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CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM
Introduction:
"There is nothing more beautiful than someone who gets out of their
way to make life beautiful for others", (Hale,2017). Helping other people
means to give happiness to them which should be the purpose of life. There
are several ways and numerous styles to aid people who are in need of help.
from the islands of Mindanao. Badjaos are widely known as the "Sea
Gypsies" of the Sulu and Celebes Seas. They are found living on
houseboats where they make their livelihood solely on the sea as expert
Being sea travelers, they have also reached different places across the
country and one of which is Batangas City. In the recent years that passed
and in the present time, many Badjaos are seen in various locations in the
city of Batangas. People usually see them in the streets, parks and even
churches asking for alms. Some are threatened by them but many also
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people from Barangay Malitam, Badjaos who live there were only few before
but when they thought about the opportunities that are present in Batangas
City, they started to multiply until majority of the people who live in their
barangay are members of the said ethnic group. The mothers or women do
not usually work but the father does to aid their needs. The community is
near the sea that is why fishing is their most common livelihood. However,
the money that they earn is not enough for them resulting to insufficient
in the Badjao Community before but different projects are still hoped to be
This study is made to assess the financial status and capacity and the
level of interest the Badjaos have for small scale businesses that can be an
made to know what livelihood program may be suitable for the Badjao
community.
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The primary purpose of this study is to assess the financial status and
capacity and the level of interest they have for small scale businesses that
1. What are the sources of income and usual expenses of the Badjaos in
income.
3. What are the resources available in their community that can be used as
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and the level of interest they have for small scale businesses that can be an
avenue for them to have additional source of income. Also, the researchers
to enhance their skills and adopt new things for living. The research covers
the financial profile and transactions of the Badjao from Barangay Malitam,
Although the research was cautiously being prepared, there were still
during the study. First, the research will only be conducted in the span of
three months. Second, the target participants were not literate enough to
answer some questions that are needed in the assessment. Third, some
in the Badjao community in Brgy. Malitam, Batangas City, the doubt that the
Badjaos might act differently or awkwardly while the assessment was being
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Through the survey that will be conducted, this paper may be able to adjudge
how Badjaos live and their capacity to survive every day with sufficient
financial activity to the Badjaos at the end of the research proper for it seeks
The study seeks to decipher the lifestyle of the Badjao and the
family. This research is not intended for the Badjao community in Batangas
for the Badjaos in the said area and could similarly be in the Badjaos living
in different parts of the country. Through this, they may easily asses the
needs of the community and provide a larger scale of outputs for them.
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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
This chapter presents the related literature and studies after the
thorough and in-depth search done by the researchers which explores the
Badjaos. This part of the study discussed the Badjaos’ interest to have a
small scale business that can be an avenue for them to have additional
source of income. This study accounts the works that has been published
Conceptual Literature
needed to continue their education. They pay five pesos per jar oil in order
to light their house in the evening. They have to sleep early and stop all their
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activities by the tie their light runs out. They hardly focus on studying their
Badjaos such as petty crimes, family disputes, waste management and even
look for a better life but opportunities are not that much plenty. The only thing
Management, 2017)
however, some are already employed. The newer generation of the Badjaos
fishing is their major source of income, disaster like strong typhoon, and
decline in fish catch due to water pollution are threats to their livelihood. Male
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activity by providing them training and capacity building skills such as banca-
making. Organizing them into a registered fishermen group will also give
them assurance that they will not be caught and prevented from fishing by
has a great impact for their family in terms of sending their children to school,
Respondents expect the government to give them jobs. They reiterate that
most of them hardly find work because they have not finished schooling.
Other people do not trust them for the misconception such as being
They are saddened that they have to ask for alms to sustain their
needs. They are desperate to find a stable source of income that they are
vendor, dish washer, and household helper. For them, to earn income to eat
for a day is more than enough. Badjaos are trapped in the poverty cycle-
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unstable source of income makes them poor and poverty hinders their ability
religion, culture and beliefs define what they have to eat -they only rely for
rice, fish and vegetables. Most of the them go in other places in order to
a main contributor to the decline of collected fish in the nearby waters. They
are afraid that one day, they will no longer be able to catch fish for a living
was a scenario that a family failed to eat for a day because the father was
In this side of the city, a community started with only two families two
decades ago. Now, there are more than two hundred families in the Badjao
news article from The Philippine star about the journey of the Badjaos in
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Basilan to Batanagas, “Their chieftain Daihari Elaji of the Samal tribe shared
with us the long and perilous journey they took from Basilan when 18 families
to Cebu with various stops along the way in search for the perfect settling
ground. After Cebu came Masbate, then Sorsogon and a stay of five years.
