The dumpsite now provides learning opportunities and safe local farming practices in the community.
PAMPANGA, Philippines – In an upland village of Kasibu town in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, teacher Noel Sadinas noticed the unpleasant smell and stray dogs coming from the dumpsite area.
“When I was transferred here to Kongkong from another school, there was a dumpsite within the school premises that was causing distractions during the teaching and learning process because it was open and had no fence. We didn’t know if even the community was using it as a dumping site. We, together with the school staff and principal, decided to transform it into an indigenous peoples’ village and, at the same time, an organic demo-farm village,” Sadinas told Rappler.
“They had a low level of awareness back then regarding proper disposal and management of waste, which is why there was open dumping. Trash, wrappers, and plastic were being thrown there. They conducted a symposium, and that was one of the things we noticed. The office and the school discussed that it should be converted,” said Olli in an interview with Rappler in a June interview.
The project won the support of the local government of Kasibu and the parent-teachers association and provided a total of P95,700 to improve and transform the dumpsite area. Among the IP elders, Domie Minte presented ways how to make organic fertilizer with banana stalks and leaves, hay, vegetable, and fruit waste products combined with earthworms for faster decomposition, which is also called “vermiculture.” Other IP elders demonstrated how to make organic insecticides.Sadinas was encouraged to improve the project through his experience in the teachers’ exchange program.
With the success of Project Application, 70 out of 72 undernourished students have reached healthy nourishment through their school-based feeding program from its organic demo farm.
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