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Message of the Executive Director .........................................1

Program Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation ................2

Policy, Advocacy, and Technical Services ...............................9

Administration, Finance, and Management ............................22

Financial Statement.................................................................23

Inter-Agency Committees ......................................................24

CONTENTS

MESSAGE

The year 2016 was marked with major changes and renewed optimism as the Philippines welcomed a new administration. PNVSCA took on the challenge to respond to the demands of new development priorities – the Filipino vision spelled out in AmBisyon Natin 2040, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and the President’s six-year 0 + 10 agenda.

Thus, the PNVSCA initiated ground works that will serve as foundations for aligning its programs and services with the above development frameworks. Major activities conducted in 2016 included the multi-sectoral forum that solicited recommendations for a policy statement on volunteerism that was submitted to the Philippine Development Plan Planning Committee; the review of the International Volunteer Service Program (IVSP) to identify the contributions of foreign volunteers in development efforts, and the review of the Search for Outstanding Volunteers (SOV) as a platform for volunteer program advocacy.

The Agency also continued its work of coordinating the National Volunteer Service Program (NVSP), enhancing volunteerism advocacy efforts, and collaborating with various partners in the government, private sector, academe, and volunteer groups through information exchange, technical assistance, and network building. This Annual Report also contains brief stories of some of the Agency’s partners that we want to share with our audience.

We wish to thank the volunteers and the volunteer community who have helped PNVSCA in completing another year of serving the Filipinos through volunteerism.

Mabuhay at salamat po!

JOSELITO C. DE VERAExecutive Director

PNVSCA ANNUAL REPORT 2016 I 1

Volunteers for Information and Development Assistance (VIDA)

PrOGrAM COOrdiNATiON,MONiTOriNG &EvAluATiON

Volunteers under the VIDA Program provide frontline services and technical assistance to development programs in their own communities.

● 95 VIDA volunteers were deployed to 38 Local Partner Institutions (LPIs) in 25 provinces across 11 regions.

● VIDA volunteers assisted projects on livestock raising, alternative learning system, health, livelihood, disaster management, and peace building implemented by 26 non-government organizations (NGO), 10 local government units (LGU), and one national government agency (NGA).

● Pre-service Orientations were conducted by the PNVSCA in Quezon City on March 1-4 and in Camarines Sur on April 11-15 for 27 new VIDA volunteers.

2 I PNVSCA ANNUAL REPORT 2016

Established in 1996, the Bethsaida Community-Based Services for the Disabled, Inc. caters to the needs of persons with disabilities (PWDs) including physical, sensory, and developmental disabilities. Its vision is to expand its work on raising awareness on disability and empowering PWDs in the entire province, raising the profile of the sector and advocating for social inclusion of PWDs. It runs community-based programs in the municipalities of Candelaria, Dolores, Sariaya, San Antonio, and Tiaong (where its office is located), and the city of Lucena in Quezon province. Bethsaida also operates the Bartimaeus Center for Alternative Learning, a school in Tiaong for children with special needs. Bethsaida has relied on volunteers through the years to carry out its work in the communities given its limited financial and staffing resources. Since 2009, the VIDA program has supported the volunteers in the organization.

VIDAs have therefore played an important role in the community as facilitators and coordinators. VIDAs are tasked with raising awareness on disability; promoting and supporting Bethsaida’s services, such as medical missions in partnership with other groups; and teaching sign language to community members so they can talk to those with special needs . VIDAs make regular rounds at the community, often to hard-to-reach and isolated areas. They conduct household visits, provide therapy to children, and train parents how to deal with disability.

Community-based associations, such as the local association of PWDs in Gumaca were formed with the goal of bringing all PWDs in the area into its membership. VIDAs are also on top of the formation of two associations: one for the parents of children with disabilities – Samahan ng mga Magulang ng may Kapansanan (SMAK); and another for persons with disabilities (PWDs) – Samahan ng mga Nagtataguyod ng Karapatan ng may Kapansanan (SNAKK).

