Samahan ng mga Katutubong Tagbanua WASH Association

(SAKATAG)Barangay Malawig, Coron, Palawan

The Project

Sanitation Collaboration with the Tagbanua Indigenous People of Malawig on the Construction of Biogas Digester Septic Tanks and Other Green Technologies for Livelihood Development

• Partnership between the International Labour Organization and Philippine Center for Water and Sanitation

• Skills Development and Local Resource-Based Works components of the ILO Typhoon Haiyan Response

• Aimed to generate alternative livelihood opportunities for the disaster stricken IP community while improving access to water and sanitation and contribute to local engines of growth in the areas of tourism, settlement, livestock raising, manufacturing and others.

• Directly involved 92 beneficiaries for the training-cum-production 60 of whom trained for the WASH technology; community benefitted through improved access to sanitation facilities

• Project implementation: August-October 2014 (extension phase: December 2014-January 2015)

Interventions

Project Orientations Conduct of Participatory Water and Sanitation Resources Inventory and

Assessment (PWSRIA) Designed to encourage participants to become partners in improving

their water and sanitation situation Data obtained will used as bases for intervention planning,

technology selection and design, and long term considerations and recommendations

Engineering Design Consultations Presentation of Low-cost WASH options, discussions which lead

further to consensus of preferred WASH technology options

Interventions

Hands-on Construction Training – highlights the use of ferrocement construction method 3 Rainwater Harvesting Tanks (3 cu.m. cap) 4 Biogas Digester Septic tanks (4 cu.m. cap) 14 Communal Toilets connected to Biogas tanks 3 Hand Washing Facilities connected to RWHT’s 60 Biosand Filters 18 Rainwater harvesting tanks during the extension phase

Operation and Maintenance Training Apart from the O & M of the facilities, also infused topics on

watershed protection, wetland conservation, community-managed water supply and sanitation systems, environmental sanitation, integrated water resource management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

The Association

“SAKATAG WASH Association”• Aims to improve the access to water and sanitation of the community in

barangay Malawig as well as other vulnerable communities in the Calamianes Group of Islands through application of their skills in low-cost WASH technologies that are respectful to the cultural perspective of the general Tagbanua community.

• Aimed to generate livelihood among its members through small value contracting for the construction of the introduced WASH innovations to help promote green jobs and businesses among tourism establishment as well as other commercial clients and for community and household level WASH needs within its area of operation.

• Originally composed of the 60 IP members trained for Low-cost WASH technologies

• Registered with DOLE under Homebased/Homeworkers and Construction Workers category

Barangay Malawig proper

Biogas Digester tanks

Communal Toilets

Hand Washing Station-2 faucets

Group Hand Washing Facilities

Rainwater harvesting tanks

Elementary School

PWSRIA

Training Lectures

Occupational Safety & Health during construction stage

Biogas Digester Septic Tanks

Rainwater Harvesting Tanks and Hand Washing Facilities

Bio-sand Filters

Key Learning Points

• Support and finance efforts for scaling-up of practical WASH technologies/alternative energy sources useful especially to low-income communities with limited resources.

• Cultural sensitivity of technologies on WASH/Energy options especially on IP areas particularly on community scale projects.

• Increasing the participation of community members in decision-making on water resources management is among the many ways for making community water and sanitation systems resilient against threats and climate change.

• Improved WASH practices that could contribute not only on sanitation and health concerns but also on environment conservation, community resiliency or even livelihood opportunities. All these have poverty reducing impacts.