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METRO KIDAPAWAN WATER DISTRICT

ADOPT A HECTARE PROGRAM AND ITS IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

August 2012

This publication was prepared by the Metro Kidapawan Water District and approved by the Board of Directors by virtue of Board Resolution No. 75-A, series 2012

Republic of the Philippines METRO KIDAPAWAN WATER DISTRICT Lanao, Kidapawan City

Adopt a Hectare Program 1 Metro Kidapawan Water District

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY RATIONALE OVERVIEW DEFINITION OF TERMS MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT TARGET AREA FOR ADOPTION PROJECT TITLE AND TIME FRAME SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS PRODUCT DOCUMENT

2 – 3 3 4 – 7 7 – 9 9 – 11 11 – 12 13 14 15 – 22 23 – 24


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

“Adopt a Hectare” Program is an expanded subprogramme of the Tree Planting Activities of the Integrated Watershed Management Plan (IWMP) of MKWD. The insight evolved from the lessons learned from the Tree Planting activities conducted in the past. This present initiative of MKWD endeavors to expand the collaboration of stakeholders just not only in tree planting but also in tree parenting. The lesson learned in the past tree planting activities revealed an enormous waste of time, energy and resources since the trees planted were left for nature to nurture them.

This program shall consolidate the interest, commitment and resources of the many publics that are dependent on the waters, oxygen and climate the forest provide. This time the focus would be parenting of trees. In doing so, the project will be able to provide job opportunities to the inhabitants near the watershed especially the indigenous people. Best of all, this project will assure the public that the trees are thriving and securing the ecosystem.

This program is a wake up call for the ethico-moral obligation of the public; for all people of today to do their part now. Saving the environment is not a responsibility of the few. The main sources of drinking water for Kidapawan, Makilala, Magpet and Matalam emanates is the watershed that this program intends to protect with the collaboration of the public. People must activate and motivate other people to think and do what is best to be done, from simplest to the noblest act. Information campaign and advocacy strategies will be implemented to raise the awareness and activation of the public.

MKWD shall be the lead agency in facilitating all the activities to be conducted including the organizing, installation of management systems, instituting a multi-sectoral partnership and facilitating all management activities including but not limited to; forecasting problems, planning, implementing and evaluating and accounting the program.

The benefactors shall adopt a hectare to be planted with trees and taken cared for by MKWD. Partner agencies and organizations shall help campaign and market the program, provide expert technologies and best practices to come up with best strategies. The sectors whom the benefactors belong shall be represented and will be partners in the cyclic and periodic evaluation and re-planning processes to strengthen the program. In their coordination meetings, they will be giving their assessment and recommendations to improve implementation strategies.

Counterparting. The benefactors shall only fund the “tree care services” to be contracted to the laborers. MKWD will invest on the salaries and other expenses increment to the needs of the implementing staff in implementing the activities of the project in order to achieve the desired status of the watershed based on the rational milestones established. MKWD created a “Watershed Unit” to be fully responsible for the proper facilitation and activation of the program.


It is estimated that there will be a maximum of 2000 trees that can be planted within a hectare having a distance of 4-5 square meters. Nevertheless, the terrain and topography must be considered plus the fact that the planting of trees will only be in open spaces between the covered canopies which of course, some areas may be less than a hectare and the others may be more than a hectare. Some areas may be steep slopes and can only be planted with ferns and cogon grass. So, the number of trees that can be planted, also depended on the topography. RATIONALE With the adversities experienced by people located within areas affected by calamity due to environmental degradation, the call of the time is social responsibility of corporations, agencies and even individuals to refocus not only in extending assistance but also in involving on preventive environmental preservation programs. These programs must be guaranteed to create great impacts on human and ecological security- and with continuity to improve the quality of life. The Integrated Watershed Development Management was designed with programs that are self sustaining thus creating marginable impacts to the environment, community and water district. MKWD will never compromise the welfare of future against the interest of the few. But standing alone in the midst of a rapid river requires partners. Partners willing to assist the water district prevent land conversions and expansions. MKWD must have partners who are willing to reforest watersheds and its buffer zones. Evaluating the management strategies applied since the operation of the water district, the Integrated Watershed Management (IWM) approach is much more effective and considered as one of the best practices.