Every one of Bethsaida’s VIDAs gets involved because they themselves are related to PWDs, whether their child, nephew, niece, or sibling. They bring their care and sincere commitment not only at the barangay level but also at the level of local policy planning and development.

What Bethsaida has done is to erase the stigma of disability in the community. Through its efforts, PWDs throughout southern Quezon have stepped forward and received assistance. Parents are now more comfortable bringing their children to school, taking them outside of their homes, and reaching out for help. PWDs are encouraged to gain knowledge and skills and look beyond their disability.

Bethsaida Community-BasedRehabilitation Services for the Disabled, Inc.


The Good Influenceon Probationers

When we think of volunteerism, the first few things that come to our minds are repacking of goods, renovating classrooms, rehabilitating forests, or teaching less fortunate children. A person offering his or her time and effort to mentor and give enlightenment to convicted detainees is another volunteering story.

This is what the Volunteer Probation Assistants (VPAs) of the Parole and Probation Administration (PPA) do. The VPAs assist the Provincial or City Probation Officers in their duties by directly supervising the behavior of the probationers and at the same time serve as the role models during the whole process of reformation of the offenders.

Bayanihang BayanProgram (BBP)

BBP provides volunteering opportunities in government to private individuals, NGOs, corporate groups and school-based organizations. Among PNVSCA’s current partners in implementing the BBP are the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Health (DOH), Parole and Probation Administration (PPA), and the Local Government of Quezon City. These agencies mobilize volunteers to support their programs and projects. Probationers are people convicted of criminal offenses – punished

by imprisonment of six years and below – who are granted by the court to avail a once in a lifetime probation, thus having the chance to remain in the community instead of actually going to prison or jail. A VPA, preferably living in the same community as the probationer, is assigned by the PPA to a probationer (client). The VPA’s role is two-fold: first as a direct supervisor of the client and second as a resource person on restorative justice, therapeutic community, volunteerism, and other related topics. VPAs need to study the client’s records, investigation report and other data about the probationer, which must be strictly confidential. They conduct supervision interviews and regular house and workplace visits that are reported to the PPA.

Volunteer Probation Officers of the National Capital Region, namely Ruperto Z. Carbonell, Serina D. Kiamco, Remedios A. Habon and Manuel I. Mendoza, Jr. recalled that they were encouraged to join the VPA during the information drive conducted in their respective cities in NCR. They have always seen their service as a personal reward because they get to be a part of helping their clients adjust and fit into their communities again. As part of the rehabilitation activity, the VPAs accompany their clients in volunteering as well as social activities, such as bloodletting drive and Christmas parties. Ms. Kiamco reminisced joining a pageant with her client and placing as one of the runners-up. On guiding the probationers, Ms. Habon shared that whenever her clients would ask her for advice, she usually makes them realize the moral responsibilities in certain situations through a series of questions that will make the probationers reflect on his or her own actions.

On becoming a VPA, one must have the ability, availability, willingness, interest, and time as volunteers (AWIT). The volunteers undergo rigorous selection and training as the job requires a different level of capability to train and mentor the clients, sensitivity to the special circumstances of the particular case, and excellent interpersonal skills to deal with the probationers. Being a VPA is definitely not for the weak of heart. It requires determination and leadership and most importantly, compassion and faith in the goodness of a human being.


Stationed along Commonwealth Avenue and other streets of Quezon City are the noticeable sheds with signboards that read “Q. C. Bayanihang Bayan Citizen Complaint and Action Post.” Assigned in each post are the volunteers of the Quezon City Anti-Crime Advocates who watch over the city day and night, on weekdays and weekends, and even on the holidays.

Rosana Galon and Cynthia Fajardo, two of the 15 volunteers of the Timog Command Post, share their reasons in volunteering. “Masaya kasi na nakikita mong nakakatulong ka, kahit sa maliit na paraan, yung sa pagbibigay mo ng oras, kahit sandaling oras, at nakita mong nakakatulong ka dun sa mga taong dapat tulungan (It is gratifying to see that you are able to help, in little ways, by giving them your time, even just for a short time, and realize that you were able to assist people who need help).”

