Motolite-PBSP Balik Baterya Program: Balik Baterya Supports TB Peer Educators Training

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Balik Baterya Supports TB Peer Educators Training

Last July 17-18, PBSP-Training and Consulting Group conducted a peer educators training for adopted sites in Brgy. Payatas, Quezon City. The training was held in in Loreland Farm Resort, Antipolo.

Fifty-six community members attended the two-day workshop which aims to equip them with the basic information on TB and skills to implement a more responsive TB control and prevention program for hard to reach communities of the barangay.

In 2007, PBSP's TB LINC (Linking Initiatives and Networking to Control Tuberculosis) conducted a survey and one of the priority areas identified is Quezon City. Specifically for Payatas, the barangay has a very low TB case detection rate (40% versus 80% Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) standard) and cure rate (50% versus 85% MDG standard).

The training is funded by PLDT through the Balik Baterya Program. Unilab and Unilever also supported the training through product giveaways.

Numbers That Matter (as of 30 November 2016)

P99.8M worth of ULABs
4,000 tons of ULABs hauled
120 projects implemented/supported
180 donor companies
1,508 households reached
1,828 individuals oriented on TB
117 public schools assisted
4,596 textbooks distributed
2 AV learning facilities donated
714 chairs to the Pres. Corazon Aquino School Desks Project
34 classrooms built/repaired
42 learning CDs distributed
373 schoolchildren fed
2,607 schoolchildren in reading camps
122 teachers trained
8 school toilet facilities upgraded
100 learning resource centers turned over
142 volunteers trained to facilitate remedial reading camps
25 hectares planted with trees

Balik Baterya Schools

Abuno ES, Iligan City
Acmac ES, Iligan City
Alanib ES, Alanib, Bukidnon
Almeida ES, Balaoan, La Union
Bagong Silang ES, Iligan City
Bagong Silang ES, Los Banos, Laguna
Basak ES, Lapu Lapu City
Bayug ES, Iligan City
Bernardo Ramos ES, Iligan City
Cabili Village ES, Iligan City
Cagsiay I ES, Mauban, Quezon
Calausan ES, Bohol
Cambangay ES, Bohol
Candagsao ES, Talima, Olango Island
Carcarmay ES, Bacnotan, La Union
Darigayos ES, Luna, La Union
Darong ES, Davao del Sur
Del Carmen ES, Iligan City
Dila Elementary School
Dona Josefa ES, Iligan City
Francisco Laya ES, Iligan City
Francisco Legaspi ES, Iligan City
Galongen ES, Bacnotan, La Union
Guinobatan ES, Bohol
Katutubo Village ES, Porac, Pampanga
Kayumanggi ES, Lipa City
Kilangi ES, Bukidnon
Mabanengbeng ES, Bacnotan, La Union
Magtangtang ES, Bohol
Malitbog ES, Bohol
Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive HS
North I Central ES, Iligan City
Paraoir ES, Balaoan, La Union
Pasong Santol ES, Imus, Cavite
Payatas C ES, Quezon City
Pedro S. Tolentino Memorial National High School
Pila ES, Luna, La Union
Pitpitac ES, Luna, La Union
Poo ES, Olango Island
Posok ES, Lapu Lapu City
Quirino ES, Bacnotan, La Union
San Miguel ES, Bohol
Servillano Reuyan ES, Iligan City
South II Central ES, Iligan City
Talima ES, Olango Island
Tambacan ES, Iligan City
Tipanoy ES, Iligan City
Tomas Cabili Annex ES, Iligan City
Tomas Cabili ES, Iligan City
Tubod ES, Iligan City
Victor Guevarra ES, Iligan City
Villaverde ES, Iligan City

