Chapter 1

THE PROBLEM AND IT'S BACKGROUND

Introduction

1987 Philippine Constitution, Article XII,National Economy and Patrimony. Section 5. The state
shall subject to the provisions of this constitution and national development policies and
programs, shall protect the rights of of indigenous cultural communities to their ancestral lands
to ensure their economic, social, and cultural well-being.

Based on the Republic Act 10121 or also known as The Philippine Disaster Reduction and
Management Act, the act shifted the policy on the environment and the way the country deals
with disaster from mere responsive to preparedness. RA 10121 provides a comprehensive, all
hazards, multi-sectional inter-agency and community based approach to disaster risk
management through the formulation of the National Disaster Risk Management Framework.
National Disaster Risk Management Framework (NDRMF) is formulated ,developed, and
implemented as the master plan that will provide the strategies, organization, tasks of
concerned agencies and local government units, and other guidelines in dealing with disaster
and management emergencies. The law also promotes the developments of capacities in
disaster management at the individual, organizational, and institutional levels. A very important
feature of this law is its call for the streaming of disaster risk reduction in physical and land- use
planning,budget,infrastructure, education,health,environment, housing,and other sector.

It also recognizes local risk patterns and trends and decentralization of resources and
responsibilities and thus encourages the participation of NGO's private sectors,community-
based organizations,and community members in disaster management. It inhibits full
participation of the Local Government Units (LGU's) and communities in governance. The
approach tends to be "response-oriented" or "reactive". This disaster relief and short-term
preparedness, such as forecasting and evacuation, rather than on mitigation and post-disaster
support for economic recovery. Moreover, the act mandates the establishments of a Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Office (NDRRMO) in every province,city,and municipality, and
a Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils.

The discourse on community resilience in the context of disaster has generally taken two paths:
as a desired outcomes or as a process leading to a desired outcome (Kaplan,1999). The earlier
perspective of resilience as an outcome trends to reinforce the reactive stance that focuses on
controlling or minimizing the effect of disasters, the more recent view of resilience as a
deliberate process leading to a desired outcome involves a more adaptive approach in handling
capacity of the effected community in times of disasters. More importantly, it recognizes the
human factors in disasters. Thereby encouraging individual and communal responsibility for
action, such as preparation of a disaster plan,capacity building to implement the plan, and
modification of recovery priorities to deal with predictable and unpredictable consequences of
disasters.

Resilience is derived from the Latin word reilisio, which means "to jump back". It may be used to
describe individual who manifest the ability to recover quickly from shock,illness,or hardship.
Community resilience may also be understood as desired outcome or a process leading to a
desirable outcome. As a desired outcome in disaster risk reduction and management for
instance, efforts may be geared to ensure minimal loss of life property and livelihood to facilities
the community's recovery of life,property, and livelihood within the shortest possible time.

Filipinos are Filipinos, no problem or even calamity can break and drag us down. We are known
to be resilient even how strong that disaster is,we just give them a smile and we continue to
move forward. Thus,we consider individuals and communities affected by natural disasters not
as victims but as survivors.

Statement of the Problem

The study will attempt to answer the following:

1. What is the resiliency of Barasenians before,during and after Typhoon Ondoy?

2. What is life of the Barasenians after Typhoon Ondoy?

Scope and Delimitation

The study will focus on the resiliency of Typhoon Ondoy Barasenians. The respondents of this
study consists of 10 Barasenians from the different barangay in Baras,Rizal. This was limited to
the resiliency to Typhoon Ondoy before,during and after Typhoon Ondoy,and this was
conducted during the year of 2018.

Assumption

It is evident that Filipinos not only Barasenians are resilient in the wake of natural disasters that
wreak destruction and confusion among individuals and communities. Positive characteristics
serve as fundamental role in limiting the form of normalcy. Positive characteristics serve as
resources or assets that shields shields people from possible trauma and distress. Put simply,
the resilience of people in the midst of adversity is grounded on positive characteristics.

Significance of the Study.