I.

Objectives

a. To be able to sensitize the existing Climate Change issues;

b. Perform and execute programs and projects that would help mainstream
knowledge concerning Climate;
c. Integration of gender roles, specially the women in mitigating the effects of
Climate change;
d. To build and strengthen alliances amongst the concerned organizations, such
as the Local Organizations, Local and National Government Units, Climate
Change Commission, Non-Government Organizations and International
Funders.

II. Highlights

The organizations had a rough start, specially in agreeing whether or not the issues that their
organizations face are directly affected by the Climate Change. Coming from different locations,
each organization were a little at lost on how to start the discussion. They all agreed that there
is little knowledge among them regarding Climate Change. In line with this, it took them a while
to ponder on the things that they were doing in relation to address the mitigation of Climate
Change. The following are the reasons that they cited: members have little understanding with
the effects of Climate Change; members are mainly concerned with the sustenance of the
household food security; members are more interested in livelihood programs, trainings,
seminars, microfinance (lending) and market possibilities that would help augment their
household income.

However, differences and challenges aside they were able come up with different issues,
solutions and suggestions to further improve their knowledge with regard to Climate Change.
The organizations have raised the following issues: Human and Food Security; Ecological and
Environmental Security and; Knowledge and Capacity Building. In line with this they have also
suggestions on how to help them integrate Climate Change issues in their operations through
the following: Mainstreaming Climate Change for Grassroots Level; People’s Survival Fund
Introduction; Streamlining of Business processes; Product Packaging and; Network and Alliance
Building.

III. Issues Raised:

The representatives were concerned on how to relate the effects of Climate Change to their
members due to the following reasons:

1. The members have little understanding and low regard with the effects and issues of
Climate Change;
2. The members, being most are stay at home women/mothers are mainly concerned with
the sustenance of the household food security;
3. The members are more interested in livelihood programs, trainings, seminars,
microfinance (lending) and market possibilities that would help augment their
household income.

The reasons stated above were brought to discussion by the members of PKKK, SIKAP BIDANI
and PATAMABA, wherein their members are mainly stay at home mothers and small time
farmers, with the aim to augment their income to be able to increase their household food
purchase. Consequently, all the other organization agreed to this reasons, because at some
point they all agreed that their members have similar cases of food security.
The representatives of Business and Professional Women’s Network and Community Crafts
Association, forwarded the issue of Knowledge and Capacity Building wherein they advocate to
increase awareness of Climate Change issues that may affect their members’ livelihood. Lastly
all organizations agreed that Ecological and Environmental Stability should also be put at stake
in terms of promoting business.
As they agreed they came up with the following issues:

A. Human and Food Security

Input and Output is affected.

Women in business, with the aim to augment their household income are
affected by Climate Change through weather and other untimely
environmental disturbances affect their input (raw materials, crops, livestock,
etc.) that they use to produce their output (product). Inefficient input will
further result to market loss that can decrease the chances of having higher
earnings. Poor households and small time farmers will be having a hard time
to gain what they lost due to the damages brought by extreme weather
conditions. (Stated by PKKK Representative and was consequently agreed by
the other organizations)

PKKK: Input is affected by Output. Kung saan ang mga ginagamit ng mga
manggagawa ay naaapektuhan ng pabago-bagong panahon. Kapag ito ay
nawala mahihirapan na sila makabawi, magtanim at kumita. Kung minsan
mas lalo pa sila mababaon sa utang.

PATAMABA: Kagaya ng sinabi ng PKKK, mas iniisip nila ang kikitain nila kaysa
sa Climate Change. Hindi nila alam na yun pala yung epekto noon. Mas lalo
silang malulugi.

SIKAP BIDANI: Hinihikayat naming sila magpursigi para magkaroon ng maayos

ng puhuhan, pero nawawala ito kapag nalulugi na sila kasi nga, hindi nila
naiisip na dahil na rin iyon sa panahon. Kulang yung kaalaman naming ditto.
Mahirap isama ang Climate Change sa ganitong usapin. Poverty alleviation
pwede pa, pero climate change, baka hindi ganun kadali iyon.

