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 the life of 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

The study aimed to determine the resiliency of Barasenians before,

during and after Typhoon Ondoy. The study will be beneficial to the following;

To Local Government Units

The study will serve as guiding principle in the total operation on how

the local government give and allocate resources in times in calamity.

To BDRRMC

The result of the study can help them guiding those survivors who

experienced and undergo into a bad experience.

To Victims,

To give lessons and understanding that no matter what happen or

what challenges we encounter , we should continue to strive and move

forward.

To Teachers

The study may serve information for them to help everyone to be more

aware of of prepared on calamities.

To Students

The study may give result in understanding regarding in helpin out

those victims or survivors to recover and back to it’s normalcy.

To other researchers

The data gathered in the way may serve as baseline and reference for

future studies related to the present study and for other researchers..

Definition of Terms

For better understanding of the study, the following terms are defined

operationally.
Barasenians- the survivors and victims of Typhoon Ondoy.

Consequence- an outcome or caused by some phenomenon.

National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)-

formerly known as National Disaster Council, an agency responsible for

ensuring the protection and welfare of people during the disaster or

calamities.

RA 10121- also known as Philippine Disaster Reduction and Management

Act that recognizes local risk patterns and trends decentralization of

resources and responsibilities.

Resiliency- an occurrence of returning back to normalcy.

Typhoon Ondoy- also known as Typhoon Ketsana, one of the destructive

typhoon entered in our country.