Shall we wait for another disaster to happen before we seriously act to protect our environment? To think when disaster strikes, the first casualty is our children. Thus, this program was formulated.


OVERVIEW

Since late 1950’s, after the water system construction of the defunct NAWASA, Saguing River Watershed and Forest Reserve Area was already recognized as the primary source of water supply for municipal purposes for Kidapawan and Makilala. Located within Mt. Apo Natural Park, Metro Kidapawan Water District (MKWD) was able to managed and protect unsullied forest, maintain environmental serenity and rehabilitate open spaces into a larger and denser areas for trees to grow. With no funds extended to MKWD, development and administration of approximately 630 hectares DENR delineated watershed areas by no means a straightforward undertaking of the Water District. Despite the above circumstances, MKWD was being recognized by the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) as one of Water District with Best Watershed Management Practice. Also MKWD watershed management was internationally recognized as Model for Water Safety Plan (WSP), Asset Based Approach for Watershed Development and Collaborative Technique for Watershed Management by SIDA and IUTC.

It is now obvious that the global warming has changed our climate and had already created so much damage to properties and lives of people. There is a need for practically everybody to act now. Hence, the human settlers in towns and cities surrounding the mountain must participate. Mt. Apo serves as the buffer of the many typhoons supposedly affecting these places. Even so, there had been so many flashfloods already that killed so many families and farm animals and destroyed crops, things that never happened before in this promise land called Mindanao.

In the recently concluded biophysical characterization of MKWD’s watershed (Forester Edgardo C. Aranico, 2012. “Biophysical Characterization and Management Plan of the Upper Saguing River Watershed of MKWD. Kidapawan, Philippines), the study revealed the following conclusions:

Kidapawan The upper Saguing River watershed with an area of 627.428 hectares is shared almost roughly equal by the City of Kidapawan and the Municipality of Makilala, North Cotabato. Biological assessment conducted revealed that the watershed is biodiversity rich both in terms of plants and animals. Plants tallied were 277 species in 91 families; species of which are endemics. However, there were 6 plants in vulnerable status. Vertebrate faunal species is also rich in terms of number and endemicity. Of the 145 birds observe, 5 are in vulnerable status. Nine


(9) mammals were recorded. Of the 13 frog species found, 4 are in vulnerable status. There were 4 reptiles tallied, of which endemicity is as high as 75%.

The soil is fertile, although in terms of slope, it is steep and the entire watershed is conductive to landslide. Most of the area is considered a high elevation, with elevation ranging from 900-2600 above sea level. Soil is generally quilada clay loam in the surrounding barangays of the host Barangay Perez Kidapawan City. Makilala has sandy clay loam type. However, the host barangay Perez has yet no official soil clarification done by the office of the Bureau of Soil and Watershed Management (BSWM), North Cotabato Province.

Rainfall is favorable to surface water harvesting as well to groundwater re-charging.

The watershed is quite far from fault lines mapped out in Region 12.

Most of the forest cover is an open broadleaved forest. Vegetation assessment revealed the existence of several elevation-influenced forest types, extension of the lowland dipterocarp forest, transition forest, between the lowland dipterocarp forest and lower montane forest, lower montane forest and riparian forest. The existence of upper montane and mossy forest can be deduced from satellite images used in the biophysical characterization. All of the vegetation types are robustly growing and functioning satisfactorily for watershed sustainability. However, some areas need to be enhanced of vegetation covers, specially along the steep slopes which are landslide-prone and the montane forest where the tree vegetations are farther apart and have the tendency not to have wide-spreading branches

The quality of forest cover needed for watershed protection and sustainability is also a problem that needs to be addressed in this watershed as field observation during assessment indicated that the kind of forest cover present is not enough for satisfactory watershed condition.

WATERSHED BACKGROUND. The general topography relief of watershed showed variable waves of slope pattern. It is composed of steep hills and mountains, undulating to rolling hills and rolling to moderately steep. The slope elevation ranges from 700 to 2500 meters above sea level and is a part of the Mt. Apo National Park under the Proclamation No. 35 dated May 8, 1966.


