2. Barangay Mansakan is a small community in
Valenzuela headed by the Barangay Captain,
Eduard De Loyala . Most people living in the
barangay used their profitable and suitable land
for agricultural purposes. The area is 778.9 feet
above sea level. The area grew from a small
indigenous community into an abaca plantation,
the second largest in Valenzuela before the war,
after the OHTA Development Corporation.
3. Barangay Barangay Mansakan is a friendly
community and has a diverse community with
residents from different ethnicities and
backgrounds. The community has 5,034
population. It has 1,625 households where most
of the heads of the family are engaged in farming
as their source of income—the community in
Barangay Mansakan where most people are
comprised of women and IPs. The locality is
made up of a diverse mix with regard to religion.
4. 56% - completed high
school;
36% - completed
elementary school.
The rest of the
respondents have
college and
vocational/associate
degrees.
5. 55% - unemployed
16% - laborers.
Driver, dress
maker, and manicurist
comprised the least
number. This implies
that the majority of
respondents in
Barangay Biao
Guianga are engaged
in Blue-collar jobs.
6. • 30% of the
schooling population
are out-of-school;
• 70% are in-school.
10. • 38% of the population
used the natural method;
• 28% did ligation method.
The rest of the population
uses other artificial
methods.
This implies that 62% of the
population are well aware
about birth spacing and
controlling the numbers of
offspring that they wanted to
have.
14. 1.Majority of the respondents have not
completed their education. Many have
reached high school level, and others
are at the elementary level. Because
of this, it is more difficult for them to
get a good job because they need
more skills and knowledge.
15. 2. There are quite goods numbers of
young people in the community that are
no longer studying. This poses
vulnerability to this group because of
idleness. There is somehow a need to
provide opportunities to bring them back
to school or provide skills training so that
they can be gainfully employed.
16. 3. Most people do not have a job or permanent
source of income. In addition to this, many of
them earn only 5,000 monthly.
4. There is no secondary school in the
community. Students have to go to the other
barangay to study. This is also one of the
reasons why some of them lose the desire to
study because of the lack of facilities and the
distance they have to travel
.
17. 5. In terms of health, most people have limited
access to government and private hospital
services because they do not have Philhealth to
use during emergency. In addition, there is no
pharmacy in the area, so it is difficult for them to
buy medicines when needed.
18. 6. The Barangay has programs implemented to
help the people, especially the youth, to be
empowered and continue their education.
19. 7. The Barangay officials have a good
relationship with their constituents, which is why
many of them are willing to support their
programs and activities.
21. 1. Conduct/ introduce more skills trainings
such as food technology transfer, farm
demos, technical/ vocational courses,
handicrafts and the like to residents who are
jobless. Starter kits and start-up capitals can
be provided so they may start their own
livelihood. This can be realized by linking
them to government and private
organizations who are willing to help.
22. 2. Scholarship programs for schooling
children and OSYs alike should be
tapped to give them the chance to finish
college and eventually find a good and
stable job.
3. Facilities such as school, pharmacy,
health clinics can be given priority by the
barangay especially that their population
is growing.
23. 4. The barangay can help the residents by
facilitating registration with government health
insurance such as Philhealth. This can be
done by requesting a mobile registration at
their vicinity for convenience of the people.
24. Coming together is a beginning;
Keeping together is progress;
Working together is success.
Henry Ford
