VULNERABILITY AND CAPACITY ASSESSMENT Republic of the Philippines Province of Ilocos Sur Tagudin Barangay Pula VULNERABILITY AND CAPACITY ASSESSMENT REPORT Supported by: EPIC DRR project “Empowering the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and their chapters, communities and government institutions to consolidate and replicate inclusive community based disaster risk reduction in seven provinces in the Philippines” Philippine Red Cross – Ilocos Sur Chapter 2017 1 | P a g e VULNERABILITY AND CAPACITY ASSESSMENT i. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This document is developed with the efforts of the Philippine Red Cross supported by the German Red Cross and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany through the EPIC DRR Project. The VCA Team would like to express their deepest gratitude to the Holy God for the guidance during the whole process of the Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment conducted at Barangay Pula, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur. The VCA Team would also like to have this opportunity to express their deepest gratitude to all the Community Members of Barangay Pula for actively participating to all the tools especially to the Barangay Officials headed by Barangay Captain Reynaldo Pera. Their full support and time made the activity a success. The VCA Team would also like to thank the Barangay Officials for the time and effort they have given in conducting the actual data gathering and analysis of the data, sharing their expertise, genuine guidance and endless encouragement to the people of the barangay during the VCA Process. Moreover, the team would also like to offer sincere thanks to the Local Government Unit of Tagudin, Barangay Local Government Unit of Pula, for providing the team with all the necessary facilities and data which was used for the Analysis Tools. Lastly, the VCA Team would like to extend the deepest gratitude to the Philippine Red Cross – Ilocos Sur Chapter Officer in Charge, Raymund Mario Chan, and the whole PRC-Ilocos Sur Chapter Family, for their endless support, time and understanding to make the activity and the project always a success. Thank you very much! 2 | P a g e VULNERABILITY AND CAPACITY ASSESSMENT ii. GLOSSARY BDRRMP – Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan BDRRMC - Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee CSOs – Civil Society Organizations GRC – German Red Cross LGU – Local Government Unit MRF – Material Recovery Facility NGO – Non-Government Organization PRC – Philippine Red Cross VCA – Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment BFP – Bureau of Fire Protection NAWASA – National Water and Sewerage Authority LBM – Loose Bowel Movement 3 | P a g e VULNERABILITY AND CAPACITY ASSESSMENT Contents 1. INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE ..................................................................................................................5 2. PLACE AND TIME OF THE VCA.............................................................................................................5 3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION / COMMUNITY PROFILE.....................................................................6 4. GENERAL CLIMATE CONDITIONS.........................................................................................................7 5. GENERAL SOCIO- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAST 5 YEARS..................................................7 6. INFRASTRUCTURES, BASIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES ..........................................................................7 7. GOVERNANCE......................................................................................................................................8 8. OBJECTIVES OF THE VCA .....................................................................................................................9 9. VCA PROCESS ......................................................................................................................................9 10. FINDINGS...........................................................................................................................................12 11. GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS........................................................................................................21 CHALLENGES LESSONS LEARNED AND BEST PRACTICES.............................................................................21 12. ATTACHMENTS..................................................................................................................................22 4 | P a g e VULNERABILITY AND CAPACITY ASSESSMENT 1. INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE Vulnerability-Capacity Assessment (VCA) is a method of investigation into the risks that people face in their locality, their vulnerability to those risks and their capacity to cope with and recover from disasters. Its purpose is to increase community members’ awareness of risk and help them to plan activities for reducing vulnerability and increasing capacity before a disaster. VCA is a tool that enables local priorities to be identified and leads to the design of actions that contribute to disaster reduction. Thus, VCA is an integral part (but not the only part) of disaster risk reduction that can contribute to the creation of Community-based disaster preparedness programmes. For this, VCA should result in actions that community members can undertake and lead themselves. VCA is conducted using participatory approach, which facilitate to gather information and evaluate which can be used in decision making of the community to be able to respond or recover from disaster. This can also be used for recommendation purposes for the community to ask for assistance in small scale mitigation project for the barangay. It is expected the Government and non-government partners to use this to work together to strengthen Disaster Risk Reduction in every community. This Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) was conducted in Barangay Pula during the month of December. More than 40 people participated from the barangay. All those participants represent various groups including senior citizens, barangay officials, 4Ps, religious groups and youth and they were able to identify their risks posed by various hazards and means of mitigating those risks. This report presents the main outputs of the Vulnerability Capacity Assessment of the community, its possible solutions through action plan. 2. PLACE AND TIME OF THE VCA Place Region One (1) Province ILOCOS SUR Municipality/ City TAGUDIN CITY Barangay PULA No. of sitios/puroks (Four)4 Date 5 | P a g e VULNERABILITY AND CAPACITY ASSESSMENT Data gathering: December 4-5, 2017 Report preparation: January to July 2018 3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION / COMMUNITY PROFILE 3.1 Geography and topography of the barangay The barangay has a total land area of 766,960 hectares and is bounded by Barangay Cabaroan on the north; Ipet Sudipen, La Union on the south; Barangay Ambalayat on the east; and Barangay Bio on the West. 3.2 History of the barangay Long time ago, Barangay Pula was merely occupied by huge trees, herbs, shrubs and many other different kinds of plants. It was discovered by a man from San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur, who came to the area in search for fertile land to till. On his way, he passed through the rivers of Amburayan and Chico which meet at a certain part of the river that form a deep part and wide fresh water where different kinds of fish and edible species thrive. Because of this sufficiency, charm and freshness of the river, he hurriedly dug the soil and found a rich loamy clay type of soil suitable for farming. He hurriedly went back to San Ildefonso to tell his family and relatives that he had finally found the land they were looking for. The man and his family went back to the fertile land and built their homes and started cultivating the lands. Until one day, when they were having their lunch at the fields, the red juice of their yiand “simmered crab” accidentally dripped to the soil. One member of the family had noticed that the juice of the simmered crab and the soil are alike in color. In Ilocano Dialect he said “amang Kiaqtem Didyay Daga Kasla Pula ti Kappi” Since then the fertile land was named “Pula” due to the red color of the soil and as red as that of the juice of the crabs that are caught in the fresh waters of rivers. 3.3 Demography of the barangay Demography Barangay Pula, Municipality/City, Province Number of Families 112 Number of Household 115 Population 640 Male 324 Female 316 Number of Children (below18 Male Female yrs) 6 | P a g e VULNERABILITY AND CAPACITY ASSESSMENT Number of person with disability Male Female Number of Elderly (above 60 Male Female yrs) Ethnicity and Religion: Most of the people are Roman Catholic and few are Iglesia ni Cristo Remarks no breakdown of male and female 4. GENERAL CLIMATE CONDITIONS 4.1 Present climate The barangay experiences wet and dry season during the past and present. At present, they esperince increase in temperature and the timing of rainfall is earlir compared in the past. 4.2 Climate 30 years ago The climate in the past is cooler in relation ot temperature. Rainfall and typhoon intensity is lighter. 5. GENERAL SOCIO- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAST 5 YEARS 5.1Livelihood The major income generation of the community is mainly on farming, fishing, stone painting and crafts of baskets, jar and lampshades. There are also store owners, vendors and tricycle drivers 5.2Education There is a day care center in the barangay. For primary schooling, there is a nearby elementary school namely Ag-Aguman Elementary School. 5.3Health care situation (men/ women) Basic infrastructures