119 planning. Finally, the women obtaining their pills from CBDs increased 52 to 145 – more than
doubling the number of CBD clients. After three months of implementation in the eight new expansion sites in Baco municipality and
six replication sites in Inabanga, results were also positive. For the Baco expansion sites, the majority of the eight expansion sites showed an increase in all the baseline variables gathered:
number of IPCs provided to community members and the number of referrals. One of the most significant results noted was the 24 increase in new FP acceptors from 27 to 51 from
among those clients who were referred by PEs to the RHU for screening, further counseling and other services during the implementation of the PHE Text Patrol. The trend is also true in the six
replication sites in Inabanga, Bohol – there was an increase of 9 percent in new acceptors from among those referred by PEs to the RHU for screening from 42 to 51. Based on the
cumulative results, in both expansion and replication sites, there was an 11 percent increase in new acceptors from those who were referred by PEs after IPCs from 40 to 51 during the
PHE Text Patrol. These cumulative results showed that the initial service by the PE - IPC and follow up for the
client to the health center for screening, etc. is a key communication step addressed through texting. By adding this simple texting to the PHE CBD system, it helped clients to overcome
the barriers to seek further FPRHPHE information and counseling services from PEs, RHU and CBDs. BALANCED will submit a full report on the PHE Text Patrol intervention along with the
Final BALANCED-Philippines report. Results from Activity 2.1
• 21,342 individuals 4,893 males and 16,449 females counseled on FPRH and PHE new
and repeat Indicator 1.3
2.2. Develop and implement PHE BCC strategy
The project volunteers PEs and CBDs continued to conduct IPCs this reporting period. They were also involved in two municipal-specific celebrations: Month of the Ocean in May in all of
the 28 BALANCED-Philippines Project sites and the World Environment Day in June in Clarin, Bohol. They joined the MPA leaders who also participated in coastal clean-ups and mangrove
planting during these celebrations. These activities were usually followed by community-based IEC activities such as distribution and discussion of the contents of the 3-Tips brochure to
educate the populace on the PHE links, the benefits and importance of MPA protection and conservation and planning their families for a brighter future.
In addition, forty six 17 females and 29 males participated in a 3-day Youth Peer Educators’ Arts Workshop conducted by CI-P in Lubang. The purpose of the workshop was to enhance the
YPEs’ communication skills in advocating PHE messages through arts-based skills visual and theatre and develop an outreach plan for their community-based PHE activities. The workshop
had three modules namely: leadership skills and communications development; theatre skills development; and visual arts development. Specifically, the theatre arts workshop enabled the
YPEs to showcase the cultural values and the current beauty and challenges of Lubang Island
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complemented the theater group with art works, puppetry and shadow plays. As a result of all the IEC activities implemented during this reporting period a total of 6, 828
individuals have seen or heard a specific RHFP message. Results from Activity 2.2
• 6,828 individuals have seen or heard a specific RHFP message
• 46 YPEs 27 males and 17 females participated in theater arts workshop
Status of PMP Results for IR 2
IR 3
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INDICATOR Accomplishment
1.1 Number of people counseled in RHFP as a result of 21,342
USAID assistance USAIDOH custom indicator 2 male- 4,893;
female- 16,449 .1 Number of people who have seen or heard a specific
6,828 PRH message USAIDOH standard indicator 2
male- 2,048; female- 4,780
April t YPE INDICATOR
Accomplis 1.Number of small group or individual PHE counseling sessions
711 provided by youth peer educators in their target communities
male- 242 Female- 46
2. Proportion of trained PHE youth peer educators 15-24 years 100
that are currently active in PHE work e.g., regularly engage young people in PHE dialogue andor actions in their respective
communities ratio of male to female PEs .
3.Number of sexually active adolescent and youth completing 82
referrals for FP male- 25,
female- 57
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3.1 Follow-up with LGU, RHU, NGOs, POs and other Project stakeholder commitments for PHE
