Well-care in Tondo’s Slums: Women-Driven Vocational Learning Knowledge Hubs Toward 2030’s Sustainable Development Goals

L. Fraizer

Abstract


Worldwide efforts—such as Sustainable Development Goals and its predecessor Millennium Development Goals—historically offers country policy makers, industry leaders, and proactive citizens an aspirational guiding charter for actions needed to address complex issues that our planet and its inhabitants are facing such as adversities related to poverty, employability, quality education and holistic health. Households who are fighting for mere subsistence often depend on its youngest to work and contribute to the family’s economic livelihood and survival. It is not uncommon, for instance, for some children from residential-industrial parts of Tondo to forego free compulsory primary school education in order to scour landfill for valuables that can be traded or sold for basic necessities such as food and water. Millions of impoverished others experience similar hardships around the world. As nationwide achievement is highly dependent upon the well-being of a thriving population—educational opportunities can be pragmatic for those who pursue it if basic needs can be met—holistic well-care for human and economic survival. Entrepreneurship cases are explored, specifically vocational life skills investments by female entrepreneurs which include digital literacy and basic well-being practices.

Keywords


Future of work, Knowledge hubs, Sustainable development goals, Well-care, Women entrepreneurs

Full Text:

PDF

References


Al Jazeera. (2014a). September 10. Tondo: Manila’s Largest slum-The Space Between. (https://youtu.be/OIGA0xDDagQ), access on 14 October 2018.

Al Jazeera. (2014b). September 19. Philippines: Deliverance-The Slum (Episode 1). (https://youtu.be/Uwo5rjiIEsQ), access on 14 October 2018.

Al Jazeera. (2014c). September 26. Risky Business-The Slum (Episode 2). (https://youtu.be/FEX3TIM3tcU), access on 14 October 2018.

Al Jazeera. (2014d). October 3. Storm Rising-The Slum (Episode 3). (https://youtu.be/t818Kqde2X0), access on 14 October 2018.

Al Jazeera. (2014). October 10. Vote for me-The Slum (Episode 4). (https://youtu.be/wm4RV8hdLMU), access on 14 October 2018.

Al Jazeera. (2014). October 18. For Love or Money - The Slum (Episode 5). (https://youtu.be/IXZFsvC5T8o), access on 14 October 2018.

AnitaB. (2018a). Announcing the 2018 Abie Award Winners. (https://ghc.anitab.org/news/announcements/2018-abie-award-winners), access on 13 October 2018.

AnitaB. (2018b). Honorees Chiara Amisola. (https://ghc.anitab.org/2018-speakers-honorees/2018-honorees/chiara-amisola), access on 13 October 2018.

Asian Development Bank. (2009). Poverty in the Philippines. Causes, Constraints, and Opportunities. (https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/27529/poverty-philippines-causes-constraints-opportunities.pdf), access on 14 October 2018.

Blau, C. (2018). Inside the Controversial World of Slum Tourism. National Geographic. (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/features/photography/history-controversy-debate-slum-tourism), access on 13 October 2018.

Central Intelligence Agency. n.d. East and Southeast Asia: Philippines. (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/print_rp.html), access on 13 October 2018.

Collins, N.A. (2010). A School for Manila’s Slums. (https://www.pri.org/stories/2010-05-04/school-manilas-slums), access on 14 October 2018.

Dolan, R. E. (1991). Philippines: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress. (http://countrystudies.us/philippines), access on 13 October 2018.

Fraizer, L. (2009). 21st Century Social Change Makers and Next-Generation Social Entrepreneurs. Proquest UMI Number. 3360227.

Fraizer, L. and Farina, S. (2014a). Tondo Technology Education and Opportunity (Working Paper #IWE6-25-2014a). iWE Studio.

Fraizer, L. and Farina, S. (2014b). Technology Policy in the Philippine Education System (Working Paper #IWE6-25-2014b). iWE Studio.

Fraizer, L., Arora, R., Krishnakumar, G. (2009). Imagining Together: Using Technology and Extreme Ideas to Solve the Toughest Problems of the World. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing: Creating Technology for Social Good. Tucson, Arizona: September 30-October 3rd.

France-Presse, A. (2012). Angel of the Dump’ Transforms Lives in Philippines. (https://globalnation.inquirer.net/39931/%E2%80%98angel-of-the-dump%E2%80%99-transforms-lives-in-philippines), access on 14 October 2018.

Lazo, L. (2015). Increasing Economic Opportunities of Women in the APEC. Philippine Institute for Development Studies. (https://dirp3.pids.gov.ph/webportal/CDN/PUBLICATIONS/ pidsdps1518.pdf), access on 14 October 2018.

Lee-Brago, P. (2006). MoA Signed for Container Van Classrooms. (https://www.philstar.com/ headlines/2006/12/19/375725/moa-signed-container-van-classrooms), access on 14 October 2018.

Lowe, A. (2014). Slum Tourism in the Philippines Not for the Faint-Hearted. (https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/slum-tourism-in-the-philippines-not-for-the-faint-hearted-1.263612), access on 14 October 2018.

Mallonee, L. (2017). Staggering Views of Manila’s Insanely Crowded Slums. Wired. (https://www.wired.com/2017/03/bernhard-lang-manila-aerials), access on 14 October 2018.

Manila Bulletin. (2009), December 16. Championing a Country Not Her Own. (http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-214536196/championing-a-country-not-her-own), access on 12 October 18.

Manila Bulletin. (2011). November 8. Tondo Beneficiaries Receive Livelihood Projects. (http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-271903155/tondo-beneficiaries-receive-livelihood-projects), access on 12 October 2018.

