CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION
Development can be defined or described as the advancement of expansion of
anything to a more complex or complete form. This concept if applied to the community,
however, will refer to sustainable, integrated and area-centered development. A kind of
development which are expected to serve not only the present but also the future
generations. However, it proved difficult to attain because LGUs particularly in the
countryside, have no sufficient funds in their coffers to be spent for its successful
implementation.
Urged forward by this limitation, LGU-Pambujan, being aware of this for of
development, has searched fund-sourcing strategy until it was introduced to Barangay
Development Planning thru Participatory Rural Appraisal (DBP-PRA) by KAISAHAN
AND Institute of Politicis and Governance (IPG) through HELVATAS PHILIPPINES on
May 2002. Inspired by the BDP-PRA principles which recognize peoples empowerment
and participatory governance as basis of community building and local development; the
Hon. Lino L. Balanquit Sr., Pambujans current Chief Executive, executed special orders
(dated January 24, April 14, 2003) authorizing the Municipal Planning and Development
Coordinator (MPDC), Engr. Aniceto S. Matic to select, train and create a solid BDP-PRA
Facilitators Team to be utilized in the conduct of participatory development planning in
all barangays of Pambujan. In keeping to the Mayors special orders is the appeal to start
it in the interior barangays of CASAMACA Area (Cabarian, San Ramon, Manahao and
Canjumadal), which are also known as Agrarian Reform Communities, in order to test
how sustainable development will take its complete form in agrarian based

communities.

Thus as told, this participatory development planning in Barangay

Cabarian took place.

Secondary data shows that Cabarian has a total land area of 955.5830 hectares of
vast plains which extends form its boundary in Barangay Cababtoan up to the boundaries
of other agrarian reform communities, particularly Canjumadal in the south, Manahao in
the east and San Ramon in its easternmost portion. The transect map shows (ee appendix
no. 1) that there is no portion of timberlands; but the terrain is grown with fruit bearing
trees such as mangoes, guavas, jackfruits, and a variety of noncommercial timbers
comprising its landscape. Its fertile soil is planted primarily with rice, banana, peanut,
cabbage, pechay, mustards, beans, squash, mongo, ube, pineapple, gabi camote, and corn.
The barrio folks here raise carabao, pigs, goats, cow, chickens and ducks. The soil ranges
form sandy to sandy loam and clay. The main sources of water are open well and
rainwater.
The main problems are the unavailability of a safe permanent source of potable
water and the location of a fixed territorial jurisdiction.
The opportunities are the proposed completion of concreting of the farm to market
road and the possible development of its water resources into fishponds and irrigation
systems.
Statement of the problem
This study sought to asses the condition of populace of Barangay Cabari-an,
Pambujan N. Samar.
Specifically, it answered the following questions.
1. What is the information and data comprising the socio-ecoonomic-demographic
profile of Barangay Cabari-an, Pambujan, N. Samar?

2. What is a community resource?

3. What are the needs and problems of the community? As well as their health
status?
4. What are the existing facilities and infrastructure of the community?
Objectives of the Study
-This study intended to asses the condition of the populace of Barangay Cabari-an, N.
Samar.
At the specific level, this study aimed to:
1.) Generate information and data comprising socio-economic-demographic profile
of Barangay Cabari-an Pambujan N. Samar.
2.) Identify community resources
3.) Identify the needs and problems of the community as well their health status.
4.) To determine the existing facilities and infrastructure in the community.
Significance of the Study
This study is of significance to the respondents as it well provides them the data
and information which will be the basis of conceiving community-based initiatives
for their betterment.
Government agencies and other mandated offices can also benefit from the outfit
of this study. Programs and projects will be with high success probability if and when
these actually kick of ground.
Finally, this outfit is significant to the academe not only because it is able to field
students for praxis but also faculty members are exposed to real community situations
where they themselves can be assistance fulfilling both mandated and moral
obligations.

SCOPE and LIMITATIONS

This study will focus in identifying the problems encountered by the respondents
of Barangay Cabari-an Pambujan N. Samar.
This study intended to cover the 1,187 respondents who are the residents of Brgy.
Cabari-an, Pambujan, Northern Samar. But due to unforeseen events, like some of the
respondents could not be contacted for interview because they lived in poblacion for the
proper education of their children and the others are in different places for personal
purposes but they are registered voters in said Barangay. Only 606 out of 1,187
respondents were interviewed.
DIFINATION OF TERMS
For better understanding of this study important terms are there in defined
conceptually and operationally or both.
Age. In this study, it refers to the respondents total number of years since birth up to the
time the study was conducted.
Civil Status. As used in this study, this refers to the social status of the respondents either
single or married.
Educational Attainment.As used in this study, this refers to the highest education attained
by the respondents.
Community Development Activities. Community related to activities which aim for the
gradual evolution and completion as progress in community. In this study it refers
to activities conducted in the communities which address concerns and issues
there in.
Community Prospects. It is a series of activities that are designed to achieve a result that
is beneficial to the group of people.

Problems. It refers to the obstacles, and difficulties of the respondents encountered in

their daily lives, such as home related, health and community related problems.

