Community-Based RehabilitationCurrent State of CBR Propagation in

the Philippines

Terminology

• prop·a·gate [próppə gàyt] verb• 1. BIOLOGY reproduce organism: to reproduce a plant or

animal, or cause one to reproduce • 2. GARDENING create new plants: to multiply plants by the use

of seeds or cuttings

• 3. spread something widely: to spread an idea or custom to many people

• 4. impel something forward: to move or transmit something such as a sound or light wave forward through a medium such as air

How far has the idea of CBR spread across the country?

What mediums have been used and are being used to transmit CBR forward in the

country?

Quick Facts

• We have:17 regions80 provinces122 cities1,512 municipalities42,025 barangays

“Mediums” transmitting CBR?

• National government bodies (e.g. NCDA)

• Regional government bodies (e.g. RCDAs)

• Local Government Units• Government

run/Initiated POs (GRIPOs)1

• Genuine, Autonomous POs (GUAPOS)

• Development, Justice & Advocacy NGOs (DJANGOs)

• Traditional Charitable, Welfare & Relief NGOs (TANGOs)

• Funding Agency NGOs (FUNDANGOs)

• Professional, academic and civic organizations (PACOs)1 From this point up to next slide, taken from Constantino-David, Karina. “From the Present

Looking Back: A History of Philippine NGO’s”, Organizing for Democracy: NGO’s, Civil Society and the Philippine State, Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1998.

“Mediums” transmitting CBR?

• Mutant NGOs (MUNGOs): Government-Run/

Initiated NGOs (GRINGOs) Business-Organized NGOs

(BONGOs) & Fly-by-night organizations

set up by NGO entrepreneurs (COME N’GOs)

Why is there a need to identify the “medium”?

The medium affects the message.

So far, there has been no in-depth research study

done to really gauge “how far has CBR spread” in the

Philippines.

So, what do we have?And what do we know?

2011 Survey by the CBR Training & Development Committee

• 24 organizations reported to be doing “CBR” work in:

15 regions31 provinces224 cities &

municipalities

More or less, this is where we are• Area to be covered:17 regions80 provinces122 cities1,512 municipalities42,025 barangays

• Area covered:15 regions31 provinces224 cities &

municipalities

Final thoughts…• “If you give me a fish

you have fed me for a day. If you teach me to fish, then you have fed me... until the river is contaminated or the shoreline seized for ‘development’

• But if you teach me to organize, then whatever the challenge I can join together with my peers and we will fashion our own solution.” – Northland Poster Collective

MARAMING SALAMAT PO!

Prepared by:Paul Edward MuegoProgramme Manager, CBM CBR Coordinating Office