B. Ecological and Environmental Stability

Women in business, seeks to look for possible alternatives for materials used
in production, safe working environment, promote waste segregation and
promotion of fair trade. (Stated by Community Crafts Association Inc and
Business Professional Women’s Network)

In addition, a safe environment would allow workers to be themselves, to

create more and to work hard for possible business ideas. (PKKK
Representative)

CCA Inc: We try to look for environment sound workplaces for them to work,
para maayos yung trabaho, maayos di yung resulta. Medyo mahirap kasi kung
sa bahay lang sila dahil, minsan naaapektuhan ang trabaho nila sa bahay.

PKKK: Mas nakakatrabaho sila ng mabuti at nakakapag concentrate sa mga

gawa nila.

CCA Inc: We try to look for alternative materials also, kasi minsan mahirap na,
yung ibang ginagamit nila eh hindi available so paano na. Market research na
lang din. Fair trade na din, para patas ang entrance ng mga produkto sa
market, lahat kikita sila
 PATAMABA: Pasok naman diyan ang waste segregation tama? Kasi iyon ang
pinagagawa naming sakanila, para makapag recycle na din at makatulong sa
puhunan at para makatulong sa paglinis ng paligid namin.

SIKAP BIDANI: Gusto rin naming ang safe working environment, dahil
makakatulong ito sa mga members namin.

C. Knowledge and Capacity Building

Women in business, seeks to augment the knowledge of their members to

further help them develop their microbusiness, market reach and social and
environmental awareness.

PKKK: Gaya nga ng nasabi naming, kulang ang kaalaman ng members naming
sa maraming bagay dahil nga nasa probinsiya kami. Hindi naman lahat ay
pinapalad na makarating dito sa Maynila at matututo. Mas inuuna rin nila ang
pagkita higit sa iba kasi para sakanila gusto nila makain. Dahil ditto sinisikap
naming na magkaroon ng mga seminar para makatulong sakanila.

PATAMABA: Hindi naman lahat ng taga-saamin ay nakakalabas eh, kaya gusto

naming silang matuto. Malaking tulong ang matuto sa pagbuo ng business
nila at ng mamimili nila, kasama na rin yung Climate Change

SIKAP BIDANI: Gusto naming maisama sa mga seminar namin ang issue ng
Climate Change kasi nga pati kami kaunti ang kaalaman naming tungkol dito.
Okay yung matuto kami at sila din. Kailangan natin makahanap ng mga tao na
pwedeng tumulong sa atin tungkol dito.

IV. Proposed Solutions

Human and Food Security

The organizations address this issue through the following programs:

 Strategic Microfinance/Microcredit

Loans are given to their members to fund their microbusiness or

start-up livelihood projects. Members undergo evaluation and is
supported by the organization by requiring them to attend
livelihood workshops, trainings and microbusiness coaching to
help them develop their business.

PKKK: Nagpapautang kami sa mga members naming para

matulungan naming sila magsimula. Meron kaming microloans,
microcredit, tsaka mga funders para makapagbigay kami sakanila.
Minsang pinapautang rin naming sila para pang personal na gamit
pero mas madalas para sa livelihood nila.

SIKAP BIDANI: Microfinance, microcredit, microinusrance may mga

ganyan kami. Pero kailangan muna silang ma-approve may
background check kami bago magpautang kasi kailangan naming
para sa records. Tsaka kapag nagpautang kami ayroon kaing
follow-up palagi sakanila. May mga meeting kami na kailangan
nilang puntahan. Sa mga meeting na to pwede integrate yung
issues ng climate change. Tsaka para rin umayos business nila.
May nakikita naman kaming nagiging okay na mga member.
 PATAMABA: Nagpapahiram kami ng pera minsan in kind na rin sa
mga mambers namin. Malaking tulong sakanila ito eh. Pangkain
araw-araw at pang puhunan.