As volunteers, Galon and Fajardo rescue homeless wanderers along Timog Avenue especially those scattered in the area in the wee hours. “Na-eencounter ko yung mga kabataan na palaboy-laboy. Tapos yung mga nawawalang bata. Tapos pag nakukuhanan mo siya ng details, na-interview mo siya…sakit sa puso, malalaman mo yung kwento…yung story ng bata. (I usually encounter youngsters who loiter in the vicinity. There are also missing children. Then, after you get to interview them and ask them for information… learning about the life stories of these children is heart-wrenching),” Galon added. She also speaks of her observation that people are often judgmental and see street children as unruly kids, unaware that these children carry a lot of emotional baggage.

In front of Eton Centris Mall is another command post named the Centris Command Post. The volunteers help the policemen arrest robbers and pickpockets in the area by cooperating with and calling upon the police through their two-way radio. Centris Post senior citizen volunteers Connie Gabion and Amparo Binca said that they prefer to volunteer than stay at home as their grown-up children go to work.

Anti-Crime Advocatesand the Bayanihang

Bayan sa QC Program

There are currently 18 Anti-Crime Command Posts dispersed in Quezon City with around 200 volunteers reporting on duty. The volunteers come from different walks of life. Some volunteers are reformed drug users. Alvince Tolentino admits that he was once a drug user but with the help of their volunteer leader, Councilor Ranulfo Z. Ludovica, he was led back to a life free from the influence of illegal drugs. He now does the same to other drug users especially the millennials.

Councilor Ludovica’s initiative is under the Quezon City Volunteer and Citizenship Desk also known as the Bayanihang Bayan sa Quezon City (BB sa QC) Program. The BB sa QC is created through Mayor Herbert M. Bautista’s Executive Order No. 15, Series of 2014, in support to Republic Act 9418 or the Volunteer Act of 2007.

The BB sa QC is managed by the Community Relations Office (CRO). CRO matches the volunteers with volunteer organizations based on their skills and interests. It also maintains a database of profiles of volunteers, and conduct seminars so that volunteers will have an understanding of what they will do. CRO also conducts regular advocacy activities to encourage more volunteers for the program.

“It is a step-by-step process to ensure that the BB sa QC has a strong foundation,” says Volunteer Desk Officer Vladimir E. Estocado. Indeed, the growing number of volunteers in Quezon City is slowly but surely making a difference in the city’s development landscape.


Regional Volunteer Sharing Session

The Regional Sharing Session in Cebu City and Quezon City in June and July, respectively, was attended by 81 volunteers and representatives from the Local Partner Institutions.


The International Volunteer Service Program (IVSP) coordinates and monitors the assignments of foreign volunteers in the Philippines and Filipino volunteers overseas. The program was able to achieve the following:

International Volunteer ServiceProgram (IVSP)

• Deployed 563 foreign volunteers to priority regions and provinces. Volunteers supported programs and projects on education, environment, social services, governance, agriculture, health, trade and industry, and peace building.

• Facilitated the deployment of 92 Filipinos in Africa, Asia, Caribbean, and Oceania. Volunteers were assigned to programs and projects in agriculture, education, health, livelihood, social services and governance.

• Reviewed the IVSP for assessment of the processes, outcomes, areas for improvement, and potentials of the International Volunteer Service Organizations (IVSO) as major partners in providing technical assistance needed by local institutions and communities.

• Implemented the pilot-testing of the Volunteer Management

Information and Development System (VMIDS) to serve as database for IVSP.


DILG-AVID Build BackBetter (BBB) Project

Due to the massive destruction brought by Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, the Philippine government struggled to find a way to rebuild severely affected cities and municipalities around Leyte. Yolanda left the Philippines reeling from PhP 571.1 billion worth of destroyed physical assets and production/sales/income losses. Due to the extent of the damage, limited government capacity and the influx of foreign assistance, formulating a framework towards the reconstruction and rehabilitation of post-Yolanda affected areas was a complicated feat.

