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Promoting Sustainable Development Through PRRM: A Comprehensive Approach

Founded in 1952 by Dean Conrado Benitez, PRRM pioneers rural development and local democracy with a fourfold program encompassing education, livelihood, health, and self-governance. Their vision is to create communities free of ignorance, poverty, disease, and powerlessness through an integrated program. Major initiatives include managing the resource base, building sustainable livelihoods, human development, and reducing community vulnerabilities. PRRM collaborates with international and national organizations like UN, WHO, and ADB for funding.

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Promoting Sustainable Development Through PRRM: A Comprehensive Approach

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  1. Introduction • Founded in 1952 • Dean Conrado Benitez • Pioneer of rural development and local democracy • Fourfold program • Education • Livelihood • Health • Self-governance

  2. Mission-Vission • Vision • Free of ignorance, poverty, disease, and powerlessness • Self-development • Mission • Enhance rural communities • Integrated program • Education • Livelihood • Health • Habitat • Environment • Self Governance

  3. Goals • To have strong local movements for learning centers for sustainale development • To have strong national influence on sustainable development policy and action • Financial sustainability

  4. PRRM Core Features • Strengthening civil society capacities and movements • Learning for sustainability • Influencing public police and promoting development and cooperation • Developing and implementing innovative field programs and projects

  5. Major Programs of PRRM • Managing the resource base • Building a sustainable livelihood • Human development and ensuring access to basic services • Reducing community vulnerabilities

  6. Managing the Resource Base • Promotion of community-based nautral resource management (CB-NRM) • Tap own resource for sustainable livelihood

  7. Building A Sustainable Livelihood • Contribute to security, incomes and livelihood • Projects: • LEISA • SRI

  8. Enhancing Human Development and Ensuring Access to Basic Services • Focuses on health, family, and child-development • Projects • Community based family planning and reproductive health project • Responsible parenthood program (RPP) • Botika sa Barangay Project • Community health financing project • Community based social marketing for Women’s health and safe motherhood • Community based health project

  9. Reducing Community Vulnerabilities • Focus on relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction aspects • Projects • Rehabilitation of Negros Occidental • Rehabilitation of Nueva Vizcaya • Communities hit by super typhoons

  10. Funding • Both international and national • Organizations • UN • WHO • ADB

  11. Research Methodology • Information from interviews • PRRM personnel • Information from data • PRRM annual records • Information from focus group discussion (LICAB) • Rapid rural appraisal

  12. Limitations • Only health-related aspects • No official documents in Licab

  13. External Analysis (PRRM) • Opportunities • Mission-vission aligned with Millenium Development Goals • International knowledge • Symbiotic relationship of Phil government and PRRM • Ethnic diversity • Better technology

  14. External Analysis (PRRM) • Threats • High-paying careers cause low employment • Importation of rice weakens agriculture • Changing political dynamics • Economic recession causes withdrawals of funding • Ethnic diversity can cause resistance to change

  15. External Analysis (Licab) • Opportunities • Municipal government is fully supportive • Health system partnered with Makati city • Opportunities for practical education • Problems considered as opportunities for several projects and/or programs

  16. External Analysis (Licab) • Threats • Geographic location is prone for floods • Floods cause water-borne diseases • Limited financial assistance • Lack of health centers

  17. Internal Analysis (PRRM) • Strengths • Introduction of credo, mission and vision • Open communication lines • Many sources of funding • Utilizes talents and capabilities of people • Monitoring ongoing projects • Relationships are centered on Filipino values

  18. Internal Analysis (PRRM) • Weaknesses • Monitoring and feedback is done verbally • Evaluation procedures are not transparent • Gray areas in levels of management • Funding is mostly based on international sources • Success of program is based on LGUs of communities

  19. Analysis of Issues • Licab • Lack of accurate and up-to-date health profiles • PRRM • Lack of documentation procedures • Strong partnership with LGU first before integration of NGO projects

  20. Decision-Making Analysis • Problems to prioritize • Health related problems • Malnutrition • Heart disease • Infectious disease • No official records was collected

  21. Solution • To create a baseline database to standardize collection • Address standardized monitoring and evaluation of projects

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