman along with the members of the group during
their presentation of the Community Plan.