Republic of the Philippines

MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY

Fatima, General Santos City
College of Social Sciences and Humanities
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

“REPUBLIC ACT 9994 AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN

SELECTED BARANGAYS OF GENERAL SANTOS CITY”

KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEW

(NGO’s & VOLUNTEER GROUPS)

Name: Dennis C. Destacamento Position: Project Coordinator

1) What support services do you provide for the benefits of the Senior Citizens in

General Santos City, in partnership with the Office of the Senior Citizen Affairs?

Response:

In 2014-2016, COSE implemented the project named “Mainstreaming Older

Persons Participation in the Communities” covering 5 Barangays namely:
Labangal, San Jose, Ligaya, Dadiangas West and City Heights. COSE focused
on public awareness and development of community based programs of the
project.

The intervention was mainly focused on the mentioned Barangays and not at the
federation level or OSCA level. But in most of the activities, OSCA were involved
as partner organization but not as a direct beneficiary of the project. However,
COSE facilitated the different awareness raising activityes that includes
distribution of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials such
as but not limited to Brochure on RA9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of
2010, Brochure on Elder Abuse, etc.; Radio guesting in Bombo Radyo to tackle
issues and concerns of older persons; COSE also extended support in facilitating
major activities of the City related to older persons such as the Elderly Filipino
Week Celebration in 2015 & 2016 with high participation from the older persons.

In addition, COSE formed the Support Group for the Older Person’s
Organizations (OPOs) in General Santos City with OSCA as member. The group
will support in the strengthening of the five (5) older person’s organizations
towards community development in General Santos City but eventually will
extend its help to other barangays once proven effective and helpful.

2) How often do you provide support to the OSCA?

Monthly__ Quarterly__ Yearly___

3) How long have you been providing support to the OSCA?

 Republic of the Philippines
MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY
Fatima, General Santos City
College of Social Sciences and Humanities
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Response: Only during the implementation of the project above but we

somehow monitor our intervention in the five barangays especially in the 1st year
after the project implemented.

4) What are the facilitating factors that make it easier for you to provide support the

Office of the Senior Citizen Affairs?

Response: The willingness of the OSCA Head to involve; the existing needs for
public awareness and the existing partnership of COSE to General Santos City
contributed a lot.