The document provides guidance on forming a self-advocacy group for people with disabilities, including establishing a mission and vision, engaging government officials for support, promoting the group, and maintaining member motivation through delegation, appreciation, and continually recruiting committed new members. It emphasizes the importance of member participation in developing the group and assigning roles based on interests.

1. POBLACION
COMMUNITY
DIAGNOSIS
Nantes, Maria Josefa

2. Background
• Poblacion or the city center has a land area of 36.13
hectares and houses a population of 4,273.
• It has 10 sitios
• There are 70 registered persons with disabilities
residing in Poblacion
• At present there is no KMK organization

3. Barangay Poblacion
• Brgy. Cpt.: Delmar Balagtas
• Councillor for Health: Jessica Caig
• Midwife: Luzviminda Bundac
• BHW Supervisory: Herminia Magtibay

4. Kap Brgy Kgd.
For
. Sec health

5. Sociogram
Mayor MHO
Tita Tess/PDAO
Barangay
Captain Midwife
Brgy
Secretary
Councillor for
health BHW
supervisor
BHW’s
Residents UP Interns

9. FOCUS PROJECT

10. PDAO
Tita Tess and the
UP Interns

11. SJBPA
• San Juan, Batangas Persons With Disability
Association
• An endeavor headed by Tita Tess Odarbe to unite and
empower the 600+ people with disabilities and their
families in San Juan, Batangas.
• It aims to provide support and attend to the needs of
the people with disability in San Juan, Batangas.

12. Strengths Opportunities
Use the example of
Determination and hard-
Pinagbayanan as a
work of the officers
success story
PDAO
Poor attendance by the
officers Lack of financial support
from the LGU
Poor attendance by the
members Lack of KMK
organizations in most
Medical disposition of barangays
the officers
Pinagbayanan as a
First time to try and form success story
an organization
Public scrutiny
Low morale
Threats

13. Objectives
1. To assist in the formation of a non-profit, non-
government organization of/for people with
disabilities in San Juan, Batangas.
2. To assist in the formation of the said organization’s
mission, vision, roles and responsibilities of the
officers, and constitution/guiding principles.
3. To continuously empower and motivate Tita Tess
to get by her illness and her responsibilities as
president and founder of the said organization.
4. To help in encouraging the different barangays to
form their own KMK’s organizations

14. OBJECTIVES ACTIVITIES RESOURCES DURATION TOOL FOR
EVALUATION
MANPOWER MATERIAL
1. To assist in SJBPA Officers Paper Unquantifi Being
the officers Members Pen able at the recognized by
formation of meeting to Interns Laptop moment the national
a non-profit, be followed Handbook PDAO and by
non- by a general the LGU
government assembly of
organization PWD
of/for people
with
disabilities in
San Juan,
Batangas.

15. OBJECTIVES ACTIVITIES RESOURCES DURATION TOOL FOR
EVALUATION
MANPOWER MATERIAL
2. To assist in SJBPA Officers Paper Either 2 Seek legal
the officers Members Pen half day counsel
formation of meeting Interns Laptop sessions or
the said /general Notary Public 1 whole
organization’ assembly of day activity
s mission, PWD’s for
vision, roles brainstormin
and g and
responsibiliti formulation
es of the of documents
officers, and
constitution/
guiding
principles.

16. OBJECTIVES ACTIVITIES RESOURCES DURATION TOOL FOR
EVALUATION
MANPOWER MATERIAL
3. To Going over Officers Paper Either 2 Asking how
continuously goals and Members Pen half day Tita Tess feels
empower accomplishm Interns Laptop sessions or or seeing if
and motivate ents Handbooks 1 whole there is an
Tita Tess to Reviewing Manuals day activity improvement
get by her already Internet in her morale
illness and established connection
her organizations
responsibiliti
es as
president and
founder of
the said
organization.

17. OBJECTIVES ACTIVITIES RESOURCES DURATION TOOL FOR
EVALUATION
MANPOWER MATERIAL
4. To help in Barangay Officers Paper 1 week Assessing the
encouraging visits Members Pen status of
the different Focused Interns Laptop formed and
barangays to group PWD from Handbooks forming KMK
form their discussions different Manuals organizations
own KMK’s KMK barangays Internet in the
organizations meetings BHW’s connection barangays

18. JOURNAL REPORT

19. Objectives
1. To assist in the formation of a non-profit, non-
government organization of/for people with
disabilities in San Juan, Batangas.
2. To assist in the formation of the said organization’s
mission, vision, roles and responsibilities of the
officers, and constitution/guiding principles.
3. To continuously empower and motivate Tita Tess
to get by her illness and her responsibilities as
president and founder of the said organization.
4. To help in encouraging the different barangays to
form their own KMK’s organizations

21. Self-help/advocacy groups
• A self help group is a voluntary association of people,
which functions democratically and accountably, to
attain the collective goals of the group.
(Ramachandran)

22. Self-help/advocacy groups
• SHGs may be formed for any purpose. Some
examples are: savings and credit groups,
empowerment groups, rights groups, learning
groups, mutual support groups and so on.
• The size of the SHG can vary from group to group
depending on the context, though homogenous,
democratic and accountable groups are better
sustained.
• An external facilitator may facilitate the formation
of the group. But the group is controlled by its
members.

23. Self-help/advocacy groups
• The goals of the SHG need to be clear, to arise out of
the aspirations of its members and should be known
to all members.
• The SHG is better sustained if all its members have
contributed to its formation in some way.
• SHGs are dynamic. Hence their composition may
change, and their life span is as long as the members'
`felt needs' persist.
• Intra-group conflicts may reduce the cohesion of the
group, resulting in its dissolution.

25. Background
• This is a handbook from the office of the Governor of
Indiana, a state in the USA.
• It serves as a guide for the people with disabilities in
their state who are desirous of forming a local
organization or local committee.
• It also has tips on the necessary steps needed to
make the organization legitimate to the government.

30. Characteristics of a self-help/advocacy group
• Action oriented -- focus on achieving the mission and
goals of the organization.
• Empower members of the group by giving them
meaningful roles.
• Act as a catalyst.
• Be competitive.
• Remember to always be customer-driven.
• Be proactive rather than reactive.
• Be "market-oriented" -- evaluate your community
and initiate change with regard to the environment.

31. Significant points
• It discusses the initial steps needed in forming a self-
help/advocacy group.
• It discusses how to build strong ties and point-person
identification.
• The mission/vision and other components of a
committee should be formulated in the presence and
participation of the members.
• It gives tips on writing and formulating the
mission/vision and other components of the
committee.

32. Significant points
• There is a section that tackles how to approach and
deal with government officials.
• It also has a section that explains briefly how to lobby
or advocate a bill/code to the local government.
• Relations with the media and ways of promoting
publicity of the organization was also discussed.
• It gives information on possible sources of funds and
resources.

33. Significant points
• It emphasizes, reitirates, stresses, etc on motivation
and continuous motivation towards the members
and the officers.
• "a quality organization results from people working
within systems, not individual efforts. When quality
slips, it is almost always the system that is wrong, not
the people.“ (Carr and Littmann, 1990)

34. Significant points
• Engage people you sense will be committed to your
advocacy group.
• Continually network to recruit new committed members.
• Ask members where their interests lie, and assign them
to committees accordingly.
• Never pressure a volunteer to complete a task. Be
thankful for the time that they give.
• Show appreciation. Create certificates and hold a
ceremony for volunteers. Coordinate a dinner for your
members, and verbally express your appreciation for
their hard work often and in front of other people.
• Delegate responsibility to willing group members