 Savings Mobilization and Micro Insurance Investment

A program wherein organizations encourage their members to

save and deposit any amount. This is to be able to help them in
mitigating future financial stress due to unforeseen events and
damages.

SIKAP BIDANI: Mayroon kaming saving mobilization, okay naman

di ba? Micro insurance din, para makatulong sa financial stress nila
pagdating ng panahon kung mayroon man. Mahirap kasi yung
utang ng utang. Hindi maganda mahirap rin kapag hindi
nakakapayad. Kaya malaking tulong para sakanila mag ipon lalo na
dun sa mga walang bangko.

 Cooperative

Organizations encourage their members to join a cooperative. This

is to help them improve their market reach and financial stability.

PKKK: Middleman kami kung minsan ng mga members naming

para makabenta sila ng marami. Tapos kung may bagyo kami pa
rin ang bibili at magbebenta ng produkto nila kasi kung hindi
lalong wala silang ibabayad sa amin. Mas lalong walang kita at
pangkain. Minsan nakakaawa rin lalo na talaga kapag na bagyo.
Pero siguro nga climate change na din to gaya nung sinabi kanina.
Hindi lang pansin.
 Social Protection

Organizations encourage their members to join government

operated social security programs, such as Social Security System
(SSS), PhilHealth, etc. The organizations educate them with the
benefits of joining these programs in line with the objective to
help them mitigate future financial stress.

PATAMABA: Tumutulong kami maayos yung SSS at PhilHealth ng

mga kasama namin kasi kailangan nila iyon. Kung minsan hindi nila
maintindihan yung silbi nito, pero sinasabi namin na benipisyo ito.
Kailangan nila iyan eh lalo na sa mga may edad na. Pwede rin sila
mag-loan diyan kapag sapat na bayad nila. Mas okay na rin yung
nag-iipon sila doon kaysa naman sa wala eh. Mamaya maubos
pera ng mga iyan kung hindi naming sila paalalahanan.

 Market Linkages

Organization organize events to help their members expand their

market reach and to further showcase their products.

CCA Inc: Ginagamit naming yung social media para mag-promote

ng mga products, humanap ng partners at tiangge. Kailangan nila
iyan eh, kung hindi mahirap humanap ng bibili mg produkto. Sana
magamit rin natin to para mapalaganap Climate Change.
 PKKK: Sana magamit din naming sa kanayunan ito. Okaya okay
lang din ang seminar. Isama niyo kami sa susunod na tiannge niyo
ha.

PATAMABA: May partner na kami na mga tindahan, diyan lang sa

may malapit ditto yun eh. Pero pwede rin gamitin iyon sa Climate
Change.

 Look for funders

Wherein organizations look for possible funders and clients to

fund the projects of their members.

PATAMABA: Sana makahanap tayo ng dagdag na sponsors tapos

kung pwede na rin sila magbigay ng workshop tungkol sa Climate
Change di ba? Para may puhunan may natututunan pa.

BPWN: Funders will definitely help us in promoting the continuity

of our projects. Para consistent at sustainable ang livelihood ng
members natin.

Ecological and Environmental Stability

The organizations address this issue through the following programs:

 Fair Trade

Wherein in organizations classify the different products (food vs.

non-food) to be able to distribute them to different market events,
further promoting market balance.

CCA Inc: Fair Trade ay makakatulong sa mga sellers natin iba-iibang

priority para sa mga produkto. Mas mabibigyang pansin ang food
products kaysa non-food, ang mangyayari balanse. Walang
mapapanis walang masasayang. Tsaka mas maayos yung pag ayos
ng mga bazaar at tiangge hindi magulo.

 Waste Segregation

Organizations encourage their members to use recycled materials

in producing their products. This will help them to decrease their
capital and increase their profits, while helping in reducing waste.