Final stop was the coastal barangay of Simlong and on to the town of
Malitam, Barangay Wawa in Batangas where they have lived for the past 30
years.”
consciously aware that education is the most important step to improve their
economic situation. Their identity reconstruction does not lie solely on how
soon after they made the decision to migrate to Batangas. The identity was
being boat people to being urban squatters; and from being sea nomads to
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land-based); food preferences (root crops and fish to snack food and meat);
celebrating Hariraya are still practiced. Attitudes towards the Tagalogs were
Brgy. Malitam, education and livelihood are very important for the stability of
said. The Badjaos are now mostly harvesting small shellfish, small fishes
and few crabs in nearby mangroves, Capt. Marasigan said. The Calumpang
River mouth has widend due the onslaught of Typhoon Nina in December
2016. Some houses of the Badjaos were destroyed and they were forced to
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and undeveloped Community. They have poor hygiene, poor water source,
bridge and lack source of electricity, poverty and illiteracy. However, he said
the Badjaos are generally peaceful. "They cooperate very well, especially
because they know they are the first one to be affected if the sea waves
Any legal and justifiable income that are generated through means
According to the Badjao Bridge, since fishing in the areas where the
Badjaos get their sources of income were banned, even in the night, young
men from this ethnic group bravely fish in the waters but for it is a risky thing
to do, many have already lost their lives. Because of this, Badjaos need to
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these are being hampered by some people. Their goods are often taken
from them which makes their savings spent on supplies be put into waste.
(Badjao Bridge)
improve economic activities like “skills training, seed capital fund, pre-
employment assistance fund, and the cash for building livelihood assets”
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sustainable livelihood program. Firstly, input refers to the people who work
behind all the activities or manpower, resources that provide the needs of
the activity or funds, and strategies which are the systems and structure.
It was the training of seaweed culture system, seaweed drying, packing, and
the skills training on Hair Dressing, Nail Care and Foot Spa in Barangay
from their newly-acquired craft (Duron, 2016). Also, venturing into general
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Badjaos are also offered livelihood projects. One of which was a ten-
the mentioned group. She also encouraged them to plant pandan for them
the members of the ethnic group. It gives starting capital for the businesses
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being put up by the Badjaos and even supports children’s education. Not
only that, they also organize seminars to evaluate the needs of the
payment and tips on how to grow small businesses (Born Again Badjao
Church).
Barangay Malitam, and Wawa, Batangas City last June 25, 2014 - July 4
,2014, their research may be a first step in implementing the Ala Eh! Bangon
benefit from the management and use of natural resources. Ala Eh! Bangon
development.
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Conceptual Framework
Process-Output model that gave the summary of the research study. The
three boxes are interconnected. The input entails the variables about the
personal information, such as their name, sex and civil status as well as the
current status that the researchers discovered. On the other hand, the
process includes the researcher’s gathered data with the use of survey
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Definition of Terms
definition:
Badjao. It refers to the "Sea Gypsies" of the Sulu and Celebes Seas
2010). In this study, it refers to the salary of the Badjaos from their jobs.
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it refers to the program which will be implemented for the Badjaos to have
of the Badjaos.
that can be readily drawn upon when needed (Online Etymology Dictionary,
2010). In this study, it refers to the assets of the Badjaos that can be used
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CHAPTER III
quality of the research design, data collection, data management and data
procedures done in order to obtain the data, how they were analyzed,
interpreted, and how the conclusions were met. This section justifies the
means in which the study was obtained and helped in giving its purpose and
formulation of conclusions.
