Rekindling Hopes, Rebuilding Lives Time Critical Debris Management Project About UNDP

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s Global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 177 countries, working Time Critical with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners. Debris Management Project In the , UNDP fosters human development for peace and prosperity. Working with central and local Governments as well as civil society, and building on global best for Typhoon Pablo practices, UNDP strengthens capacities of women, men and institutions to empower them to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and the objectives of the Philippine Mid- term Development Plan 2011-2016. Through advocacy and development projects, with Compostela Valley and Oriental a special focus on vulnerable groups, UNDP contributes to poverty reduction, promoting democratic governance, fostering environmental sustainability, addressing climate change Philippines and natural disasters, strengthening peace and conflict prevention, to ensure a better life December 2012 to June 2013 for the people of the Philippines. Ground zero. This was how a local official from the town of Baganga 04 described what she saw after Typhoon Pablo (international name Bopha) wrecked havoc, destroyed properties and took the lives of many in parts Time Critical Debris Management Project for Typhoon Pablo Typhoon for Project Management Debris Critical Time of Southern Philippines. Baganga, a municipality in the province of Davao DOST Oriental, was the place of landfall of one of the worst typhoons to enter the country, only a year after Typhoon Sendong hit the areas of Northern Mindanao.

Pablo also hit the next The massive damage and VISAYAS towns of and Boston impact was unprecedented and continued its path of “ in history of both provinces. devastation in Compostela The impact of the The level of preparedness Valley province. It damaged typhoon was so was no match to Pablo’s infrastructure and livelihood vast that it changed catastrophic magnitude. amounting to around More than changing the Php 40 billion pesos and our landscape. The landscape, it created waterways were claimed the lives of more emotional and psychological MINDANAO Boston than 2,000 people. Many rechanneled bring rifts to those who survived it Cateel houses, buildings, roads and experienced its wrath. and bridges were destroyed. huge rocks from Government operations the mountains. Both survivors and disaster Baganga and business were severely Debris were swept responders share stories hampered. of heartbreak. But just like away from the the “Building Back Better” In , a huge rivers to and Tindog Comval! (Stand number of its coconut trees, areas damaging up, Comval!) slogans one the major source of their sees while passing by A NASA image from 3rd December 2012 of Typhoon Bopha (locally known as Typhoon Pablo) making land fall in the Phillipine island of economy, were uprooted. houses, agriculture provincial roads, there are Mindanao © NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre via Flickr In Compostela Valley and livelihood.” more stories full of unbridled (License CC-BY 2.0) particularly in the town of hope. Hope to rebuild their New Bataan, landslides Mayor Lorenzo lives. Hope to reclaim their and rockslides altered the futures. Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental woke up to the face of devastation after Typhoon Pablo landscape and nearly wiped Balbin, New Bataan, brought provinces to a standstill, wreaking havoc in its path and claiming the lives of thousands. out an entire . Compostela Valley It was the most destructive disaster hit the region.

Townsfolk in New Bataan look up for dead family members and relatives in announcement boards after raging waters carrying huge rocks and debris wiped out this portion of Barangay Andap in Compostela Valey. Following relief and rescue already bearing the brunt of Romeo Celeste, Provincial “ assistance, one of the most the typhoon’s destruction. If Planning and Development 07 Ang mga tao naa sa labing kasubo critical needs that local left unattended, vegetative Officer of Compostela Valley, government units identified debris like uprooted coconut managing the debris is the first (People were devastated). We lost lives, after the typhoon was trees, common in both step to accessibility “otherwise Pablo Typhoon for Project Management Debris Critical Time homes, our livelihood, our farmlands and managing the amount of provinces, can pose serious relief and rescue operations debris. At the onset, massive health risks and render could be delayed” and coconut lands.” debris – fallen trees, rocks farmlands unutilized. The recovery and rehabilitation of and garbage among others – removal of debris is in fact communities will be unlikely. Lelisito Salvana, debris management focal person obstructed roads, aggravated among those immediate damage to properties and activities that needed to be – Cateel, Davao Oriental harmed the lives of those done, because according to

THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION:

