34 mentoring that are now providing training or TA to others on PHE
implementation 3.3 Number of BALANCED field site activities that produce results that 1
can feed into knowledge managementKM activities development of tools and success stories
3.2 Scale-up PHE in the Philippines Mission Buy-in
New Activity leader: Joan Castro
Activity Start: July 1, 2011 Activity End: June 30, 2012
RATIONALE FOR ACTIVITY
In Year 3, USAID Office of Health OH Philippines provided a U500,000 Buy-in to the BALANCED Project to support results-oriented PHE field activities in biodiversity-rich
marine areas of the Philippines. CRC, with PFPI at the lead, are the implementing agents for the OH-funded BALANCED-Philippines project.
BALANCED-Philippines will use the integrated PHE strategy to advance FP activities in selected of the country’s key bioregions where demographic factors threaten the biodiversity
and productivity of marine ecosystems and the sustainability of conservation gains. It will build upon the lessons and best practices of prior PHE projects implemented by PFPI in the
Danajon Bank and in the Verde Island Passage. During the next two years, strategic activities will help achieve the goal of BALANCED-Philippines “to meet unmet need for family
planning services in targeted marine bioregions where population is identified as a threat to sustainable resource management.”
Since submitting the Year 4 workplan, USAID Philippines Office of Energy and Environment OEE agreed to award 800,000 to the BALANCED Project to incorporate
coastal resources management CRM into the OH-funded BALANCED-Philippines Project, which is described below.
ACTIVITY SUMMARY
The BALANCED-Philippines OH-funded activities will focus on establishing the PHE CBD and PE systems that will provide FPRH information and services to communities living in
two important marine bioregions—the Danajon Bank and the Verde Island Passage. As part of the CBDPE system, we will develop andor strengthen referral systems for FPRH
services and implement an IEC strategy to promote the linkages of health-seeking and pro- environment behaviors in improving health, food security and availability of natural
resources for the future. We will also begin galvanizing LGU support for providing FPRH services and integrated
PHE approaches and policy reforms and advocating for the allocation of a local budget for family planning and for the conservation of important natural resources. BALANCED-
Philippines will also work towards integrating both fisheriesCRM and FPRH activities into
35 municipalities’ planning processes as a step toward institutionalizing and making PHE
sustainable over the long term. BALANCED-Philippines will also gather necessary baseline information for its PMP e.g., current level of contraceptive prevalence, number of FP
acceptors, number of current local policy reforms, etc., which is essential in monitoring progress over the life-of-project. The BALANCED-Philippines Year 1 workplan is included
as Appendix 3 of this report, while the Year 2 workplan is being revised based on USAID Philippines feedback and input.
CRC, PFPI and CI are finalizing the Project Design Document and workplan for the OEE- funded portion of the BALANCED-Philippines activity. OEE funds have enabled a
partnership with PFPI and CI-Philippines to integrate CRM activities into the existing OH- funded project. The combined OH and OEE field-supported activities have three phases:
• Initial phase with OH-only funding support from December 2010 to September 2011
nine months •
Overlapping phase with combined OH and OEE funding support from October 2011 estimated start-up date to December 2012 15 months
• End phase with OEE-only funding support from January to August 2013 eight
months
During Year 4, BALANCED will use core funds to complete a BMS in select BALANCED- Philippines sites to monitor health and pro-environment behaviors. Carry over funds from
Year 3 will be used to complete the survey and draft the report See Activity 2.1 above.
Organizations Involved
Funded partners: CRC, PFPI, CI Collaborative Partners: LGU, rural health units RHU, NGOs, relevant USAID SO3
collaborating agencies CAs, Municipal Planning and Development Office, Barangay and Municipal Development Councils, EnvironmentCRM Office, peoples organizations POs,
non-clinicalnon-pharmaceutical outlet owners, deputized wardens, DKT Philippines, Alphamed, PRISM 2 andor other private sector sources of FP supplies
3.3 Provide seed grant and technical support to EWNRA in Ethiopia
