LAOM LUOP 2016

Six months ago, five community problems surfaced from our barangay assembly – these were the community people’s most immediate concern in the barangay. These problems became the basis of our work, thus the birth of 5 Community Health Plans. Along with these 5 Comprehensive Health Plans came the several strategies and activities which needed to be done in order to provide solutions to the problems before us. As any good foundation would need, the group decided early on that the different projects needed Core Teams to carry out the projects in behalf of the ADZU SOM Students. This formation of the core teams will also ensure in part the sustainability of the different projects that are up for implementation.

We met with the community leaders – Barangay officials and Purok presidents –last Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 5:00PM to present the proposed Organizational charts of the core teams for the different projects. Each of the project heads gave an overview of their team structure, giving emphasis on the roles of each of the members of the core team. The enthusiasm of the attendees showed in their faces and the core team formation became unexpectedly easy as the community leaders fell in love with the different projects and teams presented to them.

As there were only limited number of barangay leaders and the different project coordinators needed around 50core team members (ranging from 8-12 members per core team), most of those present were allowed to be part of 2 core teams at a time. Also, Hon. Wilson Montales, the Barangay Captain, became an obligate member of all core teams, becoming the head of the 5 core teams. Each team also needed 6 purok leaders to become point persons for the 6 puroks in the barangay. At the end of the night, 5 core teams were formed:

1. Luop Anti-Malnutrition Team (LAMT)

2. Active Luop Emergency Response Team (ALERT)

3. Kabuhayan Patrol Team (KPT)

4. Anti-hypertensive Association (AHA!)

5. SWM Committee

Thus, L.A.K.A.S. Luop team was born, spearheaded by the project coordinators and to be led by the Barangay Captain. Also, to avoid confusion and overlap of duty schedules in the Barangay Health Station, the members of the ALERT and AHA team consisted of the same group of people. Both teams as well are co-headed by Ms. Rosie Braganza, the Midwife assigned to Luop.

The night concluded with a picture-taking with the different core teams and an announcement of the several upcoming activities and trainings they would be receiving. A team building was also scheduled for the group in order to instil in them values of camaraderie and team work. All were hopeful that the night would be the springboard to the success of the projects and a step to a better and more progressive Luop.