Lorenzo Dinlayan - SEAsite

Empowering Indigenous Peoples and
Minorities in the Southern Philippines
Lorenzo B. Dinlayan,
III
Bukidnon Tribe
Southern Philippines
June 17, 2010

Children in Barangay Sila-e
I’m doing
this for
them…

Fast Facts
• Sila-e is one of the 46 barangays of Malaybalay City. It can be
reached by a four-wheel drive but preferably by a motorcycle
locally known as “habal-habal” for two hours or so.
• It is predominantly inhabited by the natives of Bukidnon called
Higa-onon and Bukidnon.
• Most people are elementary graduates or have not been into
formal education at all.
Sila-e Alternative Learning Center (SALC)
• Its main objectives are: first, to provide a venue for all natives,
young and old who wish to learn the basics of counting, reading
and speaking; and second, to extend assistance services on how
they could promote and preserve their cultural heritage including
their customs and traditions.

Project Title
"I Feed My
Own
Family"

What is the Project all about?
Communal Gardening:
"I Feed My Own Family“
‣ entrepreneurial
a communal garden of at least five
families.
‣privilege what vegetable to plant including
the marketing strategy, profit sharing and
the planting cycle.
‣operation is subject to rules provided by
the managing volunteer.

Why this Project?
(patterned in a town)
1. It teaches them to become
self-sustaining.
2. It utilizes the local resources
within the area.
3. It develops skills and learns
new agricultural techniques.
4. It fosters camaraderie among
community members.

Who are involved?
Your name
Lorenzo B. Dinlayan, III
Your age 29
Range of ages of those who will benefit?
Your ethnicity
Ethnicity/ies of the community where you will
implement your project
Your religion
Religion/s of the people who will benefit?
Specifically, who will benefit?
How many will benefit: individuals, families,
total?
Name of organization/s which will help you
implement your project
Name of adult adviser/s who will help you
implement your project
15-45 yrs old
Bukidnon
Bukidnon, Higaonon
Pentecostal
Lumad, Catholic-Lumad
At least 5 families
Barangay Sila-e, DA-
City
Loreta Sol L. Dinlayan

Where is the location?
Capital of the Barangay
Barangay Sila-e
City of Malaybalay
Province of Bukidnon
Island of Mindanao
Republic of the Philippines

Identifying Information
Project Title
Project Proponent
Project Location
Who Will Benefit?
Communal Gardening: “I Feed My
Own Family”
Lorenzo B. Dinlayan, III/ Bukidnon/ Pentecostal
Barangay Sila-e
families of Bukidnon and Higaonon folks
How Many Will Benefit?
At least ten families
Project Cost P 10, 000.00
Date of Implementation
October
Total Budget P 10, 000.00

Sila-e Alternative Learning Center
Your Name
Youth or Adult
Adult Adviser for Youth
Profession
Sex
Ethnicity
Religion
Organization
Organizational Address
Telephone
Lorenzo B. Dinlayan, III
Youth
Loreta Sol L. Dinlayan
College Instructor (BSU)
Male
Bukidnon
Pentecostal
Sila-e alternative Learning Center
Barangay Sila-e, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon,
Phils 8700
None
Cellphone 09282388960
Email
Pizzapie_2007@yahoo.com

Organizational Partners
Name Contributions Benefits
Other
Comments
1. Barangay Silae
Council
2. City of
Malaybalay
- Keeps MOU
- Encourages
people to join the
project
- Provides financial
support
3. City Agriculture
Office
- Provides
technical training
support

Problems
•Lack source of income
results to poverty.
•Passivity to education.
•Complacency of improving
their economic status.

Community Needs
Assessment
• Committed volunteers who are
learned of the culture and
place
• Technical and funding support
• Livelihood projects

Community Partners
1. Which community? Name it. Barangay Sila-e
2. Why this community? Access to Lumads
3. How many families? At least 2000
4. How many people? Around 3000
5. How many women? Unknown
6. How many men? Unknown
7. How many people from At least 70%
minority group or culture?
8. How many people from the
dominant group or culture?
About 30%
9. How many poor? Roughly 90%

Internal Strengths
Indigenous materials/resources, willingness to learn
Internal Weaknesses
Vulnerability to political cuddling
External Opportunities
Presence of NGO’s and religious groups
External Threats
Insurgencies and presence of migrants

No child shall
be left at home
uneducated.

