Creating Local Solutions in Building Resilient Communities: The

Experience of the Municipality of San Francisco, Camotes Island,

Cebu

BRIEF PROFILE OF OUR MUNICIPALITY

3rd Class MunicipalityLAND AREA

10, 597 hectaresNO. OF BARANGAY 15 – fully energized with 120 functional PuroksPOPULATION 44, 588 – 2007 CensusAREA OF LAKE DANAO 649 hectaresVAST WHITE SAND BEACHESLIVELIHOOD Farming Fishing Cottage Industries

Soli – Soli Weaving Bamboo Strips Weaving

Population Distribution per Barangay

Two-time eGWEN Grand Champion forModel Town and Green Awards (2009 & 2010)

Best Implementer of Solid Waste Management Program

Addressing the Ten Essentials

Essential #1Put in place organization and coordination to understand and reduce disaster risk, based on participation of citizen groups and civil society. Build local alliances. Ensure that all departments understand their role to disaster risk reduction and preparedness.  

The Purok System

Resilience built by communities

Why a Purok system?In the Philippines, the smallest

governing unit is called a barangay (village).

Each barangay consists of several puroks or sub-villages.

The purok system builds on existing indigenous social organization for mobilizing local resources in creating local and practical solutions to address community needs

The Purok system: a unique innovation

A Purok System is a micro structure of the barangay unit bringing effective governance at the sub-village level, a one-of-a kind innovation seen only in San Francisco

The Purok System showcases its Capital Build Up (CBU) program that empowers communities at the purok level by allowing local initiatives to flourish.

The Bayanihan (community cooperation) is the backbone of the purok system

THE PUROK HALL: An Example

built by the Purokhanons through the CBU program.

constructed through the bayanihan spirit

For the maintainance, the barangay council counterpart P2,000 to the group to make sure that the purok hall will sustain

PUROK ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

PUROKKAGAWAD

COMMITTEE ON PEACE & ORDER, ENVIRONMENT, DISASTER RISK

REDUCTION

PUROKKAGAWAD

COMMITTEE ON

INFRASTRUCTURE

PUROK KAGAWAD

COMMITTEEON

TOURISM &WOMEN/

CHILDREN

PUROK KAGAWAD

COMMITTEE ON

AGRICULTURE& LIVELIHOOD

PUROK KAGAWAD

COMMITTEEON

FINANCE,BUDGET&

APPROPRIATION

PUROK KAGAWAD

COMMITTEEON

YOUTH &SPORTS

DEV’T

PUROK KAGAWAD

COMMITTEE ON

HEALTH &NUTRITION

PUROK KAGAWAD

COMMITTEE ON

EDUC. &SOLID WASTE

MNGT.

NAME OF BARANGAYBARANGAY CAPTAIN

BARANGAY HALL

NAME OF SITIOBARANGAY KAGAWAD

PUROK HALL

NAME OF PUROKPUROK PRESIDENTSET OF OFFICERS

“PUROK SYSTEM” -system to guide the community to work

together to attain their basic needs and system that helps the town in carrying out its risk reduction program such as the following :

DRRM activities at the purok levelPurok-level MRF

Barangay Information system, purok-based hazard mapsEarly warning system

Tree planting, watershed rehabilitationMangrove reforestation

Disaster drills

Creation of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office

Local Disaster Risk Reduction Management

OfficerAdministration & Training

Research & Planning

Operations & Warning

MDRRMC (Chairperson:

Municipal Mayor)

DRRM Officer

Administrative and Training

Operation and warning

Early Warning Service

Rescue and Evacuation

Service

Relief and Rehabilitatio

n Service

Camp Management

Service

Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and

Management Council structure

Research and Planning

Medical and

Health Service

Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis

Security and Police Service

Strengthening the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (LDRRMC)

Consultative Planning in the formulation of Five Year LDRRM Plan

Revitalizing Camotes Island Emergency Respose Team (CiERT)

The CiERT Group assisted Saint Bernard through

donations of sleeping mats for the evacuees.

Oath taking of the new elected officers

Involving Youth Leaders in DRR

Essential # 2

Assign a budget for disaster risk reduction and provide incentives for homeowners, low‐income families, communities, businesses and public sector to invest in reducing the risks they face.

Prioritizing DRRM activities in the municipal budget

In line with the Millennium Development Goals, 5% of the

Municipal Budget is allocated to LDRRM to ensure that the programs

identified in its Five Year Plan are implemented.