WILDLIFE. The watershed has maintained its abundance of wildlife species such as wild pigs which are dominant particularly in the head water and virgin forest areas, the presence of Philippine Monkey (Macaca Philippinesia), Monitor Lizard (Salvator Varanus), Wildcat (Paradoxusus Spp.) and Tarik-Tik (Penelopides Panini-panini).

Based on the latest Semi Annual field Validation, The whole watershed area in general is only experiencing slight erosion because of the presence of thick forest cover with a little less than one third of the area still identified as virgin forest.

Soil in the watershed is believed to be of organic origin as shown in the mountain formation that appear undifferentiated. The soil in the area has a PH value ranging from 4.5–6. Organic matter and potash contents are adequate while phosphorous is found to be deficient. Dominant soil texture ranges from clay loam to silly clay loam. Soil depth varies from 30-100cm. Surface soil is darker in color and the lower layer is reddish brown. In general, the soil in the area has drainage and thus suitable for the establishment of tree plantation for protection purposes. HYDROLOGY. The average stream flow of discharge of Saguing river is 540 liters per second. The dam site has no significant sedimentation that may cause alarm. The very minimal presence of sedimentation on the dam intake is attributed to the presence of forest trees in the catchment area of the river at the upper stream of the dam site and due to the absence of cultivation and/or kaingin. WATERSHED DETAILED MANAGEMENT. The Metro Kidapawan Water District Integrated Watershed Management (MKWD-IWM) was formulated primarily to sustain management, development and protection of environment through establishment of partnership with DENR, private communities/individuals, schools, NGOs and other sectors which has environmental concern. The strategy which is a fundamental part of the 5 Year Watershed Development Plan features the effective eco-park, forest production, rehabilitation, development and resource management programs, sustainable use of resources and more importantly, the economic development of protected areas. With collaborative program, watershed protection is strengthened for effective management and supervision aimed at ensuring that quality and quantity of water. Part of the development is the improved maintenance strategies, including forest protection and development of forest buffer zones. Lapaan River production discharge is approximately 600 liters per second but currently, only 420 liters per second was utilized. Excess production is being utilized as water supply of the lowland irrigated farms, preservation facilities, power generation, livestocks of Kidapawan City and Makilala.


REGULAR OPERATIONS. MKWD established activities include the following:

• Maintenance of a nursery sites with endemic species timber (lawaan, tinikaran, almaciga, mahatambis), bamboo and rattan seedlings.

• Strengthen forest protection activities against encroachers, illegal activities

and prevention of forest fires with DENR Deputized MKWD watershed personnel.

• Phase by phase construction of perimeter fence along the DENR delineated

watershed boundary preventing illegal encroachment and entry of unauthorized personnel.

• Construction of watershed facilities (for 2013, 2 watch towers, 1 bunkhouse

and 120,000 seedling capacity nursery site are projected to be accomplished) within the MKWD area with complete amenities for personnel use.

• Conduct environmental management and protection information drive

activities to schools, companies and government agencies regarding watershed and forest preservation programs.

• Extend Socio-cultural responsibilities such as:

Medical and dental mission for 300 indigent beneficiaries Bloodletting, clean and green and tree planting activities. Employment of 30 Indigenous People (IP’s) as watershed personnel as an

organic employees of the District. Provide livelihood projects such as distribution of fruit tree seedlings, coffee

seedlings, bamboo seedlings dissuading them from their usual practice of kaingin and illegal logging.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

ADOPT A HECTARE TEAM

. Refers to the MKWD Watershed Unit staff, designated to lead and facilitate the proper implementation of the Adopt a Hectare Program.

AUXILIARY TEAM MEMBERS

. Refers to the community based traditional and non-traditional leaders who, on their own volition and sincerely felt responsibility, support the MKWD Watershed Unit staff in facilitating the proper implementation of the Adopt a Hectare program.

ENDEMIC. Refers to the species of trees native to the Watershed area.


INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

(IP). Refers to the tribal inhabitants residing outside the buffer zone of watersheds who are contracted to do manual labor for the adopt a hectare program.

INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN

(IWMP). Refers to the extensive developmental plan for sustainable watersheds and its supporting ecosystem, which encompasses all the aspects and processes of management.

