Helping Process: Philippine Context

Values
•Values are moral imperatives and
feelings about what should be or not
be, what is good or bad, what is
desirable or undesirable.
• Filipino values are ambivalent- can either be good or bad and thus
color the uniqueness of every individual.
• Values can also be considered as a guide towards the betterment
of life because without proper values, a person will never achieve
what one aspires for.
• The Basis of Philippine Value Orientation
• Our values have been derived from the racial strains and cultural
elements that are Aeta, Indonesian, Malayan, Hindu, and Chinese,
which form the foundations of the core of our moral conscience
and cultural identity as well as cultural elements that were derived
from Spain, the United States, and more recently the global
community.
Filipino Values
• PAGDAMAY
• KAGANDAHANG LOOB
• BAYANIHAN
• PAGDAMAY – involving yourself to the mess/problem.
• KAGANDAHANG LOOB- Good will
• BAYANIHAN- Working together.
Pagdamay
• Sympathy for people who lost their love ones. In case of death of a
certain member in the community, the whole community
sympathizes with the bereaved family.
Kagandahang Loob
• kagandahang loob means "good will." In a sense, it is the willing of
something good, and thus, the expression of love, for others.
BAYANIHAN
• Is derived from the root word Bayani in a manuscript titled
“vocabulario de lalengua tagala” which means OBRA COMUN or
group work.

• Bayanihan system or spirit of kinship and camaraderie

• A filipinoo community spirit and cooperation wherein a group of
individuals extends a helping hand without expecting any remuneration.

• Bayanihan is working together to achieve a common noble purpose

and equitably sharing the fruits of labor.
• Bayanihan embodies mutual assistance and self-help among
equals or togetherness in a common effort.
Other positive Filipino values
• Familisim or close family relations
• Giving highest importance to family above other things.

• Fun-Loving Trait
• A trait found in most Filipinos, a unique trait that even in times of calamities
and other challenges in they always have something to be happy about, a
reason to celebrate
• Hospitality
• A trait of being receptive and generous to guest.
• Compassionate
• being sympathetic to others even if the person is a stranger.
• Regionalism
• Giving more priority or preference in giving favor to his province mate
before others.
• Friendly
• Being a sincere, loyal, kind and sociable person.
• Flexible
• The ability to ride on or adjust to the norms of other group to attain
smooth and harmonious relationship
• Religious
• Possess strong conformance of their religious belief in action and in words.
• Respect for elders
• Being courteous both in words and in actions to older people.
• Remedyo
• Attitude Being creative and resourceful .
• Matiyaga
• Tenacity and strong determination in every undertaking.
• Utang na loob
• a feeling of obligation to repay someone who extend assistance to another
which may take place in undetermined time and in whatever way.
NEGATIVE FILIPINO VALUES
• Bahala na
• Attitude Retreating or withdrawal from certain undertaking and leaving
everything to God to interfere and determine the outcome of his deeds.
• Colonial Complex or Blue-seal mentality
• Showing high admiration and preference to foreign produced goods over
local ones.
• Crab Mentality
• An attempt to “pull down” someone who has achieved success beyond the
others done by jealousy and insecurity.
• Filipino Time
• always late”, an attitude of impreciseness towards time
• Gaya-gaya Attitude
• Imitating or copying other cultures specifically in mode of dressing.
• Jackpot Mentality
• A “get rich quick” mentality who would rather engage in fast ways of
acquiring money than through hard work and perseverance .
• Mañana
• Habit Delaying or setting aside a certain task assigned on the next day
although it can be done today.
• Ningas Cogon
• Being enthusiastic only during the start of new undertaking but ends
dismally in accomplishing nothing.
• Lack of Sportsmanship
• Not accepting defeat in competitions but rather putting the blame either
to their opponents or to the sport officials.
• Tsamba lang
• attitude Simplicity by declaring that his/her accomplishments are results of
luck and not from perseverance and ability.