Action Plan on the Present

Issues Pertaining to Social,

Political, Economic and
Cultural Issues in Philippine
Society
GEC 12 Readings
in Philippine History
 Malnutrition Premarital Sex

Content
Waste Segregation Poverty
 Group Members
BA Communication- 1B

Vimarie Manallo Rachel Mae Padera Jashey A. Orosco Mary Faye Flores
Action Plan for Solid
Waste Management
The Philippines is the 4th largest producer of solid waste among ASEAN countries,
with 14.66 million tons of solid waste a year, according to the report of the United
Nation Environment Program. It is considered one of the most serious
environmental issues in the Philippines. Each day, the Philippines generate 35, 580
tons of waste/garbage. These garbage are thrown ok private land, open dumps,
rivers, and creeks, and some of them are buried, adding pollution to the heavily
polluted air shed.
 Solid waste refers to any materials that are either discarded or abandoned. These materials can
come from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations and also households and
community activities. Solid waste is not all limited to waste physically solid materials. It also includes
solid waste that is physically liquid or gaseous materials. To address and improve the solid waste
management and garbage problem in the country, the Republic 9003 also known as the Ecological
Solid Waste Management Act of 2002 was passed. It is an act providing for an ecological solid
waste, mismanagement program, creating necessary institutional mechanisms and incentives. It
declares certain acts prohibited, and provides penalties for those who violate the rules that are
mandated.
 In the country, the local government units (LGUs) hold the primary responsibility for effective and
efficient solid waste management. Despite this law, however, poor solid waste management in the
Philippines is still prevalent since open and controlled dumps are being used. To address this
problem, we need to take action and carry out a certain plan and mitigation.
 Objectives
- Educate the citizens about the importance of solid waste
management
- contribute to the overall sustainability of the area
- improvement of overall waste management in the area
- Promote reuse of waste
- increased recycling levels and reduction of organic waste in
landfills
- reduce the harmful health and environmental impacts of
waste
 Plan of Action

The team will ask the permission and supervision of the local government officials (LGUs) in the
municipality of Sto. Domingo, Albay to conduct a mitigation program that advocates solid waste
management. The program will be divided into 2 parts. The first part is about educating the
participants about solid waste management and in the afternoon, which is the second part, we'll
be having a cleanup drive around the coastal area of Sto. Domingo, Albay.
 Plan of Action
Participants:
The participants of the event are the citizens of the municipality of Sto. Domingo, Albay.
The participants may be youth, barangay officials, senior citizens or it could be anyone.
Where:
The said event will take place in Sarung Banggi Beach Resort at San Vicente St. in Sto.
Domingo, Albay.
When:
The event will be held on August 2, 2022.
 Activity to Conduct
Flow of the program
v The first part of the mitigationprogram will start from 8:00 am to 12 pm.
 Activity to Conduct

v The second part of the mitigation program will start from 1 to 5:00 pm.
Human Resources
To make our program more effective and worthy, we'll be going to invite two guest speakers
from the department of environment and natural resources. So, since their work revolves around
environmental concerns and protections, it will be easy for us to persuade our participants to
practice and continue our meditation program.
Future End Result
This program will make a great impact on the lives of the participants. They may apply all the
learnings they've gotten from the program to their day-to-day life activities. Our mitigation
program has a great impact on our environment. It can lessen the pollution in the environment
and it can add to the repair and reduction of the damage caused by pollution. Aside from that, it
will improve the citizens' opportunities to influence decisions concerning the environment. Lastly, if
the participant will apply our mitigation program, we can combat climate change and otherwise
support sustainable development.
ERADICATION OF POVERTY
Poverty is the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material
possessions. Poverty is said to exist when people lack the means to satisfy their basic needs. The
Philippines has a fairly high poverty rate with more than 16% of the population living below the poverty
line. Because of the many people reliant on agriculture for an income and inequality in wealth distribution,
about 17.6 million Filipinos struggle to afford necessities. From 2015 to 2020, the rate of poverty declined
from 21.6% to 16.6%. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte aims to reduce the rate of poverty to 14% by
2022. Through its strategy, AmBisyon 2040, the Philippine government plans to eradicate extreme
poverty by 2040. Furthermore, the government has implemented various programs and reforms to
reduce poverty by targeting education, healthcare, and the overall economy.
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Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s Presidency
1. Greater Access to Education: A factor of systemic poverty is a lack of access to
education in impoverished areas. People gain basic skills and increased job
opportunities through education, which can help to combat poverty in the Philippines.
Therefore, the Philippines signed the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act
in 2017 to encourage more people to enroll in higher education and to address the
issue of education inequality. The government subsidizes the cost of tuition for State
Universities and Colleges (SUCs) students as well as other expenses such as school
supplies. Private institutions also have access to a tuition subsidy. The Act aims to
decrease the number of dropouts in higher education and promote the idea that
higher education is available to all.
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Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s Presidency
2. Greater Access to Healthcare: To improve the healthcare system, President Duterte
signed the Universal Healthcare Act in February 2019. The UHC Act provides access to
the full spectrum of healthcare by enrolling citizens in the National Insurance Program
and granting health coverage to all. While healthcare is not completely free, those in
poverty will have more access to health services. To ensure the effectiveness of
healthcare, the Act will form the Health Technology and Assessment Council (HTAC).
The Council will consist of health experts who will assess health developments, such as
technology, vaccines, and other advancements. Additionally, the Philippines will allocate
more funds to PhilHealth, which will improve the quality of service and lower the cost
of medicine
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Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s Presidency