Corporate Donors

ACS Manufacturing Corporation
Advance Contact Solutions
Agro-Freight
Airlift Asia, Inc.
Ansuico, Inc.
Atlas Metals
Avon Products Manufacturing, Inc.
Blue Bell Commodities, Inc.
Chevron Philippines
Davao Light & Power Co.
David Trucking
Diwa Learning Systems, Inc.
Edward Keller Phils., Inc.
EHD Logistics
ePLDT Ventus - Fort
Epson Philippines
Fairchild Semiconductor
Fast Automotive
Fast Cargo Logistics
Fast Services Corp.
Holcim Philippines - La Union
Honda Cars Makati, Inc.
Honda Cars-Cebu
Inland Corporation
Isabela Leaf
Lear Automotive Services (B.V.) Netherlands - Phil. Branch
Lear Automotive Services (B.V.) Netherlands - Phil. Engineering and Technology Center
Mabuhay Vinyl Corporation
Magsaysay Group of Companies
Mega Packaging Corporation
Mercury Drug Corporation
Metrolab Industries, Inc.
Mister Donut
Monark Equipment
MSA Lorry Hauling Services
Mt. Kitanglad Agri-Development Corp.
Mt. Kitanglad Agri-Ventures, Inc.
Nestle Philippines, Inc. - Cagayan de Oro
Nestle Philippines, Inc. - Lipa
Nestle Philippines, Inc. - Supply Chain Management
NKC Manufacturing Phils.
PBSP-Head Office
Pentax Cebu
Petron Corporation - Mandaue
Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing Corporation - Batangas
Philippine Seven Corporation
Pilipinas Kyohritsu, Inc.
PLDT
Quezon Power (Phils.) Ltd. Co.
San Miguel Brewery - Davao
San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corporation
Seaoil
SGV & Co.
Shangri-La Mactan Cebu
Smart Communications, Inc.
SSS-Head Office
Sultan Kudarat M & T, Inc.
Sumifru Philippines
Suyen Corporation
Total Philippines
Toyota Auto Parts
Trakwell
Transworld Brokerage Corporation
Tri-Bar
Tsukuba Philippine Diecasting Corp
Union Galvasteel Corporation
Warehouse One
Wellmade Motors and Development Corporation

List of Balik Baterya-Supported Projects (completed projects are marked with *)

ACS Manufacturing, Inc./Ramcar, Inc. Balik Baterya Textbook Donation*
Atlas Metals Relief Assistance Project*
Balik Baterya Schoolbuilding Project*
Balik Baterya Support to Chevron's MyLibrary Project*
Balik Baterya Support to the 2nd Marikina Watershed Bike Fest*
Balik Baterya Textbook Donation to Ambalgan and Teresita Elementary Schools*
Balik Baterya Various Donors Textbook Assistance Project*
Cagsiay 2 Elementary School Potable Water Project*
Edward Keller Philippines, Inc. Balik Baterya Textbook Donation Project*
Epson Precision (Philippines), Inc./Ramcar, Inc. Learning Resource Center Donation for Lodlod ES*
Epson/Ramcar, Inc. Learning Resource Center Project*
Holcim Phil./Ramcar, Inc. Balik Baterya Support to Teachers Training on Remedial Reading*
Lear Corporation's Learning Resource Center*
Lear Learning Resource Center Phase 2
Marikina Watershed Rehab Assistance Project
Maysilo Estate-Phase 2B (Sitio Rosal) Road and Drainage Construction Project*
Maysilo Estate-Phase I Road and Drainage Construction*
Maysilo Multi-Purpose Center*
MKADC/Ramcar, Inc. Balik Baterya Textbook Donation*
Mobilizing MSU-IIT College Students under the National Service Training Program for Remedial Reading Year 2*
Movement for Voluntarism and Partnership-PLDT Greening Project
Mt. Kitanglad Agri-Development Corp./Ramcar, Inc. Textbook Donation Year 2*
Nestle Truckers Balik Baterya Supports Pres. Corazon Aquino School Desk Project*
PEZA-Motolite Learning Resource Center Project*
PLDT Motolite Balik Baterya JOPA Wawa Sub-Watershed Refo Project
PLDT/Ramcar, Inc. Barobaybay Academy Mission School ICT Project*
PLDT/Ramcar, Inc. Computer Laboratory Project*
PLDT/Ramcar, Inc. Learning Resource Centers*
PLDT/Ramcar, Inc. School Building in Mondragon, Northern Samar*
Revisiting the Culiat and Payatas Experience on TB Management by Monark Equipment and SSS*

Hazards of ULABs

* Lead is toxic and used electrolytes contain dissolved lead.
* Sulfuric acid is corrosive and contaminates soil and water when spilled.
* Ingestion or inhalation may cause anemia, high blood pressure, kidney problems, infertility, miscarriage, and nervous system damage.
* Exposed children may suffer from neurological disorders like learning disabilities and short attention span.

Thus, it is imperative that we dispose our ULABs properly. Let's not dispose these to informal recylers and junk shops who do not have pollution control. The common practice of battery breaking can cause contaminationof our water and drainage systems such as canals, rivers, creeks and wells.