Needs assessment of fisher folks in Ternate Cavite basis for social work intervention program / by Jonalyn C. Osorio.

Thesis (Bachelor of Science in Social Work) Cavite State University

Includes bibliographical references.

College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR)

OSORIO, JONALYN C. Needs Assessment of Fisher Folks in Ternate, Cavite: A
Basis for Social Work Intervention Program. Undergraduate Thesis, Bachelor of Science in Social Work, College of Arts and Sciences, Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. May 2017. Adviser: Mr. Renato T. Agdalpen, MA.
This study was conducted at the 10 barangays (San Juan I, San Juan Il, San Jose, Población I, Poblacion I-A, Poblacion Il, Poblacion Ill, Sapang I, Sapang Il and Bucana)
of Ternate, Cavite from January to May 2017. It aimed to determine the needs of the fisher
folks in Ternate, Cavite, which served as the basis for social work intervention program.
Specifically, this aimed to determine the demographic characteristics of the fisher folks in
terms of age, gender, civil status, educational attainment, main and other sources of income, years of working as fisher folk, organization they belong, monthly income and
number of family member; the social condition of the family of the fisher folks in terms of
educational status, health condition and socio-economic condition; and the suggested program or activity of the fisher folks to improve their present condition.
Slovin's formula with a margin error of 0.10 and cluster sampling were used as sampling technique. The researcher had a sample population of 100 participants from the

10 barangays (San Juan I, San Juan Il, San Jose, Población I, Población I-A, Población Il,

Población Ill, Sapang I, Sapang Il, and Bucana) of Ternate, Cavite. A survey questionnaire was used as a tool in data-gathering. The study made use of frequency and percentage in
describing the socio-demographic profile of the participants, the social condition of the
family and the suggested program. To support the study, an interview guide was used to the five fisher folks for the assistance that they got from the government and the suggested program for education, health, and life situation.
The result showed that most of the participants belonged to a legal age 21 to 65 years old, of which male is 95 and female is five. It was also revealed that the suggested program of the fisher folks in the education of their children are scholarship and free school supplies every school year; in their health, feeding program and free vitamins and medicines; lastly, in their business, the livelihood, additional fishing gears and arresting the trolls.
This study identified the needs of the fisher folks and proposed a social work intervention program for the fisher folks not only for their business but also for the environment. The social condition in the lives of the fisher folks especially in their socioeconomic status through the means of providing sustainable programs like food processing wherein they can use the seafoods that the fisher folks catch, they can create delicious product from the resources that they have. They can also bring back the beauty of the environment by planting trees, putting back the small fishes that they caught and by arresting the trolls that illegally catch fishes. The plan that the researcher did can be a basis for the social work intervention program for the fisher folks.

Submitted copy to the University Library. 08/03/2017 T-6848