INVENTORY.

Refers to the recording and accounting of surviving and dead trees planted for monitoring purposes.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS.

. Refers to the human settlers of the city of Kidapawan, and the municipalities of Magpet, Makilala and Matalam who are ethico-legally responsible to protect the watershed at present time for the sake of the future lives of their generations to come.

MAPPING.

Refers to the sketching of the terrain, identifying landmarks, topography, location and distance of the targeted area to be planted; including the marking and specification of each hectare to be adopted.

MORTALITY

. Refers to the number of trees planted that did not survive.

NON-TRADITIONAL LEADERS.

Refers to the chieftains, pastors and other influential family heads, youth and women leaders, including teachers, health workers and other professionals known to be actively involved in the community’s development initiatives.

NURSERY.

Refers to a designated area in barangay Perez where the endemic trees are propagated through budding or grafting and grown until the plant reaches at an age that it can be ready for transplanting.

PARTNERS.

Refers to a person, group or agency who shares human, material and financial resources in support to the Adopt a Hectare program of the Water District.

STACKING.

Refers to the implantation of a stable stick beside the planted tree for the purpose of supporting the plant and, also used as an identifiable mark in locating the hole to be planted and during weeding, fertilizing, cultivating and monitoring.

STAKEHOLDERS.

Refers to a person, group or agency with a direct interest, involvement and investment in the implementation of the varied activities of the adopt a hectare program.

TRADITIONAL LEADERS. Refers to the elected officials of the barangay such as; the barangay councilors and the barangay captain.


TREE CARE SERVICES (TCS)

a.k.a. “Tree Parenting”. Refers to the activities conducted after tree planting to ensure its survival such as; trimming, fertilizing, weeding, growth monitoring, including replanting in case the planted tree did not survive,

WORKER

. Refers to the manual laborer contracted to perform specific work activities in the implementation of the “adopt a hectare” program; from propagation work in the nursery, to tree planting and tree care servicing.

MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT

There are three (3) stakeholders responsible for the successful management of this program described below:

1. Key Stakeholders

The immediate human settlers of Kidapawan City, Magpet, Makilala and Matalam are the key stakeholders of this program.

The trees are the main source of oxygen that the humans are breathing and also a major component of the atmosphere that maintains the healthy temperature of the planet. Above all, trees hold the earth so it will not erode and, stores water for people to drink and to maintain hygiene and sanitation. Therefore, ensuring that trees are preserved and protected is a collective and collaborative responsibility of all people whose existence depended so much on these trees. The local residents are expected to do the following responsibilities:

1.1 Adopt a hectare individually, as a family or as a community;

1.2 Manage their household solid waste and dispose properly their residual

Wastes;

1.3 Help in the marketing of the hectares for adoption;

1.4 Conduct and organize their own information campaign for the

preservation of the watershed at their workplace, and in their

own community;

1.5 Participate actively in the environmental sanitation activities of their

community.


2. Primary Stakeholders

The personnel of MKWD designated as the Watershed Unit are the primary stakeholders of this program. Collectively working as a team, these persons are responsible for the overall management of the “adopt a hectare program”. Specifically they perform the following functions:

2.1 Conduct periodic environmental scanning and evaluation (data

gathering);

2.2 Plan and re-plan for management actions based on data;

2.3 Develop implementing guidelines;

2.4 Initiate the implementation through leadership and;

2.5 Organizing technical working groups, coordinating council and

Specialized teems, and community organizing to ensure people’s

active participation;

2.6 Coordinates with the other stakeholders;

2.7 Monitor the developments and status of implementation;

2.8 Conduct meetings;

2.9 Orient and Arrange visits of stakeholders and guests

2.10 Issue certificates to benefactors

2.11 Conducts IEC/advocacy activities, including marketing and resource

generation.

