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Buklod Atenista Humanitarian
Aid Network (BAHA Network)
CODE OF INTERNAL PROCEDURESTable of Contents
TITLE NAME PAGE
I Foreword 2
II Structure and Composition 3 – 4
III Functions 4 – 6
IV Activation Process 6 – 7V Amendments and Modification 7
VI Separability Clause 7
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Buklod Atenista Humanitarian Aid Network
(BAHA Network)
CODE OF INTERNAL PROCEDURES
October 20, 2012
I. FOREWORD
In the past years, the Philippines has seen an increasing number of disasters and calamities
occurring, such as Ondoy in the National Capital Region in 2009, Sendong in Cagayan de Oro
and Iligan in 2011, and Habagat in Manila and Zamboanga in 2012, among many others.
Though each community has their own share of disaster response units, it has been realized
that there is a need to create a network of disaster risk mitigation and management units for
relief purposes in instances where local Disaster Risk Reduction Management units are not able
to respond to certain calamities and recover on their own.
With this, the Buklod Atenista Humanitarian Aid Network is a network formed by the Buklod
Atenista member schools, namely the Ateneo de Manila University, Ateneo de Davao
University, Ateneo de Naga University, Ateneo de Zamboanga University, and Xavier University
– Ateneo de Cagayan during the 29th Congress. It was institutionalized during the 2012 Summer
Congress in Cagayan de Oro, and the Code of Internal Procedures was formalized during the
Midyear Conference in Zamboanga City.
With the uncertainty brought about by changes in environmental and climate patterns in the
country and the region, there really is no way to know as accurately when and where these
calamities will come, and how severe these will be. The BAHA Network provides an avenue for
respective Ateneo Student Councils and their respective school communities to have a support
system when they are put to the test, as well as empower them to provide support and disasterrelief to the immediate communities around them. This network showcases the unity among the
five Ateneo Universities in the Philippines, and brings out the spirit of generosity and community
among Ateneans.
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II. BAHA NETWORK STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION
The Buklod Atenista Humanitarian Aid Network will be chaired by the Buklod Atenista
Permanent Secretariat (BAPS) who shall serve as an overseer and main correspondence for all
the member schools. Directly below the BAPS are the Buklod Atenista Ambassadors per school,
who will be in charge of coordinating directly with their specific Disaster Risk Mitigation and
Management unit heads.
A. Buklod Atenisa Permanent Secretariat
1. Chair of the BAHA Network
2. Overseer of the BAHA Network portal
3. In charge of disseminating information to the other Buklod member schools
throughout the course of the BAHA Network Activation process
B. Ambassador
1. Coordinate with the BAPS, and the other member schools! Ambassadors
2. Will be in charge of relaying to their Disaster Risk Mitigation and Management Unit
heads the need for activation in cases of calamities and disasters in other Buklod
Atenista member schools
3. Relay to their Disaster Risk Mitigation and Management Unit heads the needs of the
Buklod Atenista member schools in terms of financial or needed-in-kind donations,
and all other pertinent information
4. Coordinating with the Disaster Risk Mitigation and Management Unit heads in terms
of creating activities and projects, when intensive relief operations are not
necessary.
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C. Disaster Risk Mitigation and Management Unit Heads
1. In charge of relaying information to their local disaster risk mitigation and
management units for activation
2. Will coordinate with their school Ambassador regarding the needs of the affected
member school
3. Coordinating with the Ambassador regarding minor relief operations and activities
4. In charge of their local relief operations
III. FUNCTIONS
A. The function of the Buklod Atenista Humanitarian Aid (BAHA) Network is as follows:
a. Monitoring during times of pre-calamity, calamity, and post-calamity
i. The calamities and/or disasters covered by the network are defined as any of
the following:
1. Typhoons, Floods, Landslides
2. Earthquakes
3. Volcanic Eruptions
4. Fire
5. Others that will be subject to the Buklod Atenista member schools!
evaluation and discernment
ii. The medium to be used for coordinating and spreading of informationregarding disasters and calamities throughout the member schools will be
through an online group, currently identified as a Facebook Group created
mainly for BAHA Network purposes.
