BADJAO TRIBE: A BASIS FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND

DEVELOPMENT

BALASABAS, ANGELICA

PENAROYA, JERICA A.

SALABE, ANGELINE NINA B.

SALGADO, JHUN MARK JOEFILL B.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITETCTURE

BOHOL ISLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

MAIN, CAMPUS-TAGBILARAN CITY

SEPTEMBER 2023
 INTRODUCTION

RATIONALE

Community Planning and Development is a way to mitigate the underlying issues

of the community such as solid and liquid waste management, human waste, traffic and

improvement of the local’s status. Through well planning and consideration of the

community needs, it may result into a well-designed master plan, an ideal community to

be inhabited with proper considerations.

Badjao Tribe or originally named as “Sama Dilaut” is an ethnical group in the

Philippines, which commonly settled in the coastal areas. These people call themselves

Badjao, Samah or Samal and they are identified as Sea Gypsies of Sulu and the

Celebes Sea. Despite the modernization that takes place in our country, Badjao still

Despite continued urbanization, a sizable proportion of the world’s population

today lives in rural areas. Many people face major challenges to their livelihoods and

wellbeing. In the Philippines, many rural people work under arduous conditions to make

ends meet. Rural communities in many parts of the world have limited access to

modern services and social deprivation is widespread.

Informal settlements are a social problem that is rooted on falsifying moral values

and it is quite observed into the present. It is very important to eradicate and lessen this

problem because it would greatly affect the growth of the country’s economy and the

health condition of each member of the family. The demand of residential establishment