3. Family Aid: To further efforts to support citizens, the government implemented the
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in 2007. The 4Ps is is a conditional cash
transfer program for impoverished households. The program gives households grants
so long as they meet certain requirements, including keeping the children in school,
having regular health check-ups, and having parents or guardians attend Family
Development Sessions. The 4Ps program benefits about 20 million Filipinos, 9 million of
whom are children. Therefore, the program reaches about 20% of the population with
the goal of greater poverty reduction.
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Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s Presidency

4. Economic Improvement: With the goal of reducing poverty by strengthening

economics, President Duterte signed the Rice Tariffication Law in February 2019,
amending the Agricultural Tariffication Act of 1996. The Law places a 35% tariff on
imported rice with the goal of prioritizing local rice production for the population by
stabilizing the supply. The tariff also aims to benefit local farmers by creating a more
efficient and competitive agricultural system.
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Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s Presidency
World Food Programme
World Food Programme (WFP) tackles hunger in the Philippines with an emphasis on rebuilding communities. For example, its
food and cash assistance programs provide aid in exchange for participation in vocational skill training and asset creation
activities.
One major program of the WFP is Fill the Nutrient Gap, which aims to address malnutrition among children which can cause
health issues like stunted growth. In the Philippines, 33% of children aged 5 or younger, which amounts to 4 million children,
are less likely to reach their full mental and physical potential due to stunted growth. To address these issues, Fill the
Nutrient Gap has helped identify and prioritize certain policies and program packages. Its goal is to improve nutrient intake
for target groups through increased availability of nutritious food. The program resulted in various recommendations on
health, social welfare and food processing policies for the country.
The organization also provides school meals to more than 60,000 children in the areas of Maguindanao, Lanao del Norte and
Lanao del Sur in the Philippines. In addition, WFP deals with early childhood nutrition. WFP encourages certain products like
micronutrient powder for children aged 6 months to 23 months and fortified food for those under 3 years old.
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Feed the Children

Feed the Children has battled hunger in the Philippines since 1984. Its programs have positively influenced more than 283,000
people in 38 communities. Through the use of Child-Focused Community Development (CFCD), the organization helps children
overcome both short-term and long-term hunger issues.
The CFCD approach works with vulnerable and at-risk children as well as their caregivers and communities. Through this
program, Feed the Children has provided caregivers with necessary training and resource provisions required to feed
families, build clean communities and increase access to education. As a result, it was able to achieve the goal of cultivating
appropriate conditions required for thriving, specifically in terms of food and nutrition security.
FEED aids Filipinos in many areas, such as improving childhood nutrition and development or training on water and sanitation.
It also utilizes the idea of child-managed savings groups to teach financial management to children and allow them to
develop savings for food and family use.
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Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s Presidency

