HUG A ThREE:

Thinking Green, Going Clean,Living Gleam

BY: AKIZAH B. CAUNTONGANKolambugan, Lanao del

Norte

PROUD TO BE A HUGGER TREE

HUG A ThREE: Thinking Green, Going Clean,

Living Gleam

PROJECT TITLE

Tangcal Lanao del Norte is a Landslide Zone Community. This often happens twice or more a year depending on how often rainy season occurs. This is due to the following malignant diseases:

• Rampant Illegal Logging Act• Drainage Clogging

• Illiteracy on Proper Waste Disposal/Management

• No Ordinance on Environmental Preservation

PROBLEM STATEMENT

COMMUNITY NEEDS

Tangcal Lanao del Norte as any other community needs care, attention, time and effort to cure its viruses. It needs the following remedy to heal its wounded heart:

• Adopt A Fruit Bearing Tree Program• Regular Clean-Up Drive• Educate the community on the Importance of

the Environment• Ordinance for this Project to realize it better• Generate Income for Livelihood

Hug a ThREE is a project for a cause. This aims to:

• Conduct an adopt a fruit bearing tree program for each barangay in the municipality.

• Organize a 3 Generations of Environmental Rangers in the whole municipality.

• Have a local ordinance to conduct an “Environmental Call” annually and a monthly community clean-up drive

OBJECTIVES

Realistically speaking, Illegal Logging is one of the tremendous Environmental Problems that Philippines is facing nowadays. It’s very difficult to eradicate this virus for it has already a built strong foundation . But I believe that there is no such thing as impossible as long as you are determined to make a change. I may not eradicate it in the whole country but at least lessen it by making my community as a starting point. I have to make a difference and the only thing to make that possible is to involve my community. I have to make them realize that their act today may kill themselves tomorrow. Other solutions that I guess may serve best are:

• Tap organizations in the community who I find essential and can contribute to the success of the implementation of the project and coordinate with them(“Speak Up Your Mind”--Dr. Cichy)

• Educate each individual in the community about the importance of the Environment which includes; Clean-Up Drive,Proper Waste Management, Adopt A Fruit Bearing Tree Project as primary income generating for the community(You Are The Change That We’ve Waiting For—Dr. Hamlet)

• Make an ordinance on this project to make it more realistic for the people in the community to follow.

Solution Statement

• Organize a 3 Generations of Environmental Rangers

• Gather 100 People to Plant 200-500 Fruit Bearing Trees• Involve 100 people for the

regular/monthly Clean-Up Drive • Generate Minimum of Php.5,000 after

3-5 years of tree planting• Build a 1 hut for a small cooperative to

utilize the income and increase its profit for a livelihood project

OUTPUTS

If this project will be successfully done this may fulfill the following goals:• Eradicate Soil Erosion and Landslide in

the Community• Develop the power of environmental

sensitivity in each individual in the community• Achieve a green, clean, and cool

community to live in• Livelihood for the Women in the

Community

OUTCOMES

LEARNED FROM: DR. EVELINA CICHY

SPECIFICALLY ABOUT: AMERICAN CULTURAL ORIENTATION• Speaking Up• Time is Money

HOW APPLIED IN MY PROJECT: • Knowing this kind of practices may help me in

orienting and motivating people to speak up on the issues regarding illegal logging in the area and find alternative remedy to solve the issue.

LESSONS

LEARNED FROM: Dr. Susan Russell

SPECIFICALLY ABOUT:

Role of the Youth in Environmental Sustainability and Stewardship• We Are All Responsible For Our Planet• Don’t Wait For The Government To Do Something For

You---- Instead Do Something For Them and For Others---

HOW APPLIED IN MY PROJECT: • This learnings may Educate young ones about their role

in environmental issues and voluntary involve themselves and all other sectors in the community to move forward for a better cause

• Make a difference now for it might be too late to do it tomorrow

LEARNED FROM: Stronghold

SPECIFICALLY ABOUT: • TRUE ESSENCE OF LEADERSHIP, Commitment, Unity,

Teamwork, Faith, Respect, Understanding, Individual Differences,

• Valuing friendship, teamwork, and one another as a whole

HOW APPLIED IN MY PROJECT:

Considering micro things cause those may mean a lot to the success of the project.

Listening to every single idea that will hopefully be raised during the pre, actual and post implementation

Respecting everyone’s beliefs, stand and practices with regards to environmental preservation.

HOW INNOVATIVE IS YOUR PROJECT?

I find this project innovative because this is the first 3 in 1 project that will be implemented in our community. It covers up three major elements which I considered as best ways to save and preserve the gift that we have from Almighty GOD which is the ENVIRONMENT.

