Making Resettlements

Work: Exploring the Effects

of Multisector Partnerships
to the Relocatees of
Southville 7, Calauan,
Laguna
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INTRODUCTION

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History of Southville 7
Constructed in 1999 by the National Housing Authority (NHA), the Southville 7
housing project was originally meant as a low-cost housing project for government
employees, but due to its relatively isolated location, lack of basic services and local, only a
few took up residence. The first wave of migrant-informal settlers that came in 2006, when
700 families from different parts of Manila, were displaced from informal settlements to make
way for infrastructure projects. Like other resettlement areas at that time, the site was not
designed to incorporate local services and social infrastructure, thus conditions were not
particularly conducive to rebuilding lives after displacement. (ADB, 2006)

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× In February 2009, the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission was working to clean up the
Pasig River tributaries in Metro Manila, through a project called “Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog
Pasig” (KBPIP).
× The NHA this time, offered a deal with the ABSCBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation
(ALKFI) to manage the community in exchange of giving them units for their BayaniJuan
project.
× Just a few months after ALKFI started to take the helm in managing Southville 7, Typhoon
Ondoy (Ketsana) devastated much of Metro Manila, this prompted NHA to open the doors
of Southville 7 to more than 3,000 families that have been displaced by the typhoon.

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Multisector Partnerships

It is the collaboration of different actors from

different sectors, public and private, that encourage
sharing of resources and expertise to achieve a
particular goal.

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Objectives of
the Study
The study aims to assess the effects of the multisector partnership
framework to the relocatees in Southville 7, Calauan, Laguna

× To determine the past and existing problems in the resettlement

sites;

× To analyze the impacts of the programs and initiatives of to the

lives of the relocatees;

× To identify the different factors that affect the success and

sustainability of the relocation site.

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Population of the
Study
1. Calauan is a second-class municipality in the province of
Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a
population of 74, 890 people. To the North it is bounded by
Laguna de Bay, San Pablo City to the south, the Municipality
of Nagcarlan to east, and the municipality of Bay to the west.

2. Calauan has a total of 17 barangays, one of which is

Barangay Dayap 2, one of the sites of the BayaniJuan
Southville 7 Housing Project which is located at the foot of
Mount Kalisugan. The community is divided into various
housing settlements, wherein rows of houses have been
provided for by several private and civil society groups.

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Southville 7 is divided into three sites and each site have
different community facilities that are built through
public-private partnership of the government and
various NGOs.
× Site 1 houses 2376 families relocated from the
Pasig River and those affected by government
projects in Metro Manila.
× Site 2 meanwhile, is occupied by relocated 447
households from identified danger zones in
Calauan and some from the Pasig River.
× Site 3 with 3100 households, is where most of the
displaced families from the Typhoon Ondoy reside.

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Figure 1. Map of Southville 7, Barangay Dayap, Calauan, Laguna

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Research Method
× Descriptive qualitative research.

× The research used secondary data and compared

past and present studies that will characterize the
situation of the three relocation sites in Southville 7,
Calauan, Laguna.

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RESULTS AND
DISCUSSION

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 PROBLEMS
AND ISSUES
IN THE
RELOCATION
SITES
For a long time, Southville 7 was one of NHA's more challenging resettlement areas,
a community plagued by human-induced risks, such as unemployment, poverty,
crime, and improper waste management

× Lack of basic necessities including electricity and access to potable water

× Access to social services like education, health care, police, fire service, job
training

× Although, there were livelihood initiatives present in the community, migrant

informal settlers that have long been urban dwellers, have a hard time
surviving in a rural agricultural community like Calauan. Many of the
relocates livelihoods still need to leave the community on weekdays as their
livelihoods are based on the city

× Aside from these human-induced threats, the residents, who were

supposedly removed from so-called danger zones in the city, were also
forced to live through a range of natural calamities which include
hydrometeorological hazards such as typhoon and flooding, and geophysical
hazards such as landslides and rockfall

× Poorly constructed Houses

× Issues on security and safety of the community

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Multisector Partnership Framework
Financing
● Asian Development Bank

Executing agency
● National Housing Authority

Implementing agency
● ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation

Others
● Homeowners’ associations
● Municipal Government of Calauan
● Ayala Foundation,
● Consuelo Foundation,
● Habitat for Humanity Philippines,
● Life Project 4 Youth,
● Salesians of Don Bosco (NGO partners)

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Public-private partnership for water,
involving homeowners’ associations

× Installation of level II water system, complemented

by the existing shallow wells.