useful to assess the financial status, capacity and the interest the Badjaos
have for small scale businesses. The results from this research through
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Research Design
capacity and how interest are the Badjaos of having an alternative source of
about the Badjaos. Questionnaire and interview served as the guide to the
how they responded and how they answered for the interpretation. Related
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procedures, and compiles such information into a useful summary form. The
use of guided survey as a data collection method for the Badjao community
and able to made explicit through the guide of the researchers that further
explained concepts and approaches that prevent them from being confused
and uncertained, and that their perspectives were greatly valued in the
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researchers direct and clear information about their life cycle, their
resource documents; for other facts and issues involving the subject, laptop
and papers; to document and create certain needs in the research, internet;
to acquire knowledge and more information in the broader world wide web
community, MS Word; a software that we used for the inputs and MS Excel
Badjaos do not participate well in the procedures and some were not able
to answer certain questions due to language barrier but this were controlled
The research involved a great value in human ethics for it implies the
hone the participant’s confidence and capabilities at the end of this research.
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The data gathering procedure for this study is subdivided into five
Barangay Malitam, Batangas City who were willing to take in the study. The
teacher. The fourth phase included the preparation of the information letter
form for their approval on the interview. Once the approval was obtained,
the researchers gathered data. In the last phase, survey was conducted.
With the permission of the participants, the interview was audio recorded.
data in the right form so that appropriate conclusions and credible inferences
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wherein the researcher counts the number of times each value of the
bars in which after putting tally bars for all the values in the data; the number
of times each value is repeated will be counted and written against the
the items are ranked the undue influence of these items is eliminated.
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Where:
% is the percentage
F is the Frequency
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CHAPTER IV
know their financial status and assess the right livelihood program that can
be offered to them.
to them.
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Every one of us are spending money for our basic needs and Badjaos
are not exempted from it. They also have their daily expenses such as food,
Table 1
Frequency Percentage
Daily Expenses Rank
Distribution %
Food 35 100 1
Water 33 94.29 2
Fuel 11 31.43 8
Clothes 25 71.43 3.5
Allowance and
25 71.43 3.5
Educational Needs
Toiletries 23 65.71 6
Fare 19 54.29 7
Electricity 24 68.57 5
Others 10 28.57 9
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It can be seen from the table that among the basic needs of the
to the last which is the expense in fuel has 11 Badjaos or 31.43 %. Lastly,
Most of Badjaos need food and water in order for them to survive. Like
needs such as food and water that is why they are really need sources of
who picked fuel as one of their expenses have vehicles such as motorcycle.
Only 11 out of 35 need fuel and the rest which is 24, do not have any vehicles
and according to them they are using woods and charcoals for cooking and
no need to use fuel, gas or oil due to lack of stove. Aside from those
expenses, 10 Badjaos said that they also spend for health necessities. Five
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or 50% are spending for their medicines, 3 or 30% for diapers and 2 or 20%
Badjaos need to earn money to provide for their needs. Their usual
government assistance.
Table 2
Frequency
Sources of Income Percentage Rank
Distribution
Selling of Products 26 74.29 2
Fishing 13 37.14 3
Asking for Alms 0 0 5
Providing Service 4 11.43 4
Government
30 85.71 1
Assistance
Others 0 0 5
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It can be seen from the table that government assistance is mostly the
fourth. Lastly, no one answered asking for alms and other possible answers.
The data from the table shows that the many Badjaos are depend their
daily needs from the financial assistance given to them by the government.
Even though not all of them receive, still the majority consider this as their
main source of income. Several mothers of the family are members of the
because through this, they are able to send their children to school and
provide food for them in their tables. Moreover, seas are essential for the
made with pearls are their second source of income and fishing comes third.
Like Flestado (2017) stated, due to their location near the sea, fishing
this that is why the money that they earn from it is not sufficient. Utilizing the
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sea and its resources is not enough for the Badjaos. Hence, this statement
agrees to the Badjaos’ source of income after jobs that are related to the
although people usually see them asking for alms, according to Mrs. Maribel
Ribadio, one of the residents in Barangay Malitam, Batangas City, this act
is strictly prohibited in their community. The Badjaos who do this are those
who migrated from the other parts of the country. No one in their community
intends to do this just for the sake of having money to provide for their
aids them to have the capacity to provide their daily needs. This have a
great impact to the Badjaos for according to Table 1.2, most Badjaos’ source
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Table 1.3 shows whether the Badjaos feel satisfied or dissatisfied with
Table 3
Frequency
Answer Distribution Rank
Distribution
YES 13 39.39% 2
NO 19 57.58% 1
show that the assistance of the government is not enough to sustain and
provide their needs. On the other hand, 13 or 39. 39 percent (%) of the
It can be seen from the table that most of the Badjaos still, are not
satisfied with the help granted by the government. According to one of the
respondents, there are some who are not given financial aid. It was argued
that others who receive still are not contented, much more them, who do not
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receive any at all. Although the case, majority of the population still are given
There are many types of help one can provide to the Badjaos. It can
equipment and the likes that can aid them on a daily basis.