Rise Against Hunger Philippines

Rise Against Hunger Philippines is an international organization focused on the distribution of food and
relief aid. Its primary goal is to provide packaged meals and facilitate shipments of donated products
like medical supplies, water and food. Numerous volunteers contribute by packaging meals that contain
an array of micronutrients vital for human growth and sustainability. So far, the organization was able
to supply 20.75 million meals to the Philippines, saving 1.4 million lives.
Rise Against Hunger Philippines also provides relief aid for natural disasters and political conflicts
through vast networks that work to address various needs. Additionally, it has created safety net
programs that provide nutrition and vocational skill training for the poor to transition out of poverty.
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Food for the Hungry
Food for the Hungry (FH) has been active in the Philippines since 1978. Beginning with helping refugees, the
organization has expanded its efforts to other developmental programs which include the issue of hunger. It has
reached 23 different communities and sponsored 6,565 children in the Philippines.
With a significant portion of the Filipino population under the poverty line, FH has focused on long-term
developmental programs. These are to create opportunities for improved nutrition and poverty reduction. To create
foundations for self-sufficiency, FH employs a four-phase community development plan in Filipino communities.
Phase One begins with discovering the risks and needs of the people, especially in regard to the children. Phase Two
is where local government and community leaders come together with FH. From there, they develop action plans
that would create livelihood programs and training for future leaders. Subsequently, Phase Three promotes these
development projects, handles solutions for health and reduces disaster-related risks. The main goal in this phase is
to reduce food insecurity in the event of natural disasters or political conflicts. Finally, Phase Four evaluates how
people’s needs were properly addressed and how the community gained a sense of independence in
 Plan of Action

As students whose power are not enough to control the huge amount of population whose suffering
from poverty in Philippines, we thought of a simple way to eradicate poverty, slowly, with progress…
SocMed is powerful in our generation, we can use platforms to raise awareness about birth control. The
number of social media users in the Philippines at the start of 2022 was equivalent to 82.4 percent of
the total population. Therefore, social media users are a huge amount of crowd in PH. Posting
awareness about birth control will become a trend especially if use some hashtags to make this plan
work.
Another action is establishing an organization for youths who has the same vision or goals as us. We at
least target to feed the ill-fortunate people within our vicinities by asking support – financially in our
respective local governments.
 Objective

Main Objective
a)To discuss the main goal of this action plan – eradication of
poverty.
Specific Objectives
b)To raise awareness about birth control with the use of SocMed.
c)To seek support from our government and government officials.
 Human Resource to Coordinate

Human Resource to Coordinate With

Local Government – Municipal Mayor and the Local Officials
 Future End Result

We hope to feed at least 3% of the ill-fortunate population of the

Philippines every day.
Action Plan for
Premarital Sex
CONCERNED GROUP

The most vulnerable group of premarital sexual behaviour

are youths and adolescents.
COMMUNITY OR INSTITUTION

Age group of 10-19 called as adolescents during the period, there is

drastic development in physical, cognitive, social and emotional
development.
 Objectives

Initially to prevent unwanted pregnancy, teenage

pregnancy, abortion, STIs, HIV/AIDS, regrets, guilt, loss
of self-respect, depression, loss of family support,
substance abuse and even suicidal death; now, to
promote health education.
 Plan of Action

1. The most effective way of defending premarital

lovemaking is spreading awareness of healthy sexuality
among children. Awareness of healthy sexuality is not at all
the knowledge of safe sexuality. Train them to mingle with
opposite sex in a mature way. Inspire them with mutual
respect between man and woman.
 Plan of Action
2. Significant numbers of high school youths were engaged in
sexual practice before marriage. Not attending religious
education, have a boy/girlfriend, watching pornography film,
alcohol drinkers and came from rural residing families were
identified risk factors. So, the school community and respective
health sector need to establish and strengthen school health
program and school clubs to give awareness about identified risks
of premarital sex. In addition family should link their youths to
religious education in parallel to formal school education
 Activity to Conduct
1.Provide on-going training of trainers that increases knowledge, expands wisdom, and
develops cultural understanding.
2.Recognize that adolescent patterns of sexuality and birth rates mirror those of adults.
3.Help parents become more comfortable with their own sexuality and better able to
communicate with their children about difficult issues.
4.Utilize a parent/school-linked approach to provide family life/sexuality education at the
elementary level.
5.Create a place for parent education and involvement in all school and community based
sexuality curricula.
6.Raise community awareness that research is clear that there is no correlation between
sexuality education and increased rates of intercourse.
Human Resource to Coordinate