Marx, B., Stoker, T., Suri, T. (2013). The Economics of Slums in the Developing World. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 27(4), pp 187-210. (https://www.aeaweb.org/articles? id=10.1257/jep.27.4.187), access on 14 October 2018.

McDonnell, T. (2017). Poverty, Malnutrition and Disease Make Manila’s ‘Happyland’ a Very Sad Place. Huffington Post. (https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/ted-mcdonnell/poverty-malnutrition-and-disease-make-manilas-happyland-a-ve_a_23033108), access on 14 October 2018.

McNeill, D. (2009). July 13. Where ‘Home’ is a Vast Mound of Stinking Rubbish. Irish Times. (https://www.irishtimes.com/news/where-home-is-a-vast-mound-of-stinking-rubbish-1.698526), access on 14 October 2018.

Nakamura, S. (2009). Spatial Analysis of Urban Poverty in Manila, Philippines. (https://courses.cit.cornell.edu/crp408/papers/nakamura.pdf), access on 13 October 2018.

National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women. (1999). Philippine Response to UN-CSW Questionnaire on PFA Implementation. (http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/ responses/philippines.pdf), access on 12 October 2018.

National Statistics Office. (2008). Statistics on Filipino Children. Journal of Philippine Statistics. 59(4). (https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/4thQ2008_0.pdf), access on 14 October 2018. ISSN 0022-3603.

Open Education Resources. n. d. Frequently Asked Questions. OER for K-12 Educators. (https://www.oercommons.org/static/staticpages/documents/FAQ-OER-K-12.pdf?f923a5a5e335), access on 14 October 2018.

Office of the President of the Philippines. (2015). The 2015 State of the Nation Address Technical Report. (https://www.gov.ph/documents/20147/131492/The+2015+State+of+the+Nation +Address+Technical+Report.pdf/9951d84e-62ac-a239-cff5b74ecc453200?version=1.1), access on 14 October 2018.

Pennington, J. (2017). March 22. Education, Inequality, Poverty-A Paradox in the Philippines. ASEAN Today. (https://www.aseantoday.com/2017/03/education-inequality-poverty-a-paradox-in-the-philippines), access on 14 October 2018.

Purple Community Fund. (2017). Purple News. Your Annual Update on All Things Purple. (http://www.p-c-f.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Purple-News-2017-.pdf), access on 14 October 2018.

Ragragio, J. M. (2003). Urban Slums Report: The Case of Metro Manila. Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report on Human Settlement. World Bank Group. (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu-projects/Global_Report/pdfs/Manila.pdf), access on 14 October 2018.

Roots of Health. (2017). Roots of Health Annual Report 2017. (http://rootsofhealth.org/media/annual-reports/ROH-Annual-Report-2017.pdf), access on 14 October 2018.

Smokey Tours. n. d. About Smokey Tours. (http://www.smokeytours.com/home-2), access on 13 October 2018.

Soroptimist International. (2016). Jane Walker MBE – Philippine Community Fund – Club Meeting 5, July 2016. (https://sigbi.org/reigate-and-district/2016/07/18/jane-walker-mbe-philippine-community-fund-club-meeting-5-july-2016), access on 14 October 2018.

Sustainable Development Solutions Network. (2015). Getting Started with the Sustainable Development Goals. A Guide for Stakeholders. (http://unsdsn.org/wpcontent/uploads/ 2015/12/151211-getting-started-guide-FINAL-PDF-.pdf), access on 13 October 2018.

Swanopoel, A. E. (2018). Amina Evangelista Swanepoel Ashoka Fellow 2017 (Roots of Health). Ashoka Philippines. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ctPf-hyGU), access on 13 October 2018.

United Nations. (2016). The Sustainable Development Goals Report. (http://www.un.org.lb/Library/Assets/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2016-Global.pdf), access on 14 October 2018.

United Nations. (2018a). World Economic Situation Prospects 2018. ISBN 978-92-1-109177-9. (https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/wpcontent/uploads/sites/45/publication/WESP2018_Full_Web-1.pdf), access on 13 October 2018.

United Nations. (2018b). Women’s Entrepreneurship: Lessons and Good Practice. National Case Studies from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines. (https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/ASEAN%20women%E2%80%99s%20entrepreneurship%20case%20studies.pdf), access on 13 October 2018.

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. (2017). UNESCO moving forward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. (http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002477/247785e.pdf), access on 13 October 2018.

United Nations Development Programme. (2018a). Independent Country Programme Evaluation of UNDP Contribution Philippines. (https://erc.undp.org/evaluation/documents/ download/11662), access on 13 October 2018.

United Nations Development Programme. (2018b). Evaluation Brief. (https://erc.undp.org/evaluation/documents/ download/11635), access on 13 October 2018.

Walker, J. (2017). July 13. Angel of the Dump – A Story of Courageous Love. TEDXRoyalTunbridgeWells. (https://youtu.be/x_xeaDyPDm0), access on 14 October 2018.

World Health Organization and Department of Health Philippines. (2012). Health Services Delivery Profile Philippines 2012. (http://www.wpro.who.int/health_services/ service_delivery_profile_philippines.pdf), access on 13 October 2018.

Yunus Center at Asian Institute of Technology. n. d. What We Believe. (http://www.yunuscenter.ait.asia), access on 13 October 2018.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.17509/invotec.v14i2.14361

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2018 Innovation of Vocational Technology Education

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Lisensi Creative Commons
This work is licensed under a Lisensi Creative Commons Atribusi-BerbagiSerupa 4.0 Internasional.

View My Stats