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Table 4
Frequency
Kind of Help % Distribution Rank
Distribution
Financial 23 65.71 % 2
Food 21 60 % 3
Work 20 57.14 % 4
Business 24 68.57 % 1
Home Appliances 15 42. 86 % 5. 5
Fishing
15 42. 86 % 5. 5
Equipment
Others 3 8. 57 % 7
are not included in the choice which are help in terms of electricity, education
and medicine.
and thus, fixed and low compensation is most likely to be given to them.
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Moreover, according to Badjao Bridge, fishing in the some areas where the
equipment ranked fifth in the given choices. Some of them do not intend to
sell fishes anymore that is why their own tools for fishing are enough to catch
other sea animals as their food. With that, putting up a business is the most
effective among all to sustain their basic necessities as it can fulfill all the
are inadequate to support their personal and their family needs. Badjao’s
interest in business as seen in Table 2.2 could possible mean that they are
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Table 5
means that they are interested to have an alternative source of income while
Most Badjaos are interested because they find their sources of income
up the concept.
source of income. There are five levels which corresponds to the following:
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Table 6
27 or 79.41% out of 34 said that they are very interested (5) while 4
or 11.76% told that they are either interested or uninterested (3). There is
one response each in the other choices namely Not Very Interested (1),
corresponds to 2.94%.
prices of their daily expenses and the decreasing value of money they get
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Table 3 shows whether there are present and available resources in the
Table 7
source of income said that there are available resources in their area that
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Some did also mention the sea because it is a big help for them in generating
area. This agrees to the statement given by Chairman Marasigan that the
The debauched natural resources greatly impact the possible and sufficient
Because of the lack of resources, the capital goods that they may use for a
as well as NGOs to hone the knowledge and skills of the Badjaos and
applying them to have a great source of income. Some activities offered are
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Table 8
Hand- made crafts and Food processing, while are 12 or 35.29% are into
fishing net making and 3 or 8.82% specified other livelihood activities they
making of rugs.
Based on the gathered data, Badjaos are into jewelry making, hand-
made crafts making and food processing which is apart from their usual
the sea because of the fuel needed for the boats to function and the need
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are restrictions in some areas of the sea that is why the source of their
disaster like strong typhoon,and decline in fish catch due to water pollution
are threats to their primary source of income which is fishing. With the
reasons mentioned, Badjaos want to venture to a new activity which will not
utilize the sea because they want to discover and explore other things that
of how possible the business would be, quality of the product which is the
services, location which is the place where the enterprise is positioned and
the time frame of the productions which refers to the duration of the
production.
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Table 9
Factor Rank
Level of Attainability of the 4th
Production
Quality of the Product 5th
Capital 1st
Location of the business 2nd
Time frame of the Production 3rd
As seen in the table, capital got the highest rank among the given
because it serves to fund the day-to-day operations that will also maximize
the growth of the business. Location was their second priority because it is
important for them to where the potential customers are so that they will put
up their business in that area. Moreover, the time frame of the production
came in 3rd because many Badjaos are curious on how long it takes to
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Department of Social Welfare (DSWD) when they feel like the programs are
this, some activities become unsuccessful. On the other hand, the level of
attainability of the production ranked fourth because they also look into how
possible the good can be produced and its degree of difficulty. Badjaos do
of a challenge for them and with that, some tasks needed to be done that
are explained puzzlingly will not be done the way it is assumed to be done.