Total damages: Php 40,227,820,474.02 Infrastructure: Php 8,804,109.282.82 Livelihood: Php 25,972,120,483.00 Social: Php 608,142,548.20 Resettlement: Php 4,843,448,160.00 Number of fatalities: 1,718 (plus 3,156 injured and 1,262 missing)

Source: Post-Disaster Needs Assessment of Compostela Valley and The shoreline in Poblacion, Cateel, Davao Oriental Davao Oriental About the Project 09

Pablo Typhoon for Project Management Debris Critical Time

Debris management is critical in preventing pest infestation such as the bakukang (rhinoceros beetle) which breeds in fallen coconut trees. The local government of Davao Oriental estimated that around 3.5 million coconut trees were uprooted while Compostela Valley estimates 1.27 million cubic meters of coconut trees were felled.

“ Debris cleanup was one of the immediate consideration after the

Compostela Valley typhoon hit because of its direct impact

Davao Oriental on the health of the people.” Evangeline Nazareno, former Municipal Administrator – Baganga, Davao Oriental 10 Understanding Debris Management Protection Dike

Time Critical Debris Management Project for Typhoon Pablo Typhoon for Project Management Debris Critical Time Debris management is vital in Creation of DM teams wastes, commercial (sand bagging / gabions) the early recovery of disaster- wastes, parts from stricken communities. Through Coordination with LGUs public facilities such early debris clearing, relief as power grids, liquid Lumber Market and rescue assistance is Conduct of pre- wastes, among others. eased and its delay prevented. deployment orientation on Because roads are cleared debris management Clearing of public from obstructions due to facilities such as cash for debris, public facilities are Mobilization of provincial, schools, public work carpentry handicrafts immediately made accessible municipal and barangay markets, bus terminals, and transportation returns debris management municipal and to normal. The displaced teams barangay halls and Shelter population also can go back major thoroughfares cash to their homes provided that Debris clearing is a critical first step for work, these are already safe for to restore government training, habitation and families can Debris cleaning and functions and aid in lots of resume their livelihood. Debris clearing – Following the the smooth delivery work clearing also prevents further provisions of the RA 9003 of relief and rescue harm to humans particularly or the Ecological Solid assistance Coco trunk Lumber as in preventing the spread of Waste Management Act, Coco lumber construction disease and pest infestation the following activities Clearing of debris in material to remaining vegetation and were done: temporary dumpsites livestock. Segregation and De-silting/clearing of The damage brought about identification of waste/ debris in creeks, rivers by Typhoon Pablo has put disaster debris – and waterways. In the development continuum The debris found New Bataan, heavy Furniture to a halt because of the can be classified equipment such as (livelihood) vast immediate needs to be into: recyclables, backhoes were used dumpsite waste composting addressed. Recovery from biodegradables, to prepare the river disaster needs to commence residual waste. for the installation of as soon as possible and Biodegradable wastes protection dykes. link efforts to current are those that can Debris management made easy: A guide to debris management activities as implemented in Compostela strategies for long-term be deposited into Vegetative/agricultural Valley and Davao Oriental development. The experience composts and used as debris clearing of Compostela Valley and fertilizer. The residual Davao Oriental generated wastes are those Clearing of vegetative innovative approaches to that are brought to debris along national debris management and dumpsites. Disaster roads yielded “lessons learned” and debris such as those good practices which can be that are a result Clearing of vegetative replicated in other areas. of Typhoon Pablo debris for pest control, includes construction sanitation and food and infrastructure production – Disposal materials, household of fallen coconut trees is critical to prevent Compostela Valley the spread of pests such as the rhinoceros Davao Oriental beetle which damages Cash-for-Work training are survivors of the crops affected municipalities 13 Cutting of debris The cash-for-work strategy into appropriate were conducted for debris Handicraft training for IP sizes for disposal clearing activities in public women Pablo Typhoon for Project Management Debris Critical Time Cutting of debris for areas, segregation, debris lumber purposes. In clearing in roads and Debris to driftwood Monkayo, the DM shorelines, vegetative debris furniture project – The team implemented clearing, and debris clearing project was initiated the timber-to- in and upgrading of controlled by the municipality of lumber project. dumpsites. Boston where driftwood The lumber would collected from debris be use for shelter Coordination with clearing activities were or as construction municipal and barangay transformed into furniture material. local government units for and other decorative set Segregation and the selection of cash-for- pieces. hauling of debris work beneficiaries Provision of Upgrading of dumpsites and equipment such Selection of beneficiaries material recovery facilities as chainsaws – The beneficiaries of (MRFs) for cutting and CfW activities are those protective gears that belong to the poorest Establishment of such as gloves, face of the poor or the lowest and rehabilitation of masks, boots and quintile of the population existing of dumpsites. In long-sleeve shirts Hiring of a minimum Baganga and Boston, of 40 percent the controlled dumpsites Composting – This women prioritizing were established into includes the selection vulnerable groups ecotourism parks and construction of Standardization highlighting solid waste composting site and the of daily rate for management practices in putting of the appropriate payment (75 the area. waste for composting. percent of minimum wage) Upgrading of dumpsite Installation of protection roads dykes in rivers and Livelihood and skills Controlled dumpsites have been converted into ecological parks by the local government. The debris creeks through development Establishment of material management project strengthened the implementation of solid waste management by assisting in the sandbagging. CfW recovery facilities rehabilitation and construction of dumpsites. In this photo, the people of Boston participated in the beneficiaries were Emergency livelihood including shed, fence, greening of the dumpsite by planting trees. employed for the (cash-for-work) catchment canals sandbagging Carpentry training for Tree planting activities selected beneficiaries – as part of the eco-park The beneficiaries of the conversion of dumpsites