2.12 Recording, reporting and process documentation

3. Secondary Stakeholders

The benefactors or the adopting individual, group/s or agency/ies are the ones considered as the secondary stakeholders of this program. Being benefactors, as evidenced by their signed contracts, they shall be entitled to the following:


3.1 They can select among the given socialized schemes as to which would be comfortable in their financial condition,

3.2 They can adopt as an agency, as an organization, as a family or in groups of neighbors, classmates, officemates etc, even in an individual capacity,

3.3 Names of benefactors will be posted in Public Information Boards (PIBs) situated in strategic areas of the city or municipality,

3.4 An updated roster of benefactors will be published annually in the official publication of the water district,

3.5 Arranged visitation to the area, assisted by an authorized personnel,

3.6 Upon formal request, a Certificate will be given certifying that they had adopted a hectare and, after 3 and 5 years of adoption, the certificate may include the number of trees description of which shall be:

1 – 2 years of adoption- “Planted Trees”

3 – 4 years of adoption- “Thriving Trees”

5 and above years of adoption- “Stable and fully grown trees”,

3.7 A certificate of recognition for all who adopted an hectare for straight 5 years and more and,

3.8 Anybody can adopt, including children. Target Area for Adoption There are 50 hectares left to be planted with trees. These are the spaces in between the covered forest canopies revealed by Forester Edgardo C. Aranico, 2012 in his study on the characterization of the forest land designated by DENR to MKWD. Hence, it must be understood and expected that the 50 hectare areas are sporadic spaces and not situated within one single area only. A map is drafted to identify the different areas to be planted with trees in figure 1.


Figure 1. Map of the open spaces between covered canopies

PROJECT TITLE AND TIME FRAME


Project Name

ADOPT A HECTARE PROGRAM

Project No.

WU – 2012 – 0001

Project Locale

Brgy. Perez, Kidapawan City

Project Coverage

Current: 50 hectares (out of the 624 DENR forest reserve delineated area)

Project Timeframe

October 2012-2015

Stakeholders:

Key: Kidapawan City, Makilala

and Matalam Human Settlers Primary:

MKWD (implementers) WATERSHED UNIT

Secondary: BENEFACTORS

(Adapting Agency/person) Project Cost per hectare: Monthly

P 500.00

Semi-annual P 3,000.00 Annually 3 Years

P 6,000.00 P 18,000.00

Subprogrammes:

Tree Care Services (TCS) IEC/ Advocacy Resource Generation

SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS


Watershed is a threatened life support system. With watershed, ecosystem completes the cycle of life where water supply is dependent. Laws were enacted but due to poor implementation of these laws, ratio between water supply and environment against human population continues to decrease. “Sustainable Development” is just a mere trendy word without action. Statistics would reveal how drastic forest reduction was for the last three decades (greater than 50% of total area) and the effect of such neglect are obvious through disasters within the country Ormoc, Cagayan, Iligan, Marikina, Compostela, Tuguegarao, Bagiuo and other calamities. Everybody thinks we can do something to prevent this disaster. A lot of individuals, people or group promised to act. What we need is commitment and action. The truth is we cannot wait, and let MKWD lead the way. Watershed protection is a moral obligation.


IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS (IRR)

GENERAL RULES

1. All individuals or in groups are given the opportunity to adopt a hectare.

2. The benefactors will be given the opportunity to choose from the different socialized schemes offered in this program that they thought would fit their capacity to adopt a hectare of trees in the area.

3. Special schemes are offered to employees of the government who are mandated to plant trees.

4. An Annual report will be forwarded to all “Stakeholders” reflecting the operation expense and updates on the adopted area.

5. In the event that a “Stakeholder” ceases to continue the adoption, he or she must notify MKWD or a notice will be served. A one-month grace period will be given before the contract will be officially terminated, after which the area will be offered for new adoption.

6. A certification will be given to the benefactor upon official request.

7. A recognition certificate will be given to those who had adopted a hectare for five (5) years or more.

8. Sponsors willing to visit the area shall fill up a “visit Form” and submit it to the team for scheduling. On pre-arranged schedule, a minimum of Fifteen (15) and a maximum of thirty (30) persons.

9. Regular supervision and maintenance of the trees will be assigned to the organic staff of MKWD, specifically those personnel designated in the Watershed Unit.

10. “Pakyaw” scheme in tree planting and Tree Care Services (TCS) shall be utilized in contracting workers.

11. People inhabiting the areas near the buffer zone will be prioritized in contracting work.


SOCIALIZED SCHEMES

Target Benefactor A: Non-Government Agencies (NGAs). This refers to private companies, businesses, religious organizations, schools, Institutions, media groups, ecological societies and other private social or civic organizations and agencies.