CHAPTER II
METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the local of the study, the respondents, the research design,
the research instrument, the data gathering procedure, and the statistical treatment of
Data.
This study was conducted in the Province of Northern Samar which is composed
of twenty four, municipalities, namely: Lapinig, Gamay, Mapanas, Palapag, Laoang,
Catubig, Las Navas, Pambujan, San Roque, Mondragon, Catarman, Bobon, San Jose,
Rosario, Lavesares, Allen, Biri, Capul, San Antonio, San Isidro, San Vicente, Silvino
Lubos, Victoria and Lope de vega.
The Province of Northern Samar is divided two (2) districts namely: The First
districts and the Second districts: the farmer is composed of fourteen (14) municipalities,
and latter is composed of ten (10) municipalities.
The municipalities of the province of Northern Samar are grouped in to three (3)
geographical areas: (1) a The Balicuatro area which comprises the municipalities of
Allen, Biri, Capul, San Antonio, San Isidro, San Isidro, San Vicente, and Victoria; (2) The
central area which comprises the municipalities of Bobon, Catarman, Lavesares, Lope de
vega, and San Jose; and (3) The Pacific area which comprises the municipalities of
Catubig, Gamay, Laoang, lapinia, Las Navas, Mapanas, Modraon, Palapag, Pambujuan,
San Roque, and Silvino Lubos.

The province of Northern Samar is Located in the Eastern Visayas Region. Its
Capital is the municipality of Catarman the Province of Northern Samar is located at the
Northern portion of island of Samar.
The study was conducted only in the Brgy. Cabarian Pambujan Northern Samar.
The municipality of Pambujan has twenty six (26) barangays, and one of which is the
Barangay of Cabarian. The municipality has eight (8) Barangay where they are located
within the Poblacion of Pambujan.
It can be reached either in a 5-kilometer motorcycle ride through an incompletely
calcifie read which connect it from Cababtoan or ina30- millute sainl using a pumpboat
through Pambujan river.
In Barangay Cabarian, the major livelihood of its residents is farming. Majoity of
the residents live by farming or vegetable and fruit vending. Some of the residents are
farmer and some are engaged in small scale industries.
The Respondents
The Respondents of the study was the Barangay, Cabarian Pambujan, Northern
Samar, Norther Samar Residents only.
The Research Design
The study employed descriptive research methods. Discriptive methods have been
used in many areas of investigation because they apply to varried of problem.
Research Instrument
The instrument used in the study was survey questionnaire. The questionnaire is
composed of Identification, demography, education, water and sanitation, Housing,
Sources of Income, food adequacy, Overseas Filipino Worker, Previous household

member, Household member with disability, Incidence of Crime, Natural calamities,

waste management, community situation.
Data Gathering Procedure
Before conducting the study, the researches had identified the respondents. After
knowing then, the researchers informed them that they had been chosen as the
respondents of the study. The researcher set on interview schedule to the respondents.
The study was started on Last week of July 2011 and ended on 2nd week of August
2011.
The data gathered, through the survey instrument Tallied, Tabulated and analyzed
by using the following statistical tools: Frequency counts, percentages.
The following are the formulas:
1. Percentage
P=
Where:
P= Percentage (10)
f= Frequency
N= Number of respondents
100= constant
CHAPTER V
Summary of findings and Recommendation
Summary
The

researches

conduct

community

study

in

Brgy.

Cabari-an,

Pambujan,Northern Samar, through personal interview to 111 household and 606

respondents. They were gathered the data by number of household members, the number

of respondent by the female and male, years of residency in the community, the age of the
respondents, the type of their religion, educational attainment, civil status, the type of
occupation, source of potable water and solid waste disposal practices, the type of toilet
they used, the yearly income, supply of electricity, type of their dwelling place, their land
ownership, household appliances, no. of OFW and common problems encountered by the
people in the Barangay. There were the data the researchers needed to determine the
living status of the community after 111 household and 606 respondents have been
interview, the researcher considerate the documents, tallied the data and presented the
result in the individual tables for the interpretation and analysis.
Based on the gathered data majority 59 or 53% household heads raised small
families from 1-5 and the rest were big families, 51.48% of the respondents were male
and 48.51% were female, roman catholic is the only religion, the respondents ages 0-10
years old is the majority and 11-20 were the youth. The data show that the majority of
96.48% of the respondents are farming which there source of income and few of the
respondents were government employment, the majority of the respondents of source of
potable water were jetmatic from the poblacion. As their waste disposal practices the data
show that 50.45% had their solid waste disposal practices 49.54% had no waste
segregation, the majority of respondents water scaled-own use of their toilet facilities. As
their yearly income show that 28% belong to high income earners of 21,000-30,000 a
year, most of the residents of the Barangay live in the wood and nipa or light materials
and 74.77% has a supply of electricity and majority of them the land rent-free lot with
consent of owner. Some of the household connect appliances because they suffer of
poverty. And the majority of the respondents 63.83% were single and 35.67% were
married, the data show that the majority 27. 02% the number of children, the majority of

respondents 98.19% have no relatives in terms of OFW. And the most common problem
encountered by the residents in the Brgy. Is transportation, CR, potable water, solid waste
management.
The facilities and infrastructure existing in this Barangay were NORSAMELCO
that the living status and practices of the community that they need to be uplifted in order
to live in comparable life.
Recommendation
Based on the interpretation and analysis of data, the community has poor waste
management, poor road highway and poor of potable water. In this regard, the researchers
highly recommended to the Barangay officials that they should exert effort in hiring
resource persons to orient the populace on proper waste management and discuss to them
the importance of nature to human, the effects they might encounter and what they can do
to hamper natures fury. It must also be a requirement for every households to have toilet
of there own to avoid illness, they should also have a potable water for them to drink
safely and in cooking activities. And the barangay officials also should exert effort in
concreting the road so that the people can transport easily.
The people also suffer from illness mainly because the health workers do not visit
them due to the problems on transportation. The researchers recommended that the
health workers should visit the barangay for a health check-up at least twice a month for
the prevention of the disease.
It is further recommended that the barnagay should add more classrooms for their
elementary school for the children to continue their study. The barangay should add more
facilities for the improvement of their community, the barangay also have to hired school
teacher so that all the students can gain a lot of learning. Farmers should be trained on

the various modern techniques in farming to enable them to earn more and to have
enough food for their family.