CIVIC WELFARE TRAINING SERVICE

NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM

Visca, Baybay City, Leyte, PHILIPPINES
Email: cwts@vsu.edu.ph
Website: www.vsu.edu.ph

I. PROJECT PROFILE

A. Title of the Project

“Workshop, Community Garden, and Compost to Engage the Youth of Barangay
Pangasugan, Baybay City in Environmental Conservation and Community Service”
B. Proponent
Team Creativity – BS Chemistry
C. Project Site
Barangay Pangasugan, Baybay City, Leyte
D. Project Duration
Three months

II. PROJECT PROPOSAL

A. Rationale
With the environmental, social, and economic impacts of climate change affecting the
Philippines, it is important to tackle the issues involving environmental conservation. The
common effects of these environmental issues include food insecurity, diseases, vulnerability
to disasters, and social inequality (Center for Social Development, 2023). There is also a link
between economic growth and environmental sustainability; poor environmental quality
negatively affects economic growth (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, 2016).
A community garden, by definition, is a piece of land that is either gardened or
cultivated by a group of people (American Community Garden Association, 2007). There are
multiple benefits to a community garden, both to the community and to the environment.
Multiple studies shared the same result that community gardens improve the health of
communities (Zick et al, 2013; Castro et al, 2013; Chen et al, 2016). For the environment, a
journal article by Wang and Clark (2016) states that community gardening promotes
biodiversity, alter carbon, nutrient, and water cycles which contribute to global environmental
changes. By having a close source of food, the community can also cut down the carbon
emissions from the transportation of produce (Lumina, 2022).
Composting can take place in urban, suburban, and rural areas (Pai et al.,
2019).Community composting yields many other benefits like social inclusion and
empowerment, local soils improvement, enhancement of food security, local job creation, new
know-how and skills within the local workforce and communities are the key to tackle
sustainability and climate change issues: local initiatives, as campaigns, social movements,
and community projects, can build a sense of community and can improve a local knowledge
and experience (Flowers and Chodkiewicz, 2009; Flachs, 2010; Smith and Sobel, 2010).
Applications of compost can replace fertilizers and peat, operating as plant growth media and
soil conditioners (López et al., 2021), can be used in hobby gardening, land rehabilitation,
mulching in agriculture and landscaping (Inckel et al., 2005)
The project aims to address these issues by involving the youth in environmental
conservation and sustainability. This can be done in two ways: teaching the youths on aspects
of sustainability and environmental conservation, and to give the youths a hands-on approach
through a community garden and compost.
The project also aims to engage the youth in community service for the benefit of the
community and country.

B. Project/Activity Description
This project will introduce the concept and methods in gardening and
composting to teenagers ranging from ages 14-19 years old, of Barangay
Pangasugan, Baybay City, Leyte. Utilizing the available equipment and incorporating
innovative and environment-friendly techniques, workshops will be done by project
facilitators to encourage the youth of those belonging to the said ages to engage in
activities that not only benefit them individually- but also benefit their community. This
project will also give them the opportunity to expand their skill set on physically
demanding and time-consuming tasks, discover new interests, and develop self-
discipline, among others.
The student facilitators will be coordinating with the officials and the
Sangguniang Kabataan committee of the said barangay to gather and meet with the
participating youth. The facilitators will conduct seminar sessions and hands-on
trainings focusing on basic gardening, garden keeping, and maintaining of compost.
Educating them about produce that are advisable to grow in certain vegetation areas.
Types of soil that are suitable for vegetation, types of fertilizers, growth of crops in
different weather conditions, food security awareness, and several topics in relation to
agriculture will be included in the seminar.
Through these activities, the project hopes to mould the youth to be eco-friendly
and teach them how to survive and sustain their daily consumption by using the
products they can harvest from gardening. The project will start by the beginning of
the second semester in February and will wrap up by the end of May. The estimated
duration of this project is about 3 months.

C. Objectives
The objectives of this project are:
1. To engage the youth of Brgy. Pangasugan in community service.
2. To engage the youth of Brgy. Pangasugan in environmental conservation.
3. To create and facilitate workshops to the youth of Brgy Pangasugan.
4. To create a community garden and compost with the youth of Brgy. Pangasugan.

D. Methodology
This project proposal shall consist of three stages namely: Preparation, Field
Engagement and the Outcome. Details of each stage are discussed in the succeeding pages.

PREPARATION

Planning and Creation Workshop and

of Proposal Training of Facilitators

FIELD
ENGAGEMENT

Hands-on: Seminars: Fertilizers,

Composting and Compost, Gardening
Gardening and Food Security

OUTCOME

PREPARATION
In preparation of the proposal, the student facilitators will plan and create their proposal
in which thereafter, they will undergo workshops and training programs to gain knowledge and
insights regarding the activities to be implemented.
FIELD ENGAGEMENT
Under Field Engagement, the student facilitators will coordinate with the Barangay
Officials and the Sangguniang Kabataan. The barangay officials will then gather target
participants within the certain ages 14-19. The facilitators will conduct their planned field
engagement activities.
a. Seminars
In this activity, the student facilitators will teach the youth regarding the ways and
techniques about composting, gardening, using fertilizers, and about food security.
This will serve as a preparation for their hands-on activities.
b. Hands-on
The youths will engage to physical activities such as making their own compost pit and
garden.

E. Activity Schedule
February 25, 2023 Coordination with the Barangay Officials
and Sangguniang Kabataan
March 4, 2023 First Seminar
March 11, 2023 Second Seminar
March 18, 2023 Final Seminar
March 25 – May 27, 2023 Construction and Maintenance of
Community Garden and Compost

F. Monitoring and Evaluation

For the seminars, a pre-test is will be given to the volunteers before the first discussion
to assess their current knowledge. One or two tests will be given in the discussions in between
before a final post-test is given after the final discussion to monitor their progress and overall
knowledge of the topics discussed.
For the hands-on activities, weekly photographic and video documentation will be done
alongside a qualitative evaluation of the garden and the compost. At the end of the project,
the amount, weight, and quality of produce will be evaluated.

G. Budget Breakdown
Assorted seedlings P200-500
H. Expected Output
At the end of the project, it is expected that:
1. The youth of Brgy. Pangasugan would have engaged in community service.
2. The youth of Brgy. Pangasugan would have engaged in environmental conservation.
3. Workshops would have been created and facilitated to the youth of Brgy Pangasugan.
4. A community garden and compost would have been created and maintained with the youth
of Brgy. Pangasugan.

I. Target Beneficiaries
The project will directly benefit the youths of Brgy. Pangasugan, the barangay officials
and Sangguniang Kabataan, the community of Brgy. Pangasugan, and the environment. The
community can learn about the values of environmental conservation, sustainability, food
security, gardening, and composting. The community can also directly benefit from the
community garden by having a source of food or income and living healthily. The project can
also affect the environment positively by possibly reducing carbon emissions and promoting
biodiversity.