“ Communities learned the essence of

Compostela Valley cooperation as a key to recovery.”

Davao Oriental Judith Castres, debris management focal person, Boston, Davao Oriental Gearing up for 15 debris management Pablo Typhoon for Project Management Debris Critical Time

To facilitate effective debris strengthened inter-agency management activities, debris coordinative mechanisms management teams in the and strategies to facilitate provincial, municipal and the implementation of debris barangay levels were created. management activities. The The capacities of these teams provincial TWGs were given were strengthened through technical input on debris the conduct of pre-deployment management implementation orientations training the putting together policies and teams with correct process of guidelines. debris clearing. As leaders of their communities, barangay The Philippine Coconut captains were also capacitated Authority (PCA) chairs the and involved to help oversee regional working group with the conduct of debris the UNDP as co-chair. The management activities. group is also composed of relevant government agencies The framework for Building like the Department of Science Back Better, a movement and Technology (DOST), initiated by the provincial Department of Environment government of Davao Oriental and Natural Resources as part of its rehabilitation and (DENR), Department of Trade development program, also and Industry (DTI), Department integrated debris management of Labor and Employment in its early recovery activities. A (DOLE), Department of technical working group (TWG) Agriculture (DA), and the was formed with the help of Department of Social Welfare Cash-for-work participants were given pre-deployment orientation before participating in debris clearing the Mindanao Development and Development (DSWD). activities in their communities. Authority (MinDA) which

“ Through the debris clearing activities, huge amount of debris like rubble, fallen trees and other wastes detrimental to health were collected and disposed appropriately, which lessened the health risks and other illness it pose to families like my own.” Compostela Valley

Davao Oriental Merlyn Ligasan, Cateel Central Elementary School 16 Farmers make productive use of land

Time Critical Debris Management Project for Typhoon Pablo Typhoon for Project Management Debris Critical Time a!er debris clearing in Davao Oriental

Edwin, 46 and Abelia Castilliones, 58, of Barangay San Alfonso, Cateel, Davao Oriental have been tenants of a 5 hectare coconut farm for 35 years.