Allocated budget for San Francisco DRRMP Implementaion for Five Years

5 Year Financial Budget for LDRRMP

Year5%LDRRM Fund

Prevention Mitigation Preparedeness Year Total budget

1 2,335,776.70 1,456,365 631,000 370,0002,457,365

2 3,336,811.00 463,770 1,525,000 407,0002,395,770

3 3,336,811.00 563,770 1,525,000 307,0002,395,770

4 3,336,811.00 563,770 1,475,000 277,0002,315,770

5 3,336,811.00 363,770 1,475,000 277,0002,115,770

TOTAL 3,411,445 6,631,000 1,638,00011,680,445

27%

59%

14%

MDRRM Fund Distribution

Prevention

Mitigation

Preparedeness

Essential # 3

Maintain up-to-date data on hazards and vulnerabilities, prepare risk assessments and use these as the basis for urban development plans and decisions. Ensure that this information and the plans for your city’s resilience are readily available to the public and fully discussed with them.

The Purok System in Action: Assessing and Addressing Vulnerabilities

11 COASTAL BARANGAY HAZARD MAPS

CONSUELO

SOUTHERN

POBLACION

ESPERANZA

STA CRUZ

NORTHERN POBLACION

UNIDOS

SANTIAGO

HIMENSULAN

SONOG

SAN ISIDRO

UNION

Municipal Hazard Maps

Municipal Hazard Maps

Hazard Maps: Installed in the strategic location in the barangay for awareness

ESSENTIAL # 4 Invest in and maintain critical infrastructure that reduces risk, such as flood drainage, adjusted where needed to cope with climate change

Construction on Risk Reducing Infrastructures

Drainage Canal Harnessing the sun’s power

Municipal Gymnasium/Evacuation Center

San Francisco Seawall

Built environment designed to withstand typhoons

Essential #5

Assess the safety of all schools and health facilities and upgrade these as necessary.  

Upgrading of Health Facilities

Health Ambassadors: Bringing Doctors to the Purok

Information, Education and Communication (IEC)

Essential # 6Apply and enforce realistic, risk‐compliant building regulations and land use planning principles. Identify safe land for low‐income citizens and develop upgrading of informal settlements, wherever feasible.   

Conducted Annual building assessment and Implementation of the San Francisco Camotes

Development Plan

Essential # 7

Ensure education programmes and training on disaster risk reduction are in place in schools and local communities.   

Teaching Preparedness to the Most Vulnerable

Typhoon, Earthquake and Fire Drills

Community-based Swimming Lessons for Youth & Kids

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION: ENJOINING THE YOUTH

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction: A Community Event

Organizing & Preparing the most vulnerable group “people with dis-

abilities (PWD) “

Educating Local Beauties to advocate activities that reduces risk

Leading the Mayors of Camotes Islands to join disaster-preparedness

campaign (December 11, 2010, Santiago, San Francisco , Cebu,)

Essential # 8 Protect ecosystems and natural buffers to mitigate floods, storm surges and other hazards to which your city may be vulnerable. Adapt to climate change by building on good risk reduction practices. 

Establishment of Marine & Bird Sanctuaries

Mangrove Reforestation: A Testament to the Bayanihan Spirit

Community Tree Planting and Coastal Clean-up

Community Implementation on Solid Waste Management Program

Establishment of the Material Recovery Facility

COLOR CODED RECEPTACLES

Essentials # 9Install early warning systems and emergency management capacities in your city and hold regular public preparedness drills.  

Training local “weather forecasters”: Using the Rain Gauge

Water Search & Rescue (WASAR) Training

Equipping the Camotes Islands Emergency Response Team (CiERT)

Essential # 10 After any disaster, ensure that the needs of the survivors are placed at the centre of reconstruction with support for them and their community organizations to design and help implement responses, including rebuilding homes and livelihoods.

Engendering DRR: Protecting the Women and Children

Sustainable Livelihood

BARANGAY Contingency Plans

Spreading our DRRM experience to the world

San Francisco Vice Mayor Alfredo Arquillano Jr. attends Southeast Asia Regional Consultation Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand

Vice Mayor Alfredo A. Arquillno Jr. is one of the eight delegates among high ranking officials of Philippine government attending

the 4th Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction at Incheon, Korea

Bringing the Municipal DRRM Campaign to the Province

Molding a Campaign Champion