1. The company or agency shall have a legal personality in the community with a specified focal person for environmental concern, or an authorized representative for this purpose.

2. These are schemes that this sector can possibly contract with:

ANNUAL : P 6,000.00 January

SEMI ANNUAL : P 3,000.00 January and July

TWO-YEAR CONTRACT : P 12,000.00

THREE-YEAR CONTRACT: P 18,000.00

3. A Public Information Board (PIB) will be placed in strategic areas of the city, which shall include the roster of benefactors supporting TCS or other Watershed activities. After payment of the contracted scheme, the names of individuals, groups or agencies will be published in these PIB’s. A roster of benefactors will also be published annually in the official publication of MKWD.

4. Only arranged benefactor visits to adapted areas can be accommodated by MKWD, in a prescheduled and assisted manner, to ensure that the health of the visitors can survive the terrain, as well as ensuring that the type/number of visitors will not disturb/threaten the environment. An orientation is required before a visitor is allowed of the said visit. Only a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 30 persons shall be allowed in a single visit. A medical certificate and a waiver may be required for vulnerable individuals.

Target Benefactor B: Government Agencies (GOs). This refers to the government sector, which includes government subsidiaries and departments.

1. The Head of the Government Agency may allocate funds or source out funds to support their community extension activities which includes environmental protection activities. As an agency, they can adopt a hectare if so desires, instead of conducting a tree planting activity which most often cost them more than the scheme offered in this program.

2. The head of the agency shall be the authorized signatory of the adoption contract or shall formally issue an office memorandum designating his/her official representative for such purpose.

3. The head of the agency, in his /her own volition, can issue a memorandum to his/her employees strictly requiring them to adhere to the mandate of President “Pinoy” Aquino regarding planting and parenting trees. As individual or as a


group, the employees can adopt a hectare using Target Benefactor C or D respectively.

4. These are schemes that this sector can possibly contract with as an agency:



TWO-YEAR CONTRACT : P 12,000.00

THREE-YEAR CONTRACT: P 18,000.00



Target Benefactor C: Private Individuals. This refers to an individual advocate or an environmentalist, any person or family member who is committed to the plight for environmental preservation.

1. Any adult person in his/her individual capacity can contract the adoption of an hectare.

2. A child can adopt a hectare but with the consent of the parents or guardian.

Since the child is not in the legal age to sign a contract, the parents or the guardian shall sign the contract in his/her behalf, or become the co-makers of the contract. The trees the child adopted shall grow as the child matures. This is a value the parents of today can teach their children so that planting trees can be sustained in the future if they internalize the valuing of the trees.

3. Any member designated to represent the family, can be the authorized signatory

of the adoption contract.


4. These are schemes that this sector can possibly contract with: MONTHLY : P 500.00 QUARTERLY : P 1,500.00 Jan, April, July & October




6. Only arranged benefactor visits to adapted areas can be accommodated by MKWD, in a prescheduled and assisted manner, to ensure that the health of the visitors can survive the terrain, as well as ensuring that the type/number of visitors will not disturb/threaten the environment. An orientation is required before a visitor is allowed of the said visit. The individual benefactor will be scheduled together with other individual benefactors for the visit. Only a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 30 persons shall be allowed in a single visit. A medical certificate and a waiver may be required for vulnerable individuals.

Target Benefactor D: Peoples’ Organizations (POs). This refers to local organizations organized for specific goals, e.g. Market Vendors Organizations, Tricycle Drivers Organization, Urban Poor Associations, Farmers Organizations, local youth and women groups and, religious organizations.

Interested government employees who grouped themselves for the purpose of complying to the mandate of President Aquino, shall be considered under this group of target benefactors.

FOR FORMAL ORGANIZATIONS

1. The President or Chairman of the Board of Directors of the organization may allocate funds or source out funds to support their community extension services which includes environmental protection activities. As an organization, they can adopt a hectare if so desires, instead of conducting a tree planting activity which most often cost them more than the scheme offered in this program.