× Partnership between Laguna Water and

Homeowners Association

× Initial beneficiaries are 2300 families from Site 1

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Impacts

× Access to convenient and clean water in Southville 7

has improved both the health and well-being of
residents.
× Created livelihood opportunities
× Increasing capacity and willingness of the
homeowner’s association to manage and operate the
water system

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Encouraging entrepreneurs through
the Community Innovation Fund

× The Community Innovation Fund - supports

livelihood assistance, by serving as a bridge to the
borrowers.

× Based on their community leader’s endorsement

and a brief business proposal.

× Objectives are to provide non-interest bearing loans

to foster small-scale entrepreneurship, enhance
economic activity, increase the community’s financial
capital for livelihoods, and encourage risk-averse
people to set up a business.
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Impacts

× ALFKI and its partners promoted the Community

Innovation Fund, trained potential recipients in
business skills, helped prepare proposals, and
endorsed applications from their associations.
× Repayments are turned over to the Bayanijuan
Producers Association as a seed fund for other
livelihood projects

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Organizing and strengthening
homeowners’ associations

× Homeowners’ associations are the core unit of

governance and directly implement development
programs.

× Association leader and officers are trained to

prepare development plans, resolve challenges such
as disasters and peace and order, and voice concerns
to the local government.

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Impacts

× Community management improved through

training.

× Association members have learned to be resourceful

in raising funds for their projects.

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The Promoting Partnerships and Innovation
in Poor and Underserved Communities
Workshop
× Multisector partnership workshop to share and
compare perspectives, and to develop a multisector
partnership framework, partnership indicators, and a
sustainability plan for Southville 7

× Partners shared program updates, short and long-term

plans, and challenges specific to Southville 7, enabling
participants to spot areas of overlap and possible
complementarities.

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Impacts

× Participants of the workshop expressed their commitment to

continue implementing high-quality programs in Southville 7 to
build empowered and resilient communities, where members
could enjoy an improved quality of life.
× Participants devised strategies to promote the partnership,
starting with a formal agreement among partners articulating
specific roles and responsibilities.
× Partners also planned activities together, including joint project
proposal, a 5-year development plan, communication and
monitoring and evaluation tools, capacity building for
community leaders, resource mobilization, regular dialogues
between the local government and homeowners’ associations,
and regular strategy sessions.

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RESULTS
Employment opportunities increased.
Residents applied the skills gained from training activities as employees and as entrepreneurs.
Some still opted to go back to Metro Manila for higher-paying jobs but others were hired in
enterprises that set up shop in Southville 7.

Delivery of basic services improved.

92% of households now enjoy access to either piped water or communal water stations, while
43% have electricity. Facilities in Southville 7 include public spaces, schools, a health clinic, and
livelihood center.

Voter registration in Calauan and community participation increased.

The 10 homeowners’ associations in Southville 7 represent their communities in budget and
planning sessions of the local government, and women play an active role as heads of
homeowners’ associations, committee members, and entrepreneurs.

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Conclusion

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× Relocation is not a simple matter, there are many
factors that may have adverse impacts not only to
the relocates, but also to the existing community.

× Much of the success of the projects of the

resettlement sites are attributed to the initiatives
and opportunities that the multisector partnerships
led by ALFKI and NHA created for the community.

× While many of the relocates have benefited from the

projects and programs spearheaded by the
multisector partnership, there is still the issue of
sustainability of these initiatives.

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Recomendation

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× The primary concern of relocation is housing, relocation
programs must ensure that houses that are constructed for
relocates are not made of substandard materials and can
withstand typhoons and other hydrothermal and geological
hazards.
× Relocatees must be given seminars and trainings on
alternative livelihoods, but the most important thing is for
these to be sustainable and are according to the existing
skills of the members of the community.
× Provision of basic needs and access to social services are of
utmost importance.
× Mobility is also essential for the community members, for
them to have the means to be connected places of work, and
other social services.
× Community members must also do their part in enriching
their own wellbeing.

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