iii. The members of the online group will strictly be composed of the following:
1. Buklod Atenista Permanent Secretariat
2. Student Government Presidents
3. Ambassadors
4. Disaster Risk Mitigation and Management Unit Heads
Disaster Risk Mitigation and
Management Unit
Member School
SAMAHAN Environment Unit Ateneo de Davao
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University
Disaster, Response and Management
(DreAM) Team
Ateneo de Manila
University
Department of Student Leadership and
Involvement (DSLI)
Ateneo de Naga
University
Department of Environment, Peace,
and Social Development (DEPSD)
Ateneo de Zamboanga
Department of Extra-Curricular Affairs
and Networking (DEAN)
Xavier University —
Ateneo de Cagayan
b. Data-Gathering and Compilation
i.
In times of calamities, the member school affected will be tasked to gatherdata on the affected immediate community such as the number of affected
families and communities, the needs of the community, where to provide aid
and provide these information to the rest of the Buklod Atenista member
schools, through the Buklod Atenista Permanent Secretariat.
Sample Status Report
Date:
School Affected:
Calamity:
Number of Affected Families:
Affected Areas:
Number of Packed Goods:
Number of Delivered Goods:
Further needs (in order of priority) and number needed:
c. Mobilization of Student arms and Student Governments to provide assistance
i. Whenever necessary, the different Buklod Atenista member schools are
expected to activate their different Disaster Risk Mitigation and Management
units in their own localities to provide financial aid and donations in goods for
the affected Buklod Atenista member school!s community, and in severe
cases, physical or human resource for manpower.
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ii. The Buklod Atenista Humanitarian Aid Network is created mainly to aid
disasters that occur in direct communities of the member schools, however,
for special cases to be determined by the member schools, it can be
activated for disasters in other communities that have no immediate access
to aid.
d. Respond in times of severe calamity even if respective schools are not affected
i. The BAHA Network also has the capacity of serving as a response network for
areas that might be affected by calamities that are not necessarily part of the
Buklod Atenista alliance. This provides a collective framework that Ateneo
schools can use to pool more funds and help affected areas as one Ateneo
community
IV. ACTIVATION PROCESS
• CODE WHITE – Pre-Calamity
o The member school anticipating the calamity will inform the Buklod Atenista
Permanent Secre oftariat of the possibility of a calamity and all the possible details
related to it, who in turn, will inform the member schools to monitor the areas, and
stay alert and ready in case of activation through dissemination means such as theonline group, or through text.
• CODE GREEN – Post-Calamity, Situation Assessment
o The affected member school!s Disaster Risk Mitigation and Management unit will
assess their situation and determine if relief operations are needed, and to what
extent they are needed (Minor, or, Major Operations)
• CODE BLUE – External Need Assessment
o Affected member schools with ongoing relief operations will determine and assess
their situation if they are in need of external assistance and aid from other Buklod
Atenista member schools
o Affected member schools will provide situation reports everday with the following
information if possible:
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! Number of Affected Families
! Affected Areas
! Number of Packed Goods
! Number of Delivered Goods
! Further needs and how many
• CODE RED – Human Resource
o For very severe disasters, if aid beyond financial and needed-in-kind donations are
found to be necessary by the affected member schools, able Buklod Atenista
member schools who can send further aid such as manpower for circumstances
such as first aid, rescue operations, and the like, are highly encouraged to extend
their help.
• CODE YELLOW – Operations Wrap-up
o When the relief received is enough to sustain the community, or enough to allow the
community to start rehabilitation processes, the affected member school will report to
the Buklod Atenista member schools the situation assessment and further efforts
being done to rehabilitate the affected communities. CODE Yellow signifies that
things are settling down or are okay already, and that there is minimal need for
further aid.
V. AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONSAny proposed amendment shall be validly ratified and effective only after ratification by 2/3 vote
by the National Congress.
VI. TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
1. Repealing Clause. All previous rules and regulations or part thereof inconsistent with
this code are hereby repealed or modified.
2. Separability Clause. If for any reason, any part of this code shall be held
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, other parts or provision hereof which are not
affected shall continue to be in full force or effect.
3. Effectivity. These rules shall take effect upon the 2/3 approval of the National
Congress.