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Bangkok, August 1978
KABATAANG BARANGAY
BKSS/78/OP/544-200
CONTENTS
V. Financing
Annex B KKB
The late sixties and early seventies witnessed youth activism through-
out the world. In the Philippines, the excess energies of young people
took varied directions. Desperate about the chaos and corruption of the
old system, many students led demonstrations against government indifference,
irrelevant education, abusive landlords, and overbearing foreign influences.
Others took refuge either in the ecstatic world of drugs or in the solace
of cultist movements. In all of these cases, the assumption was that
Philippine society was anything but deserving of one's constructive parti-
When the "New Society" was proclaimed in 1972, President Marcos saw
the importance of the youth which comprises 20% of the total population,
as a partner of older generations in effecting meaningful, social change.
Not being satisfied with forming the KB, he encouraged its members to
draft their own consitution. Promulgated in 1977, that constitution form-
alized the KB's role as "an institution of youth participation in affairs
of local and national concern."2 it contained the rights and duties of
the members and officers of the organization, and the manner of elections.
To further ensure the strength and effectiveness of the KB, the President
signed on 12 June, 1977, Presidential Decree No. 1191, which created the
National Federation of Kabataang Barangay Councils (Pambansang Katipunan
ng Mga Kabataang Barangay), with autonomous attributes of a corporation.
All these efforts of Government are aimed not only at keeping the youth
busy but more important, at drawing them into productive participation in
national life. Having been made aware of their stakes in national develop-
ment, they will, hopefully, not fall back into the alienation of the past
but will, instead, aspire to be the leaders and planners of the present
and the future.
(g) assist in the detection and prevention of drug abuse and help
in the rehabilitation of drug victims;
The different cities all over the country has the Katipunan ng mga
Kabataang Barangay Panlungsod (City Federation of KB Councils), composed
of all city KB Councils.
V. Financing
For the year 1978, the KB Out-of-School Youth Program has tar-
geted some 50,000 youths in both the urban and rural areas to be
trained in either industrial (in-plant) or agricultural skills.
The strategy of implementation involves linkages among government,
socio-civic, and private business sectors, and the Kabataang
Barangay, with the latter serving as the main coordinating and im-
plementing arm. The projects are undertaken on a polot basis
through the selection of specific tryout areas where it would be
most feasible. Volunteer Brigades are composed of the beneficia-
ries of this project with the intention of instilling in the out-
of-school youth the proper orientation and commitment to the KB as
a movement and to the objectives that this program endeavors to
fulfill. The following are the pilot projects:
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2. Agricultural Skills Training Project
3. Guiguinto Project
4. Income-Generating .Project
C. Cultural Program
Last year, the KB initiated the first Asean Youth Conference, and
hosted the ASEAN Folk Arts Festival in Manila.
i. Leadership Training
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It is planned that the animation/TV Production and
Radio Program Production Project will work towards the
production and dissemination of Children's Radio/TV
Educational Programs. Folk myths and tales as well as
heroic exploits of patroits will be utilized to attain
the info-educational and entertainment objectives.
Educare Project
The KB has made a big leap since Ms. Marcos actively led the move-
ment. Her influence and popularity have expedited the implementation of
KB programs. As was mentioned, however, there is much to be desired in
terms of integration, coordination, and follow-through of its activities.
The vast operations of the organization necessitate a large staff in the
Secretariat as well as in the field. Both operational and project costs
go beyond what has been initially appropriated for KB.
There are observers who feel that the organization has probably
over-expanded itself. In response to the problems being confronted by the
movement, the KB National Secretariat is in the process of formulating a
total, long-range plan, that will carefully re-examine program and opera-
tional costs, as well as the fundamental objectives of the organization —
both organizational and ideological.
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As far as the prospects for possible adoption of the KB model are
concerned, the movement has attracted the attention of other Governments,
For example, the Home Minister of India has indicated his Government's
interest in learning from the KB experience. At the same time, KB leaders
have made special efforts to learn as well from the experiences of other
youth movements, through its International Relations program- It is hoped
that through further exchanges, the youth movements in Asia could arrive
at some kind of a model that will best harness youth's energies for na-
tional development.
KABATAANG BARANGAY
ORGANIZATIONAL SET-UP KATIPUNAN NG MGA KABATAANG BARANGAY (KKB)
- ALL LEVELS -
K K B PRESIDENT
(National)
K A B A T A A N G B A R A N G A Y COUNCIL
(Chairman & 6 Councilmen)
K K B PRESIDENTS
(Regional)
K A B A T A A N G B A R A N G A Y ASSEMBLY
(KB members 15 years to less KKB PRESIDENTS K K B PRESIDENTS
than 18 years of age) (Provincial) (City)
K K B PRESIDENTS
(Municipal)
KABATAANG BARANGAY
(All members of the barangay
below 18 years of age)
A L L K A B A T A A N G B A R A N G A Y CHAIRMEN
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