CHUA, Kamille Joyce D.

SW 230: Assignment #2
2013 - 05209

CO Models

CO MODEL Identified: Childhope Philippines’ Project Bamboo: Out-of-School Youth of Metro Manila
Initiate Livelihood Fair

Summary of Case/Issue:

Project Bamboo provides street youth with the opportunity to address their economic needs in less, if not
non-hazardous ways. It also aims to provide street youth with vocational and technical skills that would allow
them to become gainfully employed or to establish their own business enterprise in the future. Among these
include food processing, T-shirt printing, perfumery, and preparation of household items such as dishwashing
liquids and fabric conditioners.
As for the facilitator and resource persons, those in charge of the livelihood training will be frompartner
non-government organizations that run social enterprises. They’ll also come from small businesses, owners
who are willing to impart their knowledge and expertise on making different products which they sell for a
living.

Finally, a livelihood fair will be conducted at the end of the training to allow the participants to showcase what
they have learned and to allow them to practice skills in business.

Practice Variables Your Answer/s Your Remarks/Notes/Comments

Goal categories of community Provide the out-of-school
action youth a chance to gain skills
and knowledge that would
prove useful to them when they
decide to work or open up a
business in the future.
The local government officials should
have programs that could further
alleviate youth’s tendency to turn to
violence and drugs – they should
educate their youth and empower
them to want better for themselves.

Assumptions concerning
community structure and
problem conditions
There are not enough
unconventional programs for
out-of-school youth available
so they could gain confidence
and feel empowered instead of
turning to drugs, violence and
theft.
SKs are the primary lifeline of the
youth in every community and it is vital
that they have a more sustainable
approach to problems that the youth
are facing right now in their
communities; instead of just hosting
basketball leagues and seminars.

Basic change strategy
- Partner with different There should be a way to categorize
businesses which and organize the youth based on their
could provide the interests and skills so the business
basic knowledge and that they would learn from can better
skills required to learn cater for them and they can be more
the necessary steps empowered to try to continue in the
involved in the future.
production of their
major products

Characteristics change tactics
and techniques
Boundary definition of the
community client system or
constituency
Assumptions regarding interests
of community sub-parts
Conception of the client
population or constituency
Conception of the client role
Additional information/notes:
When organizing a community-based program, it is important to consider the different ways that it could be
perceived by the community : it is not always met with open arms instantly. Understand that people are not
always the same and that the important thing is to organize for the betterment of the community.
- Educate the youth
with the importance of
business models,
strategies and basic
knowledge of
profit/revenue needed
to run a small
business.
- Provide a sustainable
system that would
work for longer
periods of time
without the help of the
organisation.
Initial investigation in the
chosen community; learn what
are the interests of the youth,
what products they are
interested in and what would
be the best approach in
organizing the community.
Out of school youth in Paco,
Manila.
Proper information and training
in order to ensure that the
youth won’t feel intimidated
which might cause them to
instead be closed off and
dismiss the community
organizers.
Small business owners,
non-profit organizations and
local government officials.
Cooperation of the small
business owners and the local
government officials
responding to the needs of the
youth and the youth
themselves.
Maximum participation both from the
business owners and the out-of-school
youth and then identifying the leaders
of the groups which may soon be the
contact and primary community
organizer in the future.
The youth in Paco Manila which are
interested in enhancing their
entrepreneurship skills and put what
they’ve learned from training to
practice.
Ensure that the youth are properly
informed with the importance of
participating in Project Bamboo and
ensure that we keep the interests high
throughout the whole community visits.
The youth should be heard ; their
concerns and feedback– so the bond
can be made and relationships are
stronger. This might help the youth
gain confidence and believe in
themselves more.
Communities should have strong
organization within themselves and
encourage the youth to pursue their
studies and eventually earn a
livelihood for themselves.