To recruit dedicated
volunteers and develop
in the community
members the sense of
self-reliance.

1. provide a conducive venue
for better learning.
2. recruit volunteer teachers
3. tap committed NGOs and
POs
4. link with LGUs

Objectives
1. Conduct needs assessment on July
2. Train at least 2 volunteers in the
next 6 months
3. Provide training-workshop on
vegetable gardening within this year
4. Sign MOU with Barangay Officials
5. Purchase Gardening materials and
seeds

Expected Outputs
1. Conducted a needs assessment
2. Trained dedicated IP volunteers
3. Provided traning-workshop on
vegetable gardening within this year
4. Signed MOU with Barangay
Officials
5. Purchased gardening materials and
seeds

Expected Outcomes
1. Indigenous Peoples (IP) will gain
respect from the community and
from themselves.
2. They will become active partners
of the barangay.
3. They discover and/or develop
their skills.
4. They will find contentment and
value of themselves.

Framework
From the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 26.
(2) Education shall be directed to the full
development of the human personality
and to the strengthening of respect for
human rights and fundamental freedoms.
It shall promote understanding, tolerance
and friendship among all nations, racial
or religious groups, and shall further the
activities of the United Nations for the
maintenance of peace.

Action Plan for Phase 1: The Preparatory or Pre-Conduct Stage
Goals for the Preparatory Stage: Prepare gardening materials and technical documents.
# Action Plan
Lead
Person
Organizat
ional
Partners
Material &
Financial
Resources
Needed
Begin Date
End
Date
Evaluatio
n of
Success
1
Meeting of Record
Enzo BSU
Involved Parties
Book
July
2
3
4
5
Conduct of the
Needs
Assessment NA
Visit the
Community
Consolidate and
Analyze NA
Provide LGU
with Proposal
Enzo
Pacing
Pacing
Enzo
6 MOU signing Enzo
and
Barangay
Sila-e
Barangay
Sila-e
NA forms
August
August
September
Enzo Barangay Proposal September
Barangay
Sila-e
Form
September

Action Plan for Phase 2: Implementation or Conduct Stage
Goals for the Actual Implementation Stage: Concretize a sustainable communal garden.
Material
# Action Plan
&
Evaluatio
Lead Organization
Begin End
Financial
n of
Person al Partners
Date Date
Resource
Success
s Needed
1
Ceremonial
Turning Over
of the
Vegetable
Garden
Materials and
Seeds
Enzo
2 Follow up Pacing
3
Review
Marketing
Strategy
Enzo
Brgy Sila-e
Indigenous
Cultural
Community
(ICC)
DA- City
4 Sales Strategy Enzo DA- City
1 st week
October
2 nd week
October
3 rd week
October
4 th week
October

Action Plan for Phase 3: Post-Implementation or Post-Conduct Stage
Goals for the Post-Event Stage: evaluate the extent of the project and the utilization of
resources
# Action Plan
Lead
Person
Organizati
onal
Partners
Material &
Financial
Resources
Needed
Begin
Date
End
Date
Evaluatio
n of
Success
1
Evaluation of
the Produce
Pacing DA- City November
2
Development
of the Planting
and Marketing
Strategies
Pacing DA-City November
3 Consolidate
documents
Enzo and
Pacing
Barangay
Sila-e
November

Detailed Proposed Budget (Estimated Costs in Philippine Pesos)
Items Source/s of Funding
or Donor/s
Number of
Units
Unit Cost
Subtotal
Example: Pencils 50 1 Peso each 50.00
Example: Jeepney
3 1,000 Pesos / day 3,000.00
Rental
Jeepney Rental LGU 2 P 1,500/day P 3,000.00
Plowing Service Pay Barangay 2 P 1,500/day P 3,000.00
Seeds
a. Tomato
b. String beans
c. Eggplant
d. Sweet Potato
e. Chili pepper
f. Okra
Tools for Gardening
a. Rake
b. bolo
c. piko
Other sources 50 P 50/box P 2,500.00
5 P 300.00 P 1,500.00
GRAND TOTAL P 10,000.00