They lost 90 percent of his vegetable production since he supported by the UNDP. coconut farm area during the (the landlord) does not have onslaught of Typhoon Pablo. current capital to replant his He said that not only did it give The main source of their farm yet. It will take about 7 him opportunity to earn from income was debilitated right to 10 years to be able to get work, “it is also preparing the away and their family depended income out of a full-grown land for crop production after on relief food for weeks. coconut tree. the debris clearing activities are completed in my landlord’s Edwin joined the debris Less than a month after farm.” clearing team in their planting, some of the vegetables barangay organized by the like mungo beans, squash, “I saved the 2,000 pesos I got local government of Cateel string beans and eggplants from the Cash-for-Work to pay with support from the Debris were already bearing fruit. for the for the partial enrollment Management Project of the fees of my two sisters in who United Nations Development “The debris clearing support will be in college this school Programme (UNDP). The enabled us to pay our debt,” year,” he shared. project aims to manage the said Edwin. The couple is massive amounts of debris hopeful that they will gain Ryan plans to till the land for caused by Typhoon Pablo additional income once they will rice crop production after the with the conduct of debris be able to sell their vegetables. debris clearing activities are clearing activities in farmlands completed. “The 75% share I and make it useful again for Just like the Castilliones will get from the rice farming as agricultural use. couple, Ryan Combas, 27, tenant will at least be a big help lost his coconut farm during to support the basic needs of The Cash-for-Work activities Typhoon Pablo. Only eight my family,” he said. did not only provide temporary coconut trees remained, which After their land has been cleared of debris, the Castilliones couple were allowed by their landlord to convert income to Edwin but after the is really nothing compared to But cash-for-work activities a portion of the land for vegetable gardening to augment the family’s daily subsistence. Within a month’s clearing activities they were the 2-hectare full of coconut did not just extend emergency time, the couple harvested some of the vegetables including squash and string beans. able to plant vegetables in trees he once had and where livelihood assistance to families some of the cleared areas on he gets his livelihood to support that need it the most. According their farm. his young family. to Mr. Judith Castres, debris management focal person “We are very happy that were Ryan also participated in the of Boston, Davao Oriental, allowed by our land lord to debris clearing activities in communities learned the plant a 900 square meter his barangay in Sitio Lambog, essence of cooperation as a vegetable garden after the Boston, Davao Oriental through means to recover fast from the debris were cleaned up,” said Cash-for-Work activities tragedy. Abelia, who also shared that planting in the garden has also “People were interested in strengthened their relationship Compostela Valley participating not just for the as a couple. Davao Oriental income but because they also want to clean up their According to Edwin, their communities. Because of that landlord allowed them to Boston is ready to get back on utilize a portion of the farm for its feet,” he said. RESULTS 19 119 barangays assisted on debris clearing Time Critical Debris Management Project for Typhoon Pablo Typhoon for Project Management Debris Critical Time 179 roads (152.3 kms) cleaned 92 creeks and drainage canals cleaned 11 rivers cleaned 33 communal farms and tree parks cleaned 30 Barangay Health Centers and hospitals cleaned 75 schools cleaned 81 multi-purpose and barangay halls cleaned 25 public markets, bus terminals (other public facilities) cleaned

RESULTS

15,762 (100% target) total number of participants engaged in debris clearing and clean-up through the CfW scheme Male: 9,709 Female: 6,053 458,840.05 cu. meter volume of debris cleared and cleaned 157,620 person days consumed on debris cleaning 20 Comvaleños rebuild lives and communities

Time Critical Debris Management Project for Typhoon Pablo Typhoon for Project Management Debris Critical Time through carpentry and livelihood trainings

The combination of strong winds and water brought about by Typhoon Pablo damaged many houses in some barangays in the town of in the province of Compostela Valley. Among them left homeless is the family of Oscar Quinones, 35, a resident of Barangay Dauman, one of those badly hit areas.