Lastly, they picked the quality of the product as last in the rank because due to
prioritizing the other factors, they might have forgot this factor. However, based
on the interview, most Badjaos had a hard time in ranking the different factors
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Table 4.3 shows the business location the Badjaos want to sell their
Table 10
FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE
LOCATION
DISTRIBUTION %
Market 16 47.06%
Street 5 14.71%
Port 5 14.71%
Sea 5 14.71%
Others
Badjao Community 9 29.41%
Peddling in other 1 2.94%
Community/Barangay
Resort 4 11.76%
Anywhere 3 8.82%
Considering the activities and the factors that they appraise in putting
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wouldn’t leave their family in burden when they are out of the community
doing their business operation having the second highest total votes of 9 or
29.41%. The street area is fourth on the list having 5 responses only or
respondents, only 5 of them were interested to sell goods in ports and sea
could be more costly and it might be hard for them to market their products
could hinder the achievement of their goal in increasing their sales and make
profit from those areas (DP Limlingan, 2014). 11.76% of the respondents or
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products and it may be their souvenir in the resort that they are into but the
means there is a higher chance of low income selling in this area and not all
of the respondents affirmed their cultural identity of being sea gypsies who
keeps on travelling from places to places, looking for stable area where they
could earn for their own necessities who answered “anywhere” wherever
there are a lot of people around for their business operation. The choice of
peddling in other community gained the least, 2.94% of the votes or 1 vote
due to the fact that not all community residents are interested of purchasing
goods that is being sold through peddling and there are limited time or peak
hours only were people in this kind of area take time to notice peddlers and
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Table 4.4 shows the price range they wish to sell when they put up an
Table 11
Frequency Percentage
Price
Distribution %
Php 10-50 13 38%
Php 51-100 5 15%
Php 101-150 10 29%
Php 151 & ABOVE 6 18%
was their basis of how they’ve choose to sell products in the Php 10-50 price
range having 38% responses as their most preferred selling price range to
easily market it from the mass consumers. Php101-150 price range got the
10 or 29% because it is where they could instantly gain money in return from
creating the goods that they want to sell. The highest range of Php 151 &
to the Badjao’s mentality of being lazy and wanting just the instants of life
earning the biggest amount of money possible in their own simple way for
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this kind of activity that needs their personal preparedness in working hard
51-100 got the least responses having 5 or 14.71% of the total answers.
With it being in the middle range of the selling price range, the Badjaos
considered more the other choices because they would practically want to
sell goods in the lowest price so they could produce more stocks when
they’ve finished selling all the available goods that evaluates a good cycle
of sales and they admittedly also want to sell quality expensive products for
an instant profitability.
The results confer with the idea of J. Alipala and K. Manlupig (2004)
that the Badjaos were able to raise their sales because they know how to
count and this concept gave them the capability to price their products’
consumers who has great interest in their products, therefore their hard
works in producing, searching and acquiring the goods that they are selling
were being paid properly on what they should really accumulate in return.
They are developing their knowledge in doing business and with this data,
they find selling P10-50 worth of each quality product in hand in order to
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easier with this low cost of goods. They considered more the financial
products than pricing their goods in high profits. But still, their product price
will depend on what they will produce; adequate capital costs and
profitability will still be the basis but will still price it in the lowest price
possible where they would not experience loss and will have total positive
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Proposed Plan
II. Rationale:
After the thorough study of the researchers, most of the Badjaos have a
problem in their means of income. Most of them do not have enough money
to provide a complete meal, sufficient water supply and the likes to their
for them to contribute money for their family. The results also revealed that
want to sell products ranging from Php 10- Php 50 in public markets.
a hand which can assist the Badjaos on elevating their financial status in
Badjao households to sustain their daily needs and to help them meet their
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market.
Work Plan
General Objective
Organizations (NGOs) that are willing and able to sponsor the program on
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To gather all the General Annualy (Every 2 Orientation about the Every meeting
names of the Assembly monts; every 1st livelihood program. the researchers
Badjaos who of the and 4th Saturday Updates about the will have the
are willing to Badjaos of the month. activities that will happen official list of all
participate in the in the every meeting. the Badjaos that
livelihood Malitam will be attending
program and to Day Care every meeting.
estimate the Center.
needed
materials for
capital
providence.
To acquire the Purchase 2-3 Days after the Raw materials will be All the needed
needed of raw first movement, purchased from the capital will be
materials materials twice a month in lowest selling suppliers provided by the
financed by the and other normal in the country. NGOs but as the
sponsors. capital operations. Orders will be taken time goes by,
needs twice a month and the community
receive the materials will finance the
through delivery or needed raw
picked up by the NGOs. materials for
their own
productions as
part of their
sales in the
product.