TASKS: • Meet Different Organizations that you may coordinate with for the

implementation of the project• Advertise the project itself through radio or any social devices that may

use to reach out if possible all the people in the community• Tap volunteers for the conduct of the project(Students, Co-Teachers)• Have connections with the higher officials that can extend help for the

success of the project• Solicit Funds• Ask DENR for fruit bearing trees

LEAD PERSON: AKIZAH B. CAUNTONGAN

SUPPORT PERSONS: School Principals Students Body Organizations

LGU BGU

PTAWHEN: May 25,2014

WHEN(Deadline): June 6,2014

PRE-PROGRAM ACTION PLAN

TASKS:

• Election of Environmental Rangers (Officers)• Conduct an Orientation/Workshop/ Film Showing on Environmental

Awareness which involves; Tree Planting, Proper Waste Management and Effects of Illegal Logging

• Implement the Clean-Up Drive • Adopt a Fruit Bearing Tree

LEAD PERSON: AKIZAH B. CAUNTONGANEnvironmental Rangers

SUPPORT PERSONS: Elementary Grades 5-6

Secondary Grade 7- 4th Year PTA Teachers’ Association Barangay Officials Local Government Unit

WHEN: June 15,2014

WHEN(Deadline): August 1,2014

PROGRAM ACTION PLAN

ACTUAL DAY

ACTIVITIES TIME LEAD PERSON SUPPORT PERSONS

Day 1June 15,2014

Registration 8:00-8:30 Tangcal NHS SSG

Opening Program 8:30-9:30 Municipal Mayor

Overview of the Project 9:00-11:00 AKIZAH B. CAUNTONGAN TNHS SSG

Election of Officers 11:00-11:30 TNHS Teachers BGU,LGU

Lunch---- TNHS Students

Film Showing 1:00-2:30 Akizah B. Cauntongan

Team Building Activities 2:30-3:30 Envi Rangers TNHS Students

Open Forum 3:30-4:30 Akizah B. Cauntongan

ACTUAL DAY

ACTIVITIES TIME LEAD PERSON SUPPORT PERSONS

Day 2- 3 Clean-Up DriveJune 16-17,2014Opening Ceremony 8:30-9:00 Envi Rangers STUDENTS,TEACHERS,

PTA,LGU,BGUBarangay Poblacion 9:00-12:00 Envi Rangers Students,Teachers,PTA

LGU and BGULunch Envi Rangers

Barangay Small Banisilon 1:00-4:30 Envi Rangers ---do---

Bio and Non-Bio Envi Rangers ---do---Day 3-7(June 18-25,2014)Barangay Big Banisilon 8:00-11:00 Envi Rangers Students,Teachers,PTA

LGU and BGULunch Break1:00-4:00

Barangay Berwar 8:00-11:00 Envi Rangers Students,Teachers,PTALGU and BGU

Lunch Break1:00-4:00

Barangay Poona Kapatagan 8:00-11:00 Envi Rangers Students,Teachers,PTALGU and BGU

Lunch Break1:00-4:00

Barangay Bubong 8:00-11:00 Envi Rangers Students,Teachers,PTALGU and BGU

Lunch Break1:00-4:00

Segregation 8:00-11:00Lunch Break1:00-4:00

Actual DayDay 4-5Tree Planting Activity

Opening Prayer 8:00 Ustadj Bashit Mauyag ER

Opening Message 8:00-8:30 Municipal MayorER

Adopt a Tree Commitment 8:00-9:00 Akizah B. Cauntongan ER

Tree Planting 9:00-12:00 PARTICIPANTSER

LUNCH BREAK 12:00-1:00ER

Tree Planting 1:00-3:00 PARTICIPANTSER

Fence 3:00-4:00 PARTICPANTSER

ACTIVITIES TIME LEAD PERSONSUPPORT PERSONS

TASKS: • Distribution of Certificates(Volunteers)• Token of Appreciation for the Donors• Strategizing and enhancing the Roles of each Environmental Rangers

LEAD PERSON: AKIZAH B. CAUNTONGAN Environmental Rangers

SUPPORT PERSONS: LGUBGUPTAStudents Body OrganizationsSchool Principals

WHEN: August 6,2014

WHEN(Deadline): August 6,2014

POST PROGRAM ACTION PLAN

BUDGET

Wood/Bamboo 20x100 2000PaintWhite 500x1 500Green 500x1 500Garbage Cans 150x20 3000Broom Sticks 20x20 400

Grand Total Php 6,400

Item/s Unit/Cost # of PERSON/s SUBTOTAL

How Do You Ensure Sustainability?Sustainability will hopefully be achieved in this project because of the elected officers (Environmental Rangers) who will conduct a regular monitoring of this project. The officers are the responsible ones to monitor the planted trees and they are also responsible for the monthly Clean- Up Drive in every barangay in the municipality. The Envi Rangers will also conduct an Annual Environmental Celebration where different Environmental Activities will be conducted. The best Foster Parent will also be recognized and there will be a contest for the most clean, organized and creative barangay. Through this the people in the community will surely put in their hearts the importance of taking good care of the environment for they will be often reminded. 3-5 years after the tree planting is the expected year of harvest of the fruits and hopefully the income will be then utilized for a Livelihood Project for the people in the Community. Hopefully, there will be a dialogue with the LGU to make an ordinance about this project to achieve truly the word sustainability.

“What we are doing to the forests of the

world is a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to

one another.”