Saving the Environment Program (SEP): A Key in Empowering the Community

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

From the past years until now our country suffered because of the different calamities and disasters like strong typhoons. Many people died, lost their home, and even their way of living such as farming and fishing. From this, the researcher used to empower the community through SEP or Saving the Environment Program since she believed that one of the ways to empower the community is to discipline people on how to take good care of the biodiversity.

METHODS

The respondents on this study was limited only to 50 residence in Macalamcam B, Rosario Batangas who has been interviewed and who answered the questionnaire. This action research chiefly relied on saving the environment which focuses only on disaster like typhoons. The researcher used the descriptive method to find out the different ways on how to save the environment especially in case of typhoons. The data gathered were tabulated, evaluated and analyzed using frequency, percentages, and ranking system to identify the different ways on how to save the environment and in empowering the community.

RESULTS

The researcher found out that to empower the community the environment must be taking good care of in order to have continuous growth and development. As the community grows and developed the environment must not be taking for granted but must be taking into consideration in order to achieve a fully empowered community.

DISCUSSIONS

Based from the gathered data, the researcher conclude that our environment is an important factor to empower the community. Person's self-discipline is vital in empowering the community because if the person has lack of discipline it may results to damaging the environment. Every person must be disciplined in order to do well for our environment.