To spearhead the drive towards reconstruction, rehabilitation, and building climate-resilient structures, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) was tasked to reconstruct and rehabilitate public facilities, including the upgrading of engineering standards and designs. Through the PNVSCA, the DILG sought for technical assistance from a team of volunteer experts of the Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) to create a ‘Build Back Better’ (BBB) Operations Manual tailored for Tacloban City. BBB is anchored on the concept of improved design and standards in rehabilitating or rebuilding damaged infrastructure in the city. It consists of a step-by-step, organized set of guidelines and processes that is operationalized through the local government ensuring community participation.

The BBB Project can be replicated in areas with similar geographical profile as that of Tacloban City. One area identified to be as susceptible to flooding, storm surge, and typhoons is the province of Mindoro.


• Submitted a proposal to the PDP Planning Committee for the inclusion of volunteerism in the development plan. The Agency convened a multi-stakeholder Forum on Volunteerism: A Vision for the Future in July 2016 and an Eminent Persons meeting in December 2016 to solicit recommendations on the areas in the PDP where volunteerism will make a meaningful participation and contribution.

• Welcomed new members of the Multi-Sectoral Advisory Body (MSAB) from the private sector namely the Association of Foundations represented by Executive Director Norman Joseph Q. Jiao and the Caucus for Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) represented by Chief Executive Officer Sylvia Paraguya.

• The membership of the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) was extended for another two (2) years.

POliCy, AdvOCACy, ANdTEChNiCAl SErviCES

From left to right: COCOPEA Advocacy and Information Management Officer Anthony Coloma, MSAB Chair Atty. Jose Wilfrido Oca, AF Exec. Dir. Norman Joseph Q. Jiao, CODE-NGO CEO Sylvia Paraguya and PNVSCA Exec. Dir. Joselito C. de Vera.

Policy Review and Formulation


Technical Services

Provided technical assistance in setting up volunteer program, development of volunteer management system, and other volunteerism concerns to the following institutions:

• House of Representatives in the review of legislative proposals on volunteerism,

• Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) in implementing the award and recognition program for PCAF volunteers,

• UP College of Social Sciences and Philosophy in reviving the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Program,

• UP National College of Public Administration and Governance in providing orientation on volunteerism for graduate students in Voluntary Sector Management,

• UP School of Economics in hosting and providing exposure on volunteerism for National Service Training Program (NSTP) students, and

• Batangas State University in setting up the BSU Sulambi Volunteer Program.


Consistent with its slogan, “Leading Innovations, Transforming Lives,” Batangas State University (BatStateU) fulfills its mandate as an academic institution to undertake extension services by going the extra mile in incorporating the culture of volunteerism.

Members of the academic community find time to volunteer despite being busy pursuing their functions. In times of calamities, they come together to pool in resources, for instance, during Typhoon Ondoy, the BatStateU community helped residents of Taal lakeshore, Balete, and Laurel when their areas were flooded. Volunteers in the relief effort included students, faculty members, employees, and partner businesses of the BatStateU.

To keep volunteering more vibrant in the university, BatStateU promotes policies that highlight the values of service. In 2016, the Board of Regents adopted the University Volunteer Program through the Sulambi Volunteer Organization. The PNVSCA provided assistance in organizing the volunteer program.

The Sulambi Volunteer Organization traces its roots from a relief operation conducted by the university for the benefit of Typhoon Reming victims in the Bicol region. Since then, sulambi, a local term for temporary house or extension of the main house, has become a buzz word for university volunteering especially in times of distress, serving as the school’s arm in organizing volunteering activities.

“Volunteering gives hope to communities otherwise not reached by basic services; the efforts of University volunteers will impact and transform the lives of the marginalized”

- Dr. Tirso ronquilloPresident, Batangas State University

Institutionalizing Volunteerismin the Academe

Areas of volunteering were identified such as capability–building; community outreach; high-impact, long-term integrated community-based development program; technical assistance and advisory services; communication/information services; technology transfer, utilization and commercialization program; gender and development; socio-cultural, history and heritage–related activities; professional/technical/expert service; administrative support services; livelihood skills training or enhancement; and resource generation or resource-based assistance.

