Slum Dwellers International
and Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines conducted 3-day training on
Settlement Profiling and Mapping last January 13-15, 2015 at San Isidro, Jaro
Iloilo City. This was attended by 37 participants from different cities like
Valenzuela City, Quezon City, Bicol, Davao City, Kidapawan, Cebu City, Talisay
City, Mandaue City, Lapu-lapu City and Iloilo City, 2 Iloilo City Urban Poor
Affairs Office (ICUPAO) officers of Iloilo City.
5 members of
Indian Alliance , John Samuel, Jyoti Aras Bhende, Nirmala Sham Gholap,
Gunashekar Mulayan and Celine d’Cruz, are the resource persons of the training and helped out in the conduct of the actual settlement profiling.
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| Participants of the 3-day training on settlement profiling |
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| Gunashekar Mulayan shared his experiences as a slum dweller in India for 20 years |
Settlement Profiling is a
process of collecting data of the entire informal settlement, getting the
profile of the community by counting the structures, the basic amenities in
that area and mapping the boundaries.Celine d’Cruz of Indian Alliance and SDI
discussed on the first day, the importance of settlement profiling as a
necessary tool to understand the settlement and to empower the community to be
capable in “speaking for themselves” and deal with the government.
On the second day of the training, January 14, 2015, the participants were divided into two groups and went on actual profiling of two different settlements found here in Iloilo City, Ingore in Lapaz Disctrict and Villa Anatolia in Molo District.
On the second day of the training, January 14, 2015, the participants were divided into two groups and went on actual profiling of two different settlements found here in Iloilo City, Ingore in Lapaz Disctrict and Villa Anatolia in Molo District.
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| Participants paid courtesy visit to Brgy. Captain Jonathan Jalandoni of Brgy. Ingore Lapaz, Iloilo City |
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| Marking the house as part of structural mapping, Villa Anatolia, San Juan, Molo, Iloilo City |
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| Ingore group doing the boundary mapping at the settlement of Ingore Lapaz |
After getting the necessary information’s of the settlement the
participants encoded the data on the third day of training and uploaded on the
platform of SDI.
The data will be viewed on
the internet but is not yet ready to be viewed by the public since the site is
still under maintenance to make it more comprehensive and user-friendly.
However, the site is only available right now to HPFPI members for uploading
the data.
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| Participants encoded the data they gathered on SDI platform |
Sonia Cadornigara, HPFPI
Visayas Coordinator emphasized that settlement profiling is necessary for
members of the federation and as individual to get information and “knowledge
of the community, of the city, of the national level and of the international
level.” It is as an edge for the federation in engaging with the government and
as individual to be well informed on the realities of the settlements.
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| Sonia Cadornigara, HPFP Visayas Coordinator delivered her closing remarks |
Celine d’Cruz of Indian
Alliance imparted to the participants to “know your city, know your slums” as
it is with great hope that the data collected will be used to “make real change
in the lives of the poor.”
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| Celine d'Cruz emphasized the importance of Settlement Profiling |