Relying heavily on relief food equipment as well as built certification of the trainee- and staying in a temporary temporary workstations for the graduates. shelter up to now, he did not trainees. hesitate to join their town’s Those who will pass the contingent in a Carpentry A second batch of 80 evaluation will be given Training-cum-Production participants coming from New NC (National Competency) project with the support of Bataan and Compostela will II Certification and which UNDP’s Debris Management also benefit from the training. immediately gives them an Project. He is joined by 77 men edge in finding jobs, according from the neighbouring towns “I will share the skills I have to TESDA Provincial Director of Monkayo, Compostela and now in helping rebuild my own Remegias Timonio. New Bataan, where the training community,” shared Oscar, adding was conducted. that this will enliven the spirit “We plan to have a training of resiliency as the province center here with provision of “The carpentry training slowly gets back on its feet. tools from the LGU so that this has really helped me a lot effort can be sustained,” he said. and others not just with a “Mubarog mi (we will stand), temporary livelihood but with and help rebuild Comval Meanwhile, the UNDP project the knowledge and skill that will through our skills,” he said. also supported the conduct of Around 160 men from affected towns of Compostela Valley benefitted from the carpentry training be useful for future use,” said the Handicraft Training-cum- supported by UNDP. Equipped with basic carpentry skills, they can now be a potent workforce in the Oscar, who was also among His fellow trainee Raphael production for the indigenous rebuilding of their province. In New Bataan, 60 indigenous women gained livelihood skills on handicraft those picked by their trainers Aligway of the town of Monkayo women of New Bataan, making. as best trainees during their said that as Panday ng Bayan facilitated by the ACIW and the graduation held after their 15- trainee-graduates, they will local government. day workshop. be a reliable addition to the provinces workforce particularly Around 61 women from the Oscar is part of the first in the rehabilitation efforts. affected barangays participated household use,” said Marie from other barangays said developed, the livelihood batch of trainees of the in the five-day training which Clare Sequira, 31, of Barangay that the training gave them an products can become one of carpentry training which is The Technical Education and yielded various handicraft Magangit. idea that they can use other the “mitigation measures to done in partnership with the Skills Development Authority products that the LGU will indigenous crops for handicraft. alleviate the effects of climate Association of Construction (TESDA) assisted in the showcase in their souvenir Also from the same barangay, change” in their locality. and Informal Workers (ACIW). shop as marketing. There are Gloria Romo, 40, said that According to Mayor Lorenzo The trainingconsisted of also talks of exporting the she hope they will be given Balbin, the women have The local government also lecture and application through Compostela Valley products to Australia. additional tools by the LGU become partners in the plans to organize the IP women actual construction in an area Davao Oriental so that they can increase their continued efforts to rehabilitate group into an association to provided by the private sector “It is a privilege to have this production in their individual their town because of the sustain the livelihood efforts. and the LGU. kind of knowledge because we capacities. added knowledge from their can use this as an additional training-cum-production UNDP also provided tools and livelihood as well as for While other women participants activity. He added that if 22 Boston youth group rebuild lives

Time Critical Debris Management Project for Typhoon Pablo Typhoon for Project Management Debris Critical Time from Typhoon Pablo debris debris-to-livelihood project to send out-of-school youth to college

When Typhoon Pablo was wreaking havoc in the town of Boston, Davao Oriental, Kimberly Dela Torre, 18, was still able to help in bringing some of the townspeople to safety, accompanying them to their elementary school, one of the identified evacuation centers.

