Metamorphosis_Kalahi-CIDSS Compendium 2015

Manong Jun shared that prior to the construction of the drainage canal, they have been
encountering problems especially during rainy seasons, to include health and sanitation
issues in the community. Some of the children were even getting sick due to the foul
smell coming from the pathways, and at times, rain water may be mixed with the urine
of their animals or water from the laundry. The construction of the drainage canal made a
positive impact on improving the health of the people within the community, their crops,
their farm animals, as well as sanitary conditions in the community. The drainage canal
was constructed through the funding of the Millenium Challenge Corporation and the
Millenium Challenge Account – Philippines. As of October 2014, the project is already
90.85% complete physically.
After a year of being a volunteer, Manong Jun decided that he would like to be a part of
the program, not as a volunteer but as one of the facilitators. He said he would like to share
everything he learned as a volunteer to other communities implementing the program. He
recalled that before the program most of the people in their community were very passive.
Bucloc Drainage. One of the projects accomplished by Pastor Jun Belerma when he was
still a community volunteer in Bucloc, Abra*
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