The University also developed a Volunteer Management System (VMS) to institutionalize volunteer engagement. The VMS ensures availability of volunteers when needed. The system provides for the development and keeping of a database of volunteers that provides information on qualification and expertise that can be tapped for activities and projects.

When opportunities for volunteering are complemented by institutional policy and resources, volunteers become a strong sector to affect development and delivery of community services. This rings true in the case of the Batangas State University, a learning institution which has recognized the important role of the academe in the promotion of volunteerism for sustainable development and inclusive growth.


Institutionalizing Employee Volunteerism

Launched during the bank’s 50th anniversary celebration in August 2016, the Volunteerific Program forms part of Landbank’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) program to foster an enabling environment for volunteerism in all its branches. “At LANDBANK, volunteerism is rooted on one of the Bank’s core values – social responsibility. While public service and social responsibility are instinctively ingrained within the Bank’s culture, the VOLUNTEERific program further institutionalized volunteerism as a vital component of our service culture,” said LandBank First Vice President and Corporate Affairs Department Head Rowena B. Villanueva.

“Through the program, we encourage and empower Landbankers to initiate their own volunteerism activities anchored on our key CSR areas – livelihood, education, environment, and disaster response. We are proud of the overwhelming response from Landbankers all over the country who- in less than a year- already initiated more than 100 activities in various areas nationwide,” Ms. Villanueva added. The employee-initiated activities are varied - from tree planting, feeding, clean ups, relief operations, book drives, and visit to orphanages and home for the aged, among others. Ms. Julienne Picato said that their department often receives calls from different branches discussing concerns from a three-year tree planting project in support of the National Greening Program to incorporating disaster preparedness training as part of a provision of an emergency boat to a chosen barangay. Sometimes, Landbankers just call them to share happy, memorable anecdotes while doing volunteer work.

Volunteerific strengthened mutual commitment between the top management and employees in doing community service. “The employees are inspired by the management. It’s two-way; the management is also inspired by the volunteerism spirit of the employees.”

Volunteerism-Driven CSR

Apart from employee-led activities, Landbankers have fully supported earlier CSR programs such as Gawad Patnubay and Manila SUNSET.

The Gawad Patnubay Scholarship program started in 2003 and initially catered to students from Grade 1 to fourth year in high school. Beginning 2013, it focused on providing educational assistance to children of farmers and fisherfolks in agrarian reform communities. Since its implementation, 104 scholarships have been awarded. Employees played a key role as they financed the education of 121 students through donating a minimum of one hour’s worth of their salary to cover the recipients’ tuition fees, monthly stipends, book allowances, and other expenses.

The Manila SUNSET which started as an annual clean up during the bank’s anniversary has evolved into the first public-private multi-sectoral partnership to implement a sustainable approach to clean and preserve the Manila Bay. Landbank, along with its other member-institutions, conduct quarterly cleanups, information drives, fund-raising activities, and recycling projects. “We were able to double the number of volunteers from 700 to 1500 employees for a one day event,” said Ms. Picato. The project mobilized all Landbankers because it was frontlined by the bank’s Board of Directors and President. “Sila mismo ‘yung naghukay. The employees were inspired when they saw their top managers getting down and dirty to plant trees.”

Ms. Picato happily shares that employee engagement is more than 50 percent. “Employee engagement comes naturally. When I say more than 50% engagement, that’s about more than 4, 000 employees so their interest has really highlighted that the spirit of volunteerism is alive and they really want to help even in their own little ways. It’s an affirmation that we are on the right track and that we are able to deliver on our commitment”.

Growing with the Community

LandBank has recognized volunteerism as part of its effort to instill social consciousness in its mandate. With the increased enthusiasm for doing volunteer work, Landbankers continue to live up to their slogan “WE HELP YOU GROW’.