PATAMABA: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle ang turo sa amin. Pwede

kami gumamit ng mga luma at hindi nabubulok na materyales
para sa mga produkto namin nababawasan pa ang basura sa
paligid. Makakatulong sa Climate Change iyon.

CCA Inc: Okay din itong alternative for materials. Hindi magastos
at feasible naman.

PKKK: Pwede rin itong tulong kung sakali mabasawan yung basura
iwas baha na rin, iwas sira ng pananim.

 Safe Working Environment

Organizations try to look for safe spaces for their members to

work and store their products.
 CCA Inc: Naghahanap kami ng lugar kung saan pwede magtrabaho
mga members naming ng maayos. That is what we need. Para
hindi nakakagulo sa bahay yung pagtratrabaho.

PATAMABA: Oo nga naman, minsan mahirap din yun eh, nanay ka

tapos mga bata minsan hindi ka pa makabuo ng produkto sa bahay
eh. Saying kapag may nasira.

 Research for Alternative Products

Organizations help their members look for alternative raw

materials. This will help mitigate shortage of materials.

CCA Inc: Pwede mag market research para makatulong humanap

ng ibang materials paano nga naman kung wala, eh di wala ng
produkto and andicrafts kung wala ng ibang materials. Ganito rin
naman siguro dapat sa lahat.

PKKK: Kung may mga pananim, pwede rin hanapan ng ibang

pwedeng magawang produkto dun mga naproproduce namin na
materyales. Para kung hindi na pwede gawin ang isa may iba pang
pwedeng gawin.

Knowledge and Capacity Building

 Trainings, Seminars and Workshops

Organizations engage their members to different training for them

to learn new techniques on how to develop their livelihood. They
also encourage them to share their thoughts, ideas and other
experiences with regard to their microbusiness.

PATAMABA: Matatanda na rin naman ang iba sa amin, kailangan

naming namin ng ibang pagkukuhanan ng kaalaman para
umasenso rin yung lugar naming. Hindi naman pwede nay un at
yun na lang alam naming, kaya gusto naming ng mga workshop.
Malaking tulong.

PKKK: PWede itong gawing daan para makatulong sa kapwa lalo

na yung kapos talaga, na maging matiyaga at pwede pa rin naman
sila matuto. Pwede na rin dito isali yung pag-aaral tungkol sa
Climate Change.

SIKAP BIDANI: Ito naisip naming, since mayroon kaming weekly

meetings, pwede naming isali rito ang Climate Change para naman
maging pamilyar kami dito. Maganda sana iyon kasi talagang
community yung mga hawak naming, mga nanay. So kung
matututunan nila iyan alay natin makatulong talaga sila. Pwede
isama sa agenda.

PKKK: Sana maisali rin sa mga workshop yung mga pag-ayos ng

guidelines tungkol dito. Mas madali yung may sinusunod na
sample eh. Masa medaling matatandaan ng mga kasama namin.
Mga nanay pa naman yun pwede nila ituro sa anak nila yan. Sa
bahay pa lang may alam na sila hindi yung basta na lang rin silang
 walang alam. Ayos matuto. Kung pwede nga palagi eh, para
tumatak sa isip nila. Minsan kasi puro kita ang naiisip nila eh, ayos
din yung makatulong sa paligid.

 Network Establishment, Social Media Promotions and

Partnerships

This is to improve market reach, wherein organizations utilize the

social media to help promote their members’ products.
Partnerships also to establish additional place of business and
promotion.
PATAMABA: Napag-sapan na yata natin ito kanina eh, facebook
faceboook. Pwede naman, para sa kabataan. Pero sa amin mga
nanay na may edad, pwede pa rin siyempre! Alam ko ginagamit ito
para malaman nila may tiangge kami eh. Pwede na rin isala na
nakikiisa kami sa Climate Change lalo na’t nangyayari naman daw
talaga yung sinasabi ng nagsalita kanina.