2. The President or Chairman of the Board of Directors of the organization shall be the authorized signatory of the adoption contract or shall formally issue a resolution designating his/her official representative for such purpose.


3. before a visitor is allowed of the said visit. Only a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 30 persons shall be allowed in a single visit. A medical certificate and a waiver may be required for vulnerable individuals.

4. These are schemes that this sector can possibly contract with as an agency:

MONTHLY : P 500.00

QUARTERLY : P 1,500.00 Jan, April, July & Oct.




6. Only arranged benefactor visits to adapted areas can be accommodated by MKWD, in a prescheduled and assisted manner, to ensure that the health of the visitors can survive the terrain, as well as ensuring that the type/number of visitors will not disturb/threaten the environment. An orientation is required.

FOR THE GROUP OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

1. The group of employees must have at least 30 members

2. Each member of the group shall sign an individual contract with their corresponding contribution stipulated in the contract.

3. If and when one or more members of the group withdraw their inclusion with the group, there will be no substitution and the original group shall continue covering the payment.

4. Since the payment of an individual member is very minimal, the group shall contract themselves a minimum of 5 year contract or more.

Computation:

Each employee requirement mandated is 10 trees/year x 6 years term of Pinoy = 60 matured trees per employee

Each Hectare can be planted with 2000 trees divided by 60 = 33 persons


One hectare contract per year = P 6000

Tree Parenting x 5 years (Pinoy’s deadline is 2016) = P30,000

P30, 000 divided by 30 persons = P1000.00 only per each member for a 5 year tree care services ensuring growth and maturity of the 60 trees adopted.

5. The group of government employees must assign a treasurer to collect the

individual contributions of each group member /employee. The treasurer shall be the only one authorized to submit the monthly payments.

6. Special Scheme allowed to this group: Grace Period of Two months only

Every 15th : P 250 per member

Monthly : P 500 per member 7. A Public Information Board (PIB) will be placed in strategic areas of the city,

which shall include the roster of benefactors supporting TCS and other Watershed activities. After payment of the contracted scheme, the names of individuals, groups or agencies will be published in these PIB’s. A roster of benefactors will also be published annually in the official publication of MKWD.


Target Benefactor E: Students. This refers to In-School individuals, groups (gangs), fraternities, sororities, alumni associations and Studies Councils and Bodies who have environmental concerns and advocacy.

1. An individual student may select scheme C if in his/her individual capacity to contract for the adoption of a hectare. If under age, must be required the consent of parents and guardians. Parents and guardians become the co-makers of the contract.

2. The President of the Student Government or Allumni Association shall be the authorized signatory of the adoption contract or shall formally write an authorization, designating his/her official representative for such purpose.


3. These are schemes that this sector can possibly contract with: QUARTERLY : P 1,500.00



4. A Public Information Board (PIB) will be placed in strategic areas of the city, which shall include the roster of benefactors supporting TCS and other watershed activities. After payment of the contracted scheme, the names of individuals, groups or agencies will be published in these PIB’s. A roster of benefactors will also be published annually in the official publication of MKWD.


MONITORING AND EVALUATION:

A periodic Programme Implementation Review (PIR) will be conducted by the project team and its auxiliary members in a quarterly basis to assess the developments and status of the implementation.

An Annual Project Evaluation (APE) will be conducted with the project team, partner sectors, auxiliary members and benefactors every January of the incoming year.

A Monthly Meeting. A wrap up meeting will be conducted by the team with its IP (Indigenous People) and others who are contracted to plant and maintain the adopted areas. This meeting aims to gather data for monitoring and evaluation purposes, vis a vis targeted outcomes and program implementation milestones.

SUSTAINABILITY CLAUSE

The “Adopt a Hectare” program is aimed to be sustained by stakeholders in generations to come. As its primemover, MKWD is committed to relentlessly keep the program going whatever challenges it may bring in the future. For this reason, it will continue to monitor, evaluate its activities with the fervent intention to identify rooms for improvement, expansion of coverage and network, find more adaptable and doable strategies, strengthen resource generation and rekindling the spirit of implementers, benefactors and beneficiaries to sustain the program and, to endure the test of time. With


the end in mind, that this program is a significant means and ends of a sustained human and ecological security.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) will be advocated to all decision makers and leading agencies in government or private.