According to the World Health Organization, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is defined
as when individuals have a safe and satisfactory sexual life and have reproductive ability
and power to make decisions about when and how reproduction should occur. SRH is
essential for individuals, couples, and families to achieve health reproduction, improve
relationships between couples, develop a healthy sexual decision-making process and
participate in the socioeconomic development of the society. Each human life aspect has its
own special breadth and range, and persons inevitably can choose according to their needs
and interests. Therefore, education of SRH is crucial to fulfill needs.
 Future End Result

Premarital counseling addresses the most common problems that affect

couples: finances, communication, beliefs and values, intimacy, parenting
styles, conflict resolution, decision making, the role each partner will play
in the marriage, how to deal with difficult in-laws and how much time
they will spend together.
 Action Plan for
Malnutrition in the
Philippines
CONCERNED GROUP
Malnutrition is prevalent among infants, toddlers, and pregnant
women with prior illnesses. It is known that malnutrition sprouts
from households in poverty and have no access to investments
that could give them the proper diet they need.
 Objectives
- placing government officials that are capable,
competent, and uncorrupt, tasked in solving the issue
- creating programs and activites
-giving awareness to Filipinos about the said issue
- implementation of programs and activities
- lessening the effects of malnutrition (e.g. deaths)
- eradicating malnutrition and its further effects to
the country
 Plan of Action
1. Electing government officials that are capable of overseeing
and managing the government agencies involved in eradicating
malnutrition in the Philippines. By ensuring that no corrupt or
incompetent government officials will be in-charge, the budget
will surely go to projects and activities that will stop the said
issue.
2. Creating laws and programs that will stop and also ensure
that malnutrition won’t be a problem to the growth of our
country.
 Plan of Action
3. Projects without giving its significance to the people receiving
it will be useless in the long run. Thus, it is helpful if government
agencies and NGOs will team up together in spreading
awareness about the cause and effect in an individual, and
overtime, in the society as well. In realizing the seriousness of
the issue, Filipinos will be the one taking the initiative on
stopping it.
4. Implementation of programs and activities.
 Activity to Conduct
The Philippine government has been trying to fight malnutrition for years already. Hence,
there are programs and activities already that have been established, and are still being
implemented to this day.

Both government and NGOs often conduct feeding programs in barangay, and mostly to
places that are out of reach for food that would supplement the proper diet that a person
should take.

There are also feeding programs conducted in schools so that children are not only fed with
knowledge, but also with nutritious food they need in order to grow.
Human Resource to Coordinate

1. During the start of President Duterte’s administration, within his Philippine Development
Plan 2017 – 2022, The Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022 have been an
integral part of it. It is consistent with the Duterte
Administration 10-point Economic Agenda, the Health for All Agenda of the
Department of Health (DOH), the development pillars of malasakit (protective
concern), pagbabago (change or transformation), and kaunlaran (development), and
the vision of Ambisyon 2040. Within this action plan, national government agencies, local
government units, non-government organizations, academic institutions, and development
partners undertook the 12 programs and 46 projects that served as framework.
Human Resource to Coordinate

2. National Nutrition Program is the government agency tasked to launch programs that
would monitor the nutritional status of the concerned groups that are mostly in barangays,
and to lessen its burden to the country.
3. UNICEF (United Nation Children’s Fund) is a special program created by the United Nations
to aid national efforts dedicated in improving health, nutrition, education, and general
welfare of children. They work with their partners to deliver inclusive access to age-
appropriate, culturally sensitive, gender-responsive and disaster-resilient health, nutrition,
and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes and interventions, including in
emergency situations, especially for the most vulnerable children, adolescents and women.
 Future End Result

Malnutrition leads to more social, economic, political, and cultural issues

that would further burden a country. If a nation would be able to
successfully follow this action plan, or their own action plan in stopping
malnutrition, these are the following might happen from doing so:
- less mortality rate from live birth;
- fewer casualties from dying from hunger
 That would be all.

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