PROGRESS REPORT ABOUT SHEC

• Program

The very start of any program is immersion. The result of immersion is integration with the people, thus, intensifying solidarity with them. Later on, scientific data gathering was conducted. The result of the survey states that they have so many concerns. But we started with housing then livelihood, health, education and values formation respectively.

The following are the indicators of success when it comes to empowerment:

• The people are taught to start from reality by making the survey by themselves
• They are assisted to analyze the result of the survey
• They are guided to plan for their own basing on their analysis
• One of their plans was the successful formation and registration in SEC of their organization which is St. Hannibal Christian Community
• Ability to facilitate meetings even without us
• Sense of owning their organization by having the initiatives to look for ways to improve it by setting up leadership trainings
• Formation of Council of Servant leaders
• Regular average attendance of participants during weekly meetings
• Regular barangay meetings
• Organized area masses
• Active participation on committee meetings
• Compliance with some requirements such as membership fees, community mappings and submission of survey forms
• Voluntary moral support for Bro. Ranier about their plight
• Formation of different committees such as on livelihood, health, values, education, research, finance and research
• Tie up with other congregations and agencies

• Personnel
  
  
• At least, each program is now taken charge of by certain persons such as: education – Hernan, health – Max, Values formation – Ranier, Livelihood – Mely, Housing – Fr. Dexter. However, all of the programs are under the supervision of Fr. Dexter.
• There is an increasing number of volunteers especially in education
• Commitment to work for the mission of SHEC is more intense on the part of the personnel due to constant moments of prayer during masses and meditations
  
  
• Registration of SHEC in SEC

SHEC was registered in Securities and Exchange Commission last July 28, 2005. This makes it easier to relate with other funding agencies.

• Advocacy

SHEC uses several ways to promote her spirit. First, living out the causes of SHEC. This has inspired people who are coming over to SHEC. Secondly, sharing by teaching the biblical and charismaric foundations of SHEC to Religious Brothers, Rogationist novices, Aspirants of the Daughters of Divine Zeal, volunteers has made SHEC attractive as a way of finding fulfillment in life.

CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE

The major concerns and needs that surfaced and which were clarified during the consultation meetings and discussions with the people are as follows:

1. The need to obtain secure and decent housing facilities
2. Lack of employment opportunities that led to inadequate income and very low     standards of living
3. Need to support the educational needs of children and youth
4. Prevalence of activities on illegal drugs and crime
5. High incidence of morbidity and mortality in the area
6. Lack of an effective waste management and sanitation system

These are the concerns which SHaCC and SHEC aims to address in embarking on community development initiatives within the communities. To date, four major programs have already been launched to address the above concerns. These are discussed in the section that follows.