Already soaked in rain, she is also a member, she and Project of the United Nations comforted some of the children some of her contemporaries Development Programme who became increasingly may get to enroll in the next (UNDP) through Cash-for- distraught by the raging school year. Training scheme. winds. “One child was even unconsciously left by the Using the huge amount of Aside from the driftwood mother who was already in a debris that was washed up in collected near the coastal state of shock and panic,” she their shores, they partnered areas, the project commenced said. with the Boston Woods and with debris clearing activities in Crafts (BOSWAC) group to public areas such as markets But when the rains and winds transform the debris and drift and bus terminals, schools, and subsided Kimberly, who was wood into woodcrafts and other public facilities to restore a freshman in the nearby furniture. The driftwood were government and commercial community college in the collected during their coastal operations. town of Cateel, was suddenly clean-up activities, part of their faced with bigger uncertainties mountaineering group’s work. UNDP’s support to the out- including the fact that she of-school youth is part of the might not be able to continue “I am hopeful that we could project’s thrust to ensure that By spearheading the debris-to-livelihood project, the youth of Boston, Davao Oriental made a big step her schooling. sell their products so that we only residual debris shall be towards rebuilding their lives. Members of the town’s mountaineering and nature conservation group can raise a scholarship fund finally disposed to the dumpsite. made furniture and handicraft pieces out of driftwood they collected. The local government is helping them She and many of her friends to most deserving members to market their products as the revenue generated will be used for their scholarship fund. stopped schooling because pursue their college education” With the help of trainers from their parents cannot afford to shared Ms. Susitte Waniwan, the BOSWAC group, they pay for their tuition. With the founding adviser of BOSWAC. transformed the debris into government to help market the produced in the carpentry One-Town One-Product loss of around 90 percent of furniture, handicrafts, and products. training shall also help in program,” Ms. Waniwan said. coconut farmlands, the main The ten-day debris to novelty items, which are ready building additional shelters in source of livelihood of the town woodworks training-cum- for exhibitions and marketing. Boston Board Member Boston. She added that the debris was cut short. production was supported Virgilio Castillones said that management project’s by the Debris Management The products have been the products of the training- “A clear sign that an initiatives were an “eye-opener” “A lot of us youth have to exhibited for sale during workshops, along with the opportunity always arise out of for their community to “become stop school and help out our Davao Oriental’s founding carpentry training partnered by rubble,” he said. more resilient” and also enforce families,” she said. Compostela Valley anniversary aside from the the Department of Science and stronger policies on solid waste Davao Oriental Tourism Hall in their town. The Technology, can be developed “We are hopeful that if we will management. But with the recent livelihood group is also coordinating with into an entirely new industry for be able to make this initiative project initiated by the town’s government agencies such as woodcraft making. sustainable, we can make mountaineering and nature the Department of Trade and woodcrafts out of debris as part conservation group, which she Industry and the provincial The output and graduates of the national government’s 24 LGUs strengthen solid waste handling

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Local governments in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental, provinces badly hit by Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) last December 2012, are moving towards revitalized ecological solid waste management policies with the implementation of the debris management project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The debris management “The concept of debris disposal of the wastes. concept involved not just management as practiced is cleaning and clearing of all just clearing, but now it should Gregcarl Delator, Municipal types of disaster debris but also be utilized into something Environment and Natural integrated strategies that will useful, something new,” he said. Resources said that the debris enable the early recovery and management project, while development of the affected In Monkayo, Compostela assisting the rehabilitation of communities such as conduct Valley, the debris management their dumpsite said that they of carpentry trainings and the team has initiated the timber- gained knowledge particularly establishment and rehabilitation to-lumber project, which aims in characterizing debris, which of dumpsites and material to produce lumber from a target he said is useful in determining recovery facilities. 2,000 heels of coconut trees in what can still be of use. the short term, and expected to “The project has given us produce about 150,000 board The project also assisted in the the opportunity to plan for feet of coconut lumber. installation of their materials things that are better than recovery facility where wastes before,” said Dolores Valdes, The debris management that can still be recycled and Provincial Environment and team has planned to make re-used are temporarily stored. Natural Resources Officer use of the fallen coconut of Davao Oriental, citing trees for shelter and other In the towns of Boston and Cash-for-work beneficiaries in Barangay Naboc in Monkayo, Compostela Valley convert the fallen coconut that debris management is construction purposes as part Baganga in Davao Oriental, trees into lumber products which is critical in the building of additional shelters. Some of the products will a critical component in the of the project’s sustainability. the LGUs’ debris management be sold to the market where the income is planned to fund debris management activities. province’s Building Back Better They also plan to sell some of teams have converted their movement. the lumber and use the profit dumpsites into eco-parks to to fund debris management stress the need to keep the “(Typhoon) Pablo challenged activities. dumpsites clean. us to properly manage our wastes. Debris management In the town of Laak, among “Debris management is a step paved way for us to enforce RA those damaged was the towards building back our 9003 or the Ecological Solid municipal dumpsite, which is communities and transforming Waste Management Act,” she critical in the debris clearing our lives,” Ms. Valdes said. added. activities particularly in the

Raul Villocino, Compostela Compostela Valley Valley Provincial Disaster Risk RESULTSDavao Oriental Reduction and Management Officer said that the project has 10 Material Recovery Facilitiess rehabilitated/constructed changed their perspective in Seven dumpsites developed managing solid waste. UNDP assists LGUs 27

to better respond to Pablo Typhoon for Project Management Debris Critical Time recovery and rehab e"orts

As part of the comprehensive efforts of the debris management project, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) assisted the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental in the formulation of their integrated recovery and rehabilitation plans.