Networking and Linkaging

Planting Seeds of Growth:Landbankers Empower Communities through Volunteerism

“Your Landbanker is not just a manager or a teller, he/she is also someone interested to clean up the community, plant trees, or feed street children. Beyond doing financial services, your Landbanker is someone who cares, an individual who takes part in addressing social issues.”

- Ms. Julienne Picato, landbank Csr Head


• Conducted an in-house Communication and Advocacy Write Shop in August to initially identify the future communication interventions to promote volunteerism especially at the local level.

• Participated in media guesting and partners’ events for the National Volunteer Month celebration and the Search for Outstanding Volunteers.

• Convened the focal persons from the NEDA Regional Offices and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to a three-day workshop in July to review the SOV toward streamlining the process and revisiting the policies that guide the conduct of the Search.

• Conduted the volunteer story writing contest in partnership with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Nine regional winners were selected from entries submitted by NSTP students.

Advocacy


The annual celebration of the NVM in December aims to:

a) Build nationwide public awareness and appreciation of volunteerism and the role it plays in the social, economic and political development of the country;

b) Create the environment for bolstering voluntary action in development; andc) Recognize the noble acts of volunteerism by individuals, families, institutions and

communities as vital partners in economic and community development.

Celebration of the National Volunteer Month December 2016

PNVSCA spearheaded the celebration of the National Volunteer Month in partnership with the NVM Steering Committee (NVM-SC). In support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the NVM-SC adopted the theme “Volunteer for Sustainable and Inclusive Development: Isulong, Ibahagi, Iugnay, Isagawa!” Activities included posting of streamers, announcing in social media, advocating through print and media, setting up exhibits and fairs, organizing conferences, recognizing volunteers, and conducting volunteer activities such as tree planting, feeding program, and cleanup. Regional activities were

led by the NVM Regional Committees chaired by the NEDA Regional Offices and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Sister Eva Fidela C. Maamo, completed her term as NVM Honorary Chair for 2015-2016. Sister Eva has been very active in promoting the NVM through media channels and events. As an SOV Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Awardee herself, she had so much to share about her work as a volunteer and the contributions of volunteerism to community development.


● Provided competency enhancement to employees through the following seminars and trainings: − Government Procurement and Reform Act Seminar − eNGAS and eBudget System Capacity-Building Seminar − Gender and Development Planning and Budgeting Forum − Theory of Change Workshop − Information Systems Strategic Planning Training − Training on Layout and Design

● Continued efforts to improve infrastructure and facilities that promote conducive work environment such as information system management, streamlining of processes and procedures, and staff welfare, among others.

● Supported team-building activities and employee volunteerism such as tree planting in Calatagan, Batangas in partnership with the PNVSCA Employees Association (PEA).

AdMiNiSTrATiON, FiNANCE, ANd MANAGEMENT


CHAIR Presidential Management StaffOffice of the President

VICE-CHAIR Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency

MEMBERS

Department of Education

Department of Foreign Affairs

Department of the Interior and Local Government

Department of Justice

Bureau of Immigration

Department of Social Welfare and Development

National Economic and Development Authority

Commission on Higher Education

Association of Foundations

Caucus of Development NGO Networks

Coordinating Council forPrivate Educational Associations

Philippine Long Distance Company

CHAIR National Economic and Development Authority

MEMBERS

Civil Service Commission

Philippine Information Agency

International Association for Volunteer Effort-Philippines

Metrobank Foundation, Inc.

CHAIR National Economic and DevelopmentAuthority

CO-CHAIRS Department of Foreign Affairs

Department of the Interior and Local Government

VICE-CHAIR Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency

MEMBERS

Department of Budget and Management

Department of Education

Civil Service Commission

Commission on Higher Education

National Youth Commission

Philippine Information Agency

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

University of the Philippines Diliman

Filipino UNV Association

International Association for VolunteerEffort-Philippines

Metrobank Foundation, Inc.

United Nations Volunteers -Philippines

United States Peace Corps

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