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Community-Managed Water Resource Utilization and Biodiversity Protection for Micro-Hydro Generation

The project aims to undertake a community-based watershed protection including the installation of a micro-hydro system. Majority of the project partners belong to the Matigsalog tribe.

As the project intends to maintain and protect the environment, the project also entails planting of indigenous tree species and fruit trees as a response to the need for sustainable environment.

With this community-based resource project, the community would be able to enhance watershed protection measures and renewable and alternative energy for their economic, social, survival as a distinct and unique culture towards community sustainable development among the Matigsalog tribes.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Social Rehabilitation and Development Foundation Inc.

Country:

Philippines

Area Of Work:

Multifocal Area

Operational Phase:

Phase 2

Grant Amount:

US$ 46,438.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 28,471.14

Co-Financing in-Kind:

Project Number:

PHI/02/01

Start Date:

9/2001

End Date:

8/2003

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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Project Characteristics and Results

Notable Community Participation

As a community-managed micro hydropower project, the community members are actively participating through the existing cooperative. Community level of monitoring and evaluation would also ensure sustainability of the project and the community itself will keep track of the organizational development, management and the overall operations of the project.

Gender Focus

Community organization and formation and strengthening towards sustainable development would be ensured where women, farmers organization are actively participating and organizationally functional to implement micro hydropower project and other sustainable livelihood projects.

Capacity - Building Component

Some of the capacity-buidling component of the project is: 1. Organizational development and program management training; 2. Operation and Maintenance Training; 3. Financial Management and Bookkeeping; 4. Biodiversity maintenance and protection; 5. Community organizing trainign (women and farmers) 6. Basic Environmental Awareness; 7. Paralegal training

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The communities main source of livelihood is vegetable farming of lettuce, pechay, some upland rice farming, and other permanent crop like cassava, sweet potatoes and some fruits. Marahan is the vegetable bowl of the city of Davao and the nearby municipalities of Bukidnon. The sustainability of the project is enhanced through capability building in organizational development. The agreed tariff that takes into account, the affordability and willingness to pay of the stakeholders is ensured to sustained the operations and maintenance of the project. Further end-uses like the use of power for small-scale bakeries and food processing activities are now being implemented by the proponent organization.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The community is composed mainly of indigenous people of Matigsalog tribe. Of which, they are greatly involved in the construction, commissioning and testing phase of the micro-hydropower. Watershed rehabilitation and protection is also being managed by the Matigsalog tribe.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project enhances environmental protection through the replanting and regeneration of indigenous tree species through community actions where maintenance and protection is ensured towards long term sustainability and development.

Project Results

The project was able to install a 28-kilowatt micro-hydropower system providing: quality lighting to 100 households and electricity to the SRDF training center; power to run a welding and blacksmithing faciliities. It was able to plant at least 1,000 indigenous and fruit-bearing trees in the identified 25 hectares of watershed areas of biodiversity protection and maintenance. Able to trained at least 45 community leaders and members to successfully manage the project. The community organization was remarkably strengthened with active leaders and members and a functional organizational structures. In terms of livelihood, the project was able to develop a sustainable livelihood project for women such as mushroom culture, food processing, soap making, dress making, hog raising and vegetable processing. An established linkage to the market industry was also made for the community products.

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