In 2006 and 2008, ESSC was requested to conduct pre- and post-baseline surveys for the Alternative Advocacy Project (AAP) implemented by PATH Foundation Philippines in the ecoregion of the Danajon Double Barrier Reef in Central Visayas.

Responses are genuine and emerged from actual experiences and these must be fully appreciated and listened to as assistance is designed. Two major observations on the social and environmental fronts are confirmed: quality of life is not getting better for the majority of our poor and quality of the environment is not getting reversed from its present degrading state. All the more this confirms the need for greater assistance that is realistic and that will improve people's lives and livelihoods and will lead to a more sustainable environment and resource stability.

The 2006 survey covered 108 respondents from four provinces, 13 municipalities and 56 barangays. The AAP's evaluation plan called for a follow-up survey in late 2008 to track changes in policymakers' attitude and commitment to family planning, reproductive health and integrated approaches to population-environment. ESSC conducted the follow-up survey in 32 of the 56 barangays from the baseline survey.

To read ESSC's reports on this activity, please click on the following:

ESSC's 2006 baseline survey report: An Evaluation of the Alternative Advocacy Project in the Visayas Region on behalf of PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc

ESSC's 2008 post-survey: Benchmarking Stakeholder Support for Family Planning and Reproductive Health Linked to Coastal and Fisheries Management: A Follow-up Survey of the Alternative Advocacy Project in the Visayas Region on behalf of PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc