47 The BALANCED-Philippines activities were implemented in five provinces in two important
marine eco-regions—the Verde Island Passage VIP and the Danajon Bank DB bio-regions. The following were the key accomplishments from January to July 2013. The Final report and
KM products, which were submitted to USAIDPhilippines, provide detailed descriptions of activities undertaken and results.
• Conducted the VIP convergence meeting with CIPhilippines, Population Commission and
the Province of Oriental Mindoro as key collaborators. Ninety eight participants from 13 BALANCED Philippines target municipalities and regional and provincial level agencies
from the VIP attended the event.
• Conducted the Danajon Bank convergence meeting with 78 participants from BALANCED
Philippines municipalities and regional and provincial level agencies. USAIDPhilippines Office of Health Chief, Ann Hirschey, delivered the introductory comments.
• Conducted a seaweed processing training for seaweed farmers in Bohol.
• Integrated PHE into the CRM plan of Inabanga, Bohol
• Conducted the 3
rd
Supportive Supervision Mentoring and Monitoring Meetings in 17
municipalities
• Assessed the MPAs of the Lubang Island Group using the management effectiveness
assessment tool.
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Finalized the Bantay Dagat Task Force Operational Manual
• Held a Coastal Law Enforcement training workshop for Bantay Dagats from the Pres. Carlos
P. Garcia and Clarin municipalities, Bohol.
• Helped facilitate the passing of a PHE ordinance in one municipality in Danajon Bank,
making a total of four PHE ordinances passed in project sites. 3.3
Provide technical support to WCS Zambia seed grant activities
In October 2010, WCS Zambia received in seed grant funding to integrate family planning into its conservation and livelihood activities in the Luangwa valley. WCS implements the
Community Markets for Conservation COMACO Program to provide sustainable sources of alternative incomes and other incentives for conservation to families living around Zambia’s
national parks in the Luangwa Valley. The following was accomplished during this reporting period:
• Printed additional copies of the Better life book and distributed a total of 768 copies to more
producer groups. This brought a total of 3,536 copies distributed. •
Selected key pages from the BALANCED PHE CBDPE Reference Manual were translated into the local language and distributed to the Lead framers and peer educators.
• Analyzed the behavior change survey conducted in the previous reporting period. Key results
indicate the need to increase education for the youth 15-24 yo on the use of condoms every time they have sex and increase perception that all sexually-active youth should use
48 protection against pregnancy every time they have sex .The survey also looked into the
composting behaviors of farmers . Results from Activity 3.3
• None
Field based results
INDICATOR Jan to June 30,
2013 Cumulative Results
Years 1 to 4 General
Number of individuals trained disaggregated by
population P, health H, and environment E topic-
specific training, integrated trainings, and gender
570 350 adult peer educators and 220 youth peer educators of which
353 M:217F
Family Planning and Reproductive Health
Number of USG-assisted service delivery points
providing FP counseling or services
350 adult peer educators
Average household distancetime to access
family planning commodities
500 meters to 5 km
Distance reduced. The PEs are available within 500 m
3.4 Provide seed grant and technical support to TKCP Program in PNG