Strategies and mechanisms Celeste, Provincial Planning were outlined in the plans to and Development Officer of better respond to recovery and Compostela Valley. rehabilitation efforts in disaster situations. The plans also The Mindanao Development “ take into account long-term Authority (MinDA) assisted the The concept goals that address specific provinces in the drafting of the development needs of the two plans through the conduct of of debris provinces such as investment planning workshops. management planning and enhancing capacities in disaster response. “I appreciate the process that as practiced is we have gone through in the just clearing, but The debris management planning. We realized there is component has been integrated so much more to do, but the the perspective as part of the recovery and framework of the process will should be that rehabilitation initiatives of both guide us in implementing the provinces. Building Back Better initiatives,” debris is utilized said Noel Pregon, planning Planning workshops with the local governments enable the linking of early recovery efforts to long-term The plans were developed officer of the municipality of development strategies outlined in the recovery and rehabilitation plans of the provinces to better respond into something by the planning officers and Baganga, Davao Oriental. to challenges in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. useful, something different concerned agencies of new.” both local governments. Since the project focused only on targeted municipalities “With this experience, we can severely affected by Typhoon Raul Villocino, really learn so much in our Pablo, the plans also detail Provincial DRRMO, preparation especially in debris the replication of the debris Comspostela Valley management. It is one of the management orientation critical issues to address to to other municipalities be able to properly respond strengthening the local solid and assist communities in waste management policies. their recovery,” said Romeo

Compostela Valley

Davao Oriental 28 Ways Forward Time Critical Debris Management Project for Typhoon Pablo Typhoon for Project Management Debris Critical Time Strengthen disaster recovery and rehabilitation response by incorporating debris management strategies and activities, and also as a way to strengthen national and local policies on ecological solid waste management

Provincial LGUs to replicate debris management strategies in all local government units.

Ensure convergence mechanism to solicit full participation from agencies and sectors concerned as demonstrated through the creation of debris management teams

Build up capacities of LGUs in all levels including relevant stakeholders and agencies on disaster risk reduction and management and climate change adaptation

Through the “lessons learned” and planning workshops, LGUs to establish and strengthen data management and coordination for better decision-making and response to disaster recovery and rehabilitation efforts

Intensify education and awareness campaign on social responsibility toward environmental conservation and ecological preservation

At the program implementation level, craft a standardized disaster debris management tool or guide detailing the Clockwise: Beneficiaries of the cash-for-work program in Barangay San Miguel in Cateel, Davao Oriental; various components of debris management including the UNDP Country Director Toshihiro Tanaka joins the multi-stakeholder tree planting activity in Boston, Davao sustainability mechanisms Oriental; cash-for-work beneficiaries of Barangay Naboc in Monkayo, Compostela Valley take a break from their timber-to-lumber activities; trainee-graduates of the carpentry training in New Bataan, Compostela The Programme to develop and/or enhance systems, Valley show their certificate of completion; and two indigenous women show their finished products during policies and guidelines that will suit humanitarian the culmination of their handicraft training in New Bataan. response and strengthen its role in early recovery efforts

Experts to provide a more robust and responsive strategic directions attuned to existing needs particularly in establishing mechanisms for effective program implementation and sustainability

Compostela Valley

Davao Oriental Children in Brgy. Cabasagan in Boston, Davao Oriental enjoy “ an afternoon Typhoon Pablo is never stronger than basketball game in a makeshift us… It can never put us down. We court built with might be a little bended but soon we lumber from will rise from the rubble of its cruelty.” uprooted coconut trees. The e!ort is part of the local Virgilio Castillones, Board government’s Member, Boston, Davao Oriental approach to managing debris brought about by Typhoon Pablo. Time Critical Debris Management Project for Typhoon Pablo United Nations Development Programme

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