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Summary
by their ethnic group. Though there are a lot of possible sources of income,
enough monetary needs for their family because of the their limited
product that can be seen in the market. Though most of them have an idea
Tagalogs are the other members of their ethnic group that chose to remain
beyond the streets and ask for alms which the researchers aims to obviate
and no longer stereotype the community in the eyes of the people of being
begging you to give them money. This calls the researchers for an
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assessment in the financial status and capacity and the level of interest they
have for small scale businesses that they could sustain to bridge them to a
more stable life so we could see them no longer a mendicant, but peddling
include the annual expenses and sources of income of the Badjaos, followed
and what activities they are capable of trying, and lastly the availability of
resources available in their community that they could make use for their
interests.
group members and other literature about the condition of the Badjaos
locally. It was also supported by some related studies which provides the
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Significantly, this study aimed to asses the financial needs of the Badjao
and the determinants on how come they be short of financial assistance for
their family. Through this paper, the researchers have discovered a new
generate more money by assessing their financial status, capacity and level
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Findings
1.) Badjaos are also spending money for their basic needs. The researchers
found out that Badjaos spend most of their money on food which got the
2.) The researchers found out that 34 or 97.14% of the Badjaos which is
interested in terms of the level of their interest. Moreover, among all the
as the kind of help that they want in order for them to generate more money.
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in their area that they may be able to use as capital for a business.
4.) The researchers found out that most of the respondents are interested in
consider in putting up a business, capital had the highest rank and was given
the greatest importance. Moreover, the researchers found out that market
had the highest frequency where 16 or 47.06% of the Badjaos are interested
to sell their alternative sources of income. Also, the researchers found out
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Conclusion
1.) Badjaos spend their money on food because it is a primary need for a
2.) As regards to how Badjaos can provide their daily expenses, the most
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4P's) but are not satisfied with the
service and help that this program provides because of its inconsistency with
income. Thus, they want to put up a business for it is a long term venture
4.) Most Badjaos are very interested on having a new income generator,
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as they want to produce goods that are beyond their usual jobs which are
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Recommendation
offered:
consistently.
2. The government must organize activities wherein the Badjaos can utilize
their environment to have materials that can suffice them with capital
goods.
interested in business can gain knowledge and skills which can help
income.
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5. The future researchers must conduct their survey to more Badjaos and
must provide wider yet understandable options for them to have a more
comprehensive study.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Connlley, H. (2000). Hard book for research synthesis. New York: Russell
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Frontline Foundation. (2015) "Let Us Sell Goods" - Livelihood Project for the
Badjao Community. 2013-2015. Retrieved from
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badjao-sea-gypsies-that-make-them-as-playful-as-the-tides/
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Seattle Office for Civil Rights. 2017. Protections for using alternative sources
of income. Retrieved from https://goo.gl/t4t2va
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APPENDICES
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APPENDIX A.
Letter of Request for Validation
SAINT BRIDGET COLLEGE OF BATANGAS
M.H. del Pilar St. Batangas City
Accountancy and Business Management
Good day!
We are the Senior High School students of St. Bridget College undertaking a research
entitled BEYOND THE STREETS: FINANCIAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT BRIDGING
STABILITY TO THE BADJAO COMMUNITY.
With your expertise, we are humbly asking your permission to validate the attached self-
made questionnaire for our study.
We are looking forward that our request would merit your positive response.
Respectfully Yours,
LE-AN A. PUERTOLLANO
CHEENE R. TORINO
Researchers
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APPENDIX B.
Survey Questionnaire
Name(Pangalan): ______________________________________________
Age (Edad): ___________________
Gender (Kasarian): Male (Lalake) Female (Babae)
Address (Tirahan): _____________________________________________
Family and Civil Status (Katayuan sa pamilya at bilang isang mamamayan) [hal:
bunsong anak, nag-aaral)___________________________________
Work (Hanapbuhay): __________________________________________
________________________________________
1.What are the annual expenses and sources of income of the Badjao in Malitam
Batangas City? (Anu-ano ang pang araw-araw na pinagkakagastusan at
pangunahing pinagkukunan ng pera ng mga Badjao sa Malitam Batangas?