PKKK: Sana makatulong nga ang social media at mga partners

namin, hindi lang sa amin pati na rin sa Climate Change. Malaking
tulong iyon kung maraming makakabsa okaya naman makakakita.

SIKAP BIDANI: Kailangan natin ng partners kasi hindi naman ganun

karami ang kaalaman natin tungkol dito tsaka para maisali natin
ang issue ng Climate Change. Medyo mahirap nga lang yung
ganito ano, para tayong nangangapa sa mga pwedeng mangyari.

The organizations admit that Climate Change and its adverse effects are not the main concern of
their members, however they seek to have partnership with the Climate Change Commission
and other environmental agencies in order to provide deeper knowledge of the following:

 Mainstreaming Climate Change for Grassroots/Community Level

Education seminar

Wherein Climate Change 101 Seminar can be integrated in their

weekly meetings. (Suggested by SIKAP BIDANI)

 People’s Survival Fund (PSF) Introduction, Seminar and

Workshop

Wherein their members can be oriented with the use and benefits
of the PSF, by providing planning and proposal workshops that can
help their members prepare plans to be approved by the PSF
handlers. (Suggested by PKKK, PATAMABA, SIKAP BIDANI and CCA
Inc)

 Streamlining of Business Process with regard to Climate Change

Effects

Wherein microbusiness can be given guidelines on how to adapt

and help mitigate Climate Change Effects. (Suggested by PKK)

 Product Packaging

Wherein microbusiness owners can be given additional knowledge

on how to recycle materials for their product packaging to help
reduce waste (plastic waste) (Suggested by PKK)
 Networking and Alliance Building through Social Media

Wherein different organizations can unite in integrating and

sharing their knowledge and experiences that would help mitigate
the effects of Climate Change through the of social media.
(Suggested by all organizations)
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Human and Food Security
“INPUT AND OUTPUT IS
AFFECTED”
Women in business, with
the aim to augment their
household oncome are
affected by Climate
Change through weather
and other untimely
environmental
disturbances affect their
input (raw materials,
crops, livestock, etc.) that
they use to produce their
output (product).
Inefficient input will
further result to market
loss that can decrease the
chances of having higher
earnings. Poor households
and small time farmers
will be having a hard time
to gain what they lost due
to the damages brought
by extreme weather
conditions.
Strategic Microfinance/
Microcredit
Savings Mobilization and Micro
Insurance Investment
Cooperative
Social Protection
Market Linkages
Look for funders
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Agencies (NGAs) Grassroots/Community
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Science and
Technology Wherein Climate Change
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Trade and Industry integrated in their weekly
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Commission on Organizations as Build and strengthen
Women Grassroots / alliances to the People’s Survival Fund
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Labor and Implementers. society. and Workshop
Employment
Land Bank of the Women as Alliance building will Wherein their members can
Philippines producers, help them to further be oriented with the use
Non Government workers, trainees, educate their members and benefits of the PSF, by
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 Government members.
Ecological and Fair Trade Funding Wherein microbusiness can
Environmental Stability OXFAM be given guidelines on how
Waste Segregation - UUSC to adapt and help mitigate
Women in business, seeks - TRIAS (Belgium) Climate Change Effects.
to look for possible Safe Working Environment - KNS (Germany)
alternatives for materials Product Packaging
used in production, safe Research for Alternative
working environment, Products Wherein microbusiness
promote waste owners can be given
segregation and additional knowledge on
promotion of fair trade. how to recycle materials for
their product packaging to
help reduce waste (plastic
waste)
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Development Workshops Networking and Alliance
Building through Social
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to augment the Media Promotions and
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members to further help organizations can unite in
them develop their integrating and sharing
microbusiness, market their knowledge and
reach and social and experiences that would help
environmental awareness. mitigate the effects of
Climate Change through the
of social media