Enhancing the youth’s Responsible Choices & Decisions
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Republic of the Philippines
CITY SOCIAL WELFARE & DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
General Santos City
PROJECT DESIGN
1.0 PROJECT PROFILE
1.1 Project Title:
Enhancing the youth’s Responsible Choices & Decisions
1.2 Type of Project by Sustainability Principles
1.2.1 Livability
1.3 Project Description
General Santos City as a highly urbanized city is confronted with the challenges to take care of the youth sector. The vulnerability of the youth and the demands of a fast changing society like General Santos City exposes young people to many situations that will affect their future if they make the wrong decisions. Enhancing the youth’s responsible choices and decisions through peer education and counseling is a developmental program that will prevent negative consequences among the youth. The program addresses the need of the youth to understand themselves, deal with the day to day challenges that they are faced with and make decisions that will contribute to a wholesome personal life.
This program will involve OSY of the Pag-asa youth Association that were organized by the CSWDO in selected 26 barangays. These OSYs are not limited to reach out their peers from among the ISY and OSY in the community.
Components of this program include faith based value education, peer education and counseling and evaluation of the effectiveness of the orientation seminar.
A scheme to determine the effectiveness of the orientation seminar will be employed. A confidential survey questionnaire will be developed and administered to the participants of the orientation seminar. The data analysis will be used to determine the needs of the youth that can be responded to in future programs. A monitoring tool will be formulated to determine the level of accomplishment of the desired objectives of the program by the partner NGO.
1.4 Project Location
Selected PYA within the city.
1.5 Project Beneficiaries
400 Out of School Youths
1.6 Project Proponent
Any DSWD licensed/accredited NGO with developmental program for youth in similar scheme described in the project description operating within the city’s jurisdiction.
1.7 Project Cost
The LGU has a sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P100, 000.00) intended for the funding requirement of this program which will comprise the 80% of the total cost. Partner NGO shall have a counterpart of 20% equity as counterpart for other support requirement to sustain the program.
1.8 Project Implementation Period
Calendar Year 2010 (Upon approval of the Resolution of the Special Committee for the NGO/PO Partnership. Project-related expenses incurred by the NGO/PO should already be considered part of the project budget)
2. PROJECT BACKGROUND
General Santos City is comprised of 48.11% or 268,471,000 children & youth population based on the latest census survey of the National Statistic Office in 2006. CSWDO served a total of 540 children in contact with law & children at risks for the half semester from January-June of 2008. Majority of these clients are out of school youths & are residents of the urban barangays.
The development process in General Santos City has affected the lifestyle of the people in general & of the youth in particular. The vulnerability of the youth has been observed & documented in previous confidential surveys among high school students by the NGO.
Out of School Youth are given priority for this type of program because they have less access to opportunities and because of their changing biological characteristics and social behaviors. Aside easier to follow up and monitor. They have also out of school peers in their respective communities that they can influence hence, impact of the project would be easier to determine. These sectors are potential to become Children In Contact With Law & Children At Risk (CICL & CAR).
3. PROJECT RATIONALE
The city being highly urbanized & fast growing city has to make extra effort in nurturing children & youth sectors in preparation for the future generation. Statistical report of the CSWDO for children in conflict with the law & children at risk recently cannot be ignored. Hence, peer education & counseling program is an effective strategy in addressing the problems of the youth.
Common problems among the sectors are attributed by parent neglect, relationship problems (parent child, boy, girl, peer to peer) to risky behaviors that will expose them to drug abuse, sexually transmitted infections, teen-age pregnancies and vices as well.
Values formation is the major component of the responsible adolescent lifestyle campaign. It deals aspect on spirituality to make it relevant to the youth sector. These efforts will certainly re-in forced positive values caught at home.
It is in this regard, that LGU & partner NGO should invest efforts towards building strong future leaders among in school and out of school youth as agent of the good moral values to ensure stability of the community and the nation as a whole.
4. PROJECT OBJECTIVES
General Objective
This program aims to contribute to a wholesome personal life of the youth by inculcating values and information that will guide them in making responsible choices and decisions.
Specific Objectives
- 400 Out of school youth attended the responsible sexuality youth campaigns.
- After the campaign, at least 50% of the participants expressed desire to improve their personal life.
- Youth become channel of information and advocates of responsible sexuality
5. PHYSICAL TARGET BY IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
| Activity | Performance Indicator
a.) Input b.) Output/Outcome |
Physical Target | Location | ||||
| 1st Qtr | 2nd Qtr | 3rd Qtr | 4th Qtr | Total | |||
| Responsible Sexuality campaign | a.1. No. of campaigns conducted
a.2. No. of confidential surveys conducted b.1. No. of youth served as channel of sexuality campaign/ multiplier advocates for IEC on responsible sexuality b.2. Report on analysis on confidential survey. |
200 |
4
200 |
4
400 |
Selected high school within the city’s jurisdiction.
OSY within the city |
||
6. TECHNICAL ASPECT
The CSWDO thru its designated NGO-Desk will provide technical assistance in a periodic basis. Team building can be done as both deemed necessary. Teamwork is the key to success in partnership.
7. FINANCIAL ASPECT
The LGU has a total of P100, 000 as 80% of the total project cost intended for preventive program as clearly described in the preceding project background of this design. The NGO partner shall have at least 20% equity as their counterpart for other program requirement.
8. ECONOMIC BENEFITS
This City’s financial support is practically wise because projected investment is for human resources. Economic gain will likewise be derived if the trained youth applies the knowledge and skills gained to their peers. It is preparing the youth as peer counselors with broader perspective of responsible sexuality to educate and influence other youth.
9. OPERATIONAL SCHEME
The Executive Director of the NGO will manage the project to be assisted by a Project Coordinator. It is the responsibility of the NGO partner to implement the program in coordination with the CSWDO utilizing members the Pag-Asa youth association existing in the barangay. The LGU Department partner shall at anytime monitor the implementation of this project to ensure expected output.
10. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT
The project is a youth friendly to the environment. It is beneficial to the city because it doesn’t pose any hazard/threat to the community.
11. MONITORING SCHEME AND INDICATORS
The NGO partner is required to submit an initial report upon release of funds and other reports which shall be prescribed by Department partner to the LGU thru the NGO Desk.
Prepared / Submitted:
PERLA D. AMPARADO
SWO-V / Asst. Dept. Head
Recommending Approval:
REBECCA V. MAGANTE, RSW
CGDH II
Approved:
PEDRO B. ACHARON, JR.
City Mayor
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