A. What are the daily expenses of your family? (Ano ang pinagkakagastusan ng
iyong pamilya sa araw-araw?)
Food (Pagkain)
Water (Tubig)
Fuel (Langis)
Clothes (Damit)
Allowance and educational needs (Baon at pangangailangan ng mga
estudyante)
Toiletries (Mga Gamit pangpaligo)
Fare (Pamasahe)
Electricity (Kuryente)
Others, please specify (Iba pang kasagutan, pakibanggit)
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B. What are your sources of income? (Ano ang pinagmumulan ng kita ng iyong
pamilya?
Selling of products (Pagtitinda ng produkto)
Fishing (Pangingisda)
Asking for alms (Panghihingi)
Providing service (Pagbibigay serbisyo)
Government Assistance (Tulong mula sa gobyerno)
If there is a government assistance for your family, do you think their services
and programs are enough to sustain and provide for the needs of your family?
(Kung mayroong tulong mula gobyerno, (Sapat ba ang mga programa at serbisyo
ng gobyerno para sa pamumuhay ng iyong pamilya sa pang araw-araw?)
Oo
Hindi at bakit?
Dahilan:
____________________________________________________________
Others, please specify (Iba pang kasagutan, pakibanggit)
____________________________________________________________
2. How many of them are open to the idea of having an alternative source of
income?
A. What kind of help do you need to increase your life status?
Financial (Pera)
Food (Pagkain)
Work (Trabaho)
Business (Pangkabuhay)
Home Appliances (Gamit sa Bahay)
Fishing Equipment (Gamit sa Pangingisda)
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B. What do you prefer in able to earn money? (Para saiyo, ano ang gusto mong
paraan para magkaroon ng pera?
Fishing (Pangingisda)
Asking for alms (Pamamalimos)
Product making-selling (Paggawa ng produkto at pagbebenta nito)
Food processing-selling (Paggawa ng pagkain at pagbebenta nito)
Providing service (Pagbibigay serbisyo)
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E. How much is the product would you like to sell? (Magkano ang isang produkto na
nais mong ipagbili?)
P10-P50
P51-P100
P101-P150
P151 & above (pataas)
3. What are the sources available in their community that can be used as a
capital of a small scale business?
A. Do you have abundant resources in your community that may be used as capital
in putting up a small business? (May mapagkukunan bang sagana sa inyong lugar
na maaaring gamiting kapital sa pagtatayo ng maliit ng negosyo?)
Yes, there are resources. (Oo, mayroong mga mapagkukunan )
None (Wala)
If yes, what are these resources? (Kung oo, anong mga mapagkukunan ito?)
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C. How will you rank the given factors that you should consider in choosing a
small business that you may put up? Write 1-5. (Paano mo pagsusunod-sunudin
ang mga nabanggit na kailangang isaalang-alang sa pagtatayo ng maliit na
negosyo? Isulat ang 1-5)
D. Which of the following activities are you interested in trying? (Alin sa mga
sumusunod na aktibidad ang interesado kang subukan?)
Jewelry-making (Paggagawa ng alahas)
Fishing net- making (Paggawa ng pamingwit)
Hand-made crafts making (Paglikha ng mga produktong gawang
kamay)
Food Processing (Pagpoproseso ng pagkain)
Others, please specify (Iba pang sagot, pakibanaggit):
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APPENDIX C
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Civil Status: Single
Nationality: Filipino
Birthdate: March 19, 2000
Birthplace: Batangas City
Educational Background:
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Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Civil Status: Single
Nationality: Filipino
Birthdate: March 29, 2000
Birthplace: Batangas City
Educational Background:
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Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Civil Status: Single
Nationality: Filipino
Birthdate: August 25, 1999
Birthplace: Batangas City
Educational Background:
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Curriculum Vitae
Puertollano, Le-An A.
Dumantay, Batangas City
Personal Information
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Civil Status: Single
Nationality: Filipino
Birthdate: February 17, 2000
Birthplace: Batangas City
Educational Background:
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Curriculum Vitae
Torino, Cheene R.
Brgy. Malitam, Batangas City
Personal Information
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Civil Status: Single
Nationality: Filipino
Birthdate: July 14, 1999
Birthplace: Batangas City
Educational Background:
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