All sectors of the society will be mobilized for their active participation in decision making, marketing and information campaign continuum.

Barangay Constellations/ Satellite groups will be organized for the active participation of their respective communities in planning and implementing indigenous technologies in solid waste management, river protection, sanitation and planting trees in their communities. As a support system, they shall be responsible for implementing initiatives for the preservation of their own environment.

Therefore, CONTINUED social education and information will be provided to the many publics MKWD serves, to identify more ways and means to maximize collaboration, convergence and utilization of resources of all human sectors. Strategic Planning shall be conducted every three (3) years to revisit the prodoc, identify best practices for benchmarking and identify best management alternative actions in apprehending inhibiting factors and problems encountered during the entire implementation phase covered in the review.

Offering this program to a child can ensure the sustainability of the tree parenting. Parents can transfer this value of the environment to the young child by making their children as benefactors. The children, being next in line to sustain and protect the trees, a better ecosystem in the future can be assured.

PROGRAMMATIC BATTLECRY

“Though Only God can make a tree, He also made us stewards of the tree.

Let us not just plant a tree. Let us parent a tree. So we could live as stable as a tree.”


PROJECT DOCUMENT

OUTPUT OCTIVELY

VERIFIABLE INDICATORS

ACTIVITY WORK

BREAKDOWN STRUCTURES

RESPONSIBILITY ASSIGNMENT MATRIX

Responsibility Responsible Person/s

Enhanced Awareness of the existence of the Adopt a Hectare Program

90% of all sectors are represented and aware 50% of educational and business institutions represented and aware

LAUNCHING: 1. Conduct of a Motorcade 2. Conduct of an orientation of the program, benefits and schemes 3. Distribution of flyers to participating agencies 4. Posting of Posters in target institutions and agencies 5. Marketing the program

1.1 Secure a

permit 1.2 Buy balloons

& other material needs

1.3 Assign vehicles and drivers

1.4 Assign pax in the motorcade

2,1 Prepare Program of Orientation 2.2 A assign Person to orient & to facilitate orientation 3.1 Assign ushers for the guest/pax 3.2 Prepare flyers and control distribution 4.1 Development of posters 4.2 Reproduction 4.3 Poster must be posted before motorcade 5,1 Assign Staff assigned to market the program 5.2 Develop marketing strategy 5.3 Targeting agencies to visit 5.4 Request for the visit 5.5 Conduct the visit. Must be a short visit but with very clear Verbotim or message 5.6 leave flyers before leaving the agency

1.1 Permit available

1.2 Materials ready

1.3 Vehicles in good

condition , & instructed of route

1.4 Participants on time for the motorcade

2.1 Concise messages geared only on the subject matter 2.2 Must provide a longer open forum. Anticipate questions and Be ready to answer. Beware of inconsistent answers 3.1 Dress code of ushers 3.2 Prevent

indiscriminate distribution

4.1 Base the development to the 7 C’s in making IECs

4.2 Identify strategic areas and ask permission to post

5.1 Assign personnel must be good in communication skills 5.2 Strategies must be variable depending on the target audience 5.3 Be sure that the visit is confirmed 5.4 Call the target agency head before the visit 5.5 Be sure to time your visit. Never extend. Be precise in your purpose and in orienting the schemes of adopting 5.6 Don’t forget to leave a flyer but do not give a lot, unless requested


OUTPUT OCTIVELY

VERIFIABLE INDICATORS

ACTIVITY WORK

BREAKDOWN STRUCTURES

RESPONSIBILITY ASSIGNMENT MATRIX

Responsibility Responsible Person/s

Enhanced Community Awareness and Participation in the implementation of the program

100% of Barangay Captains and Cheiftains amenable to their role in the program implementation

Conduct of Courtesy calls to barangay captains and IP chieftains

80% of Councilors supports the program

Attendance to Barangay Council Meetings

50% of the community residents aware of the program and willing to participate

Conduct of Community Assemblies

Barangay Organized as a constellation for the program

Conduct of Community Organizing (Barangay Costellation)

95% of the participants committed to activate, organize and motivate participation

Conduct of Community Planning

Lanao, Kidapawan City

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