Learnings and Experiences
A community leader shares her experiences working in TAO-Pilipinas
by Marginela Brucelo
When our house in Letre, Malabon was demolished, my whole family relocated to Tanza, Navotas where we became part of an organization called SANAGMANA (Federation of the United Urban Poor of Navotas). Eventually, I became one of the community leaders of SANAGMANA and headed the technical committee where I had the chance to meet TAO-Pilipinas. TAO-Pilipinas was one of the principal stakeholders of our organization. They have been providing assistance to our community such as designing the appropriate house for us, community planning, and land surveying. They also conducted workshops about solid waste management (SWM), livelihood training program on micro concrete roof (MCR) tiles, and provided relief goods when our community was devastated by a strong typhoon.
When troubled started in the organization due to the mismanagement of our president, I resigned as one of the community leaders and because I attended seminars about SWM, I was lucky enough to be tapped by TAO-Pilipinas to become a probationary trainor on solid waste management under the Education and Training Program of TAO-Pilipinas.
