1. Engaging Communities
for Health and
Development
From GIPA to MEPA…
Meaningful Engagement of People
living with and those At-risk of HIV and AIDS
Community Engagement Strengthening for the Philippine
HIV Response (CES4PHR) Program
A joint Initiative of the Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.
and the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC) for the Fifth AIDS Medium Term Plan for 2011-2013
supported by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance and the MAC AIDS Fund
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

2. ....Go to the community
Engaging Communities
for Health and .......Live with them,
Development
...........Learn from them
...................LOVE them
Start with what they know, build with what they have.
But with the best leaders, when the work is done;
the task accomplished, the people will say:
"WE HAVE DONE IT
OURSELVES”
Lao Tsu. China, 700 BC
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

3. What is Community Engagement?**
Engaging Communities
Deepening our thoughts of what “engagement” is and how it differs from merely
for Health and participation and involvement, we have found it useful to see them as separate
Development and distinct; and see involvement and participation as steps on the way to
engagement such that:
Engagement… is about continuous dialogue – the development
and maintenance of relationships and actions between communities and
organisations where decisions, are shared and based on mutual and
growing understanding; and actions are accountable, transparent and
meaningful.
Participation… is about people being active partners in the regeneration of
communities – contributing and sharing in the decisions that affect their lives.
Participation should enable people to have a degree of power and control in the
processes with which they are involved.
Involvement… is about involvement in community activities in a variety of different ways.
Community involvement often starts with agenda and programmes that originate outside the
community.
** Adopted from: http://changesuk.net/themes/community-engagement/
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

4. When claim-holders engage with their duty-bearers,
their NEEDS are filled and HUMAN RIGHTS fulfilled
Engaging Communities
for Health and
Development The Response is
Relationship-based
When claim-holders participate in decision-making processes,
they are claiming fulfillment of their HUMAN RIGHTS
The Response is
RIGHTS-based
When people involve themselves in the services provided by
their duty-bearers, they benefit to fill their NEED
The Response is
NEEDS-based
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

5. “I access services because I have a
responsibility to address my own and Most
my peers‟ HIV risk and vulnerability as Empowering
Engaging Communities well as my country”
for Health and
Development
The engagement between the claim-holder and the duty-bearer
makes their role as “power-holders” in the response to HIV
“I go to my service providers
because it is my right to access the Empowering
services afforded to me by law”
The participation of the community in decision-making makes them
as “claim holders” and the service providers as “duty-bearers”
“I go to the clinic because I need Least
the services for my illness” Empowering
The involvement of the community makes their role as “need-
bearers” and those who provide their needs as “service providers”
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

6. Engaging Communities
for Health and
From GIPA to MEPA
Development
greater involvement  meaningful engagement:
The meaningful engagement of people living with HIV and those at-
risk (MEPA) – is a process in which communities, their groups and
leaders are empowered to be “Meaningfully Engaged” to a response
that respond to their life issues together with their duty-bearers.
Community engagement contribute to the response to HIV and AIDS
in all areas of Assessment, Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and
Evaluation
At PHANSuP, we are „Engaging Communities for
Health and Development‟
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

7. Engaging Communities
for Health and
Development
PLHIV
OFWs LGBT
PHANSuP’s
7 Key HIV
Community Male
PWID Sex
Groups Workers
Female
Street
Sex
Youth
Workers
The MePA Process:
Meaningful Engagement
of People Living with and
those At-Risk of
HIV/AIDS
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

8. Community Engagement Mechanism
The Engager:
Engaging Communities
for Health and
Development
Involvement
Outcomes
(Needs-based)
Individual outcomes
(BCC)
Partnership
Outcomes
(Rights-based)
Engagement
Outcomes
(Relationship-based)
Duty bearer: Claim holder: Communities
Government/CSOs
Response to HIV or
any other issues
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

9. Case Study: Community Engagement for Building a Unified
(C.E.B.U.) Response Project
Cebu Response Project:
PHANSuP: Community Engager MOU signed by
PWID, PLIHIV, Sex Workers
Engaging Communities community groups with Local
for Health and Government and PHANSuP
Development USAID
Philippine National AIDS Council
IHAA
AIDS Society of the Philippines
UN Agencies Department of Health
and the UNAIDS
PLHIV
City Health Department
MSMs and Transgender
HACT-VSMC
Male Sex Workers
Social Hygiene
Female Sex Workers
Clinics
Local NGOs
People Who Inject Drugs
Duty bearers: Claim holders:
Government/NGO Communities
5th AIDS Medium Term Plan
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

10. 4 Pillars of Community Engagement
Engaging Communities
for Health and
Development
Pillar 1 Pillar 2 Pillar 3 Pillar 4
Constituency Knowledge Policy Service
Development Management Advocacy Delivery
Communities
Communities
articulating Communities
A well- sharing
their voices driving the
functioning experiences
to campaign increased
Community- and
their causes uptake of
based transforming
and influence services at
Groups these into
enabling the local
(CBGs) with useful
policies that providers
civically- knowledge
engage them through
engaged that address
in the social
members their
development mobilisation
vulnerabilities
endeavours
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

11. Community Groups Engaged in Key Priority Areas for HIV
Engaging Communities
Laoag
for Health and
Development Tuguegarao
Manila Baguio
Quezon City Angeles
Pasay City Olongapo
Legazpi
Ormoc-Tacloban
Mindoro
Malay-Boracay Cebu
Iloilo
Bacolod
Cagayan de Oro
Davao
General Santos
Zamboanga
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

12. Communities with Injecting Drug Use Behaviours
(People who Inject Drugs)
Engaging Communities
for Health and 4 CBGs and
Development
3 PROJECT SITES 4 Service Delivery Champions
1 Service Delivery
2 Community-
Champion: Social
based Groups
Hygiene Clinic
2 Service Delivery Champions:
Reproductive Health and Wellness
Center and Human Development and
Empowerment Services
Cebu
City
1 Community-
based Group
1 Community- 1 Service Delivery
based Groups Champion: Social
Hygiene Clinic
Zamboanga General
City Santos
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

13. Communities with High MSM Behaviours in HIV Key Priority Cities
Gay and Transgender Groups
10 Learning Alliance Hubs Street Youth
Male Sex Workers
Engaging Communities
for Health and Pimps of Sex Workers
Development 4 MSM in Cyber Space
Baguio, Angeles, Tourism Frontlines
Olongapo PLHIV
Cities of Bicol Region
Manila, Pasay,
Quezon
Tacloban, Orm
oc, Leyte
Laguna, Mindo
ro
Cebu, Mandaue,
Lapulapu
Iloilo, Boracay,
BAcolod
Davao Region
Zamboanga
Peninsula
General Santos
City
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.

14. Philippine NGO Support Program, Inc. (PHANSuP)
Engaging Communities
www.facebook.com/phansup
for Health and
Development
PHANSuP, one of the two pioneer independent national linking
organizations of the UK-based International HIV/AIDS Alliance
(www.aidsalliance.org) , is a health and development NGO with
more than 19 years of solid experience in engaging communities
co-create lasting, people-centered solutions to health and
development inequities and disparities.
PHANSuP and the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC)
forged a Partnership Agreement on 2 November 2010 aimed to
accelerate local responses to HIV and AIDS through the
“Community Engagement Strengthening for the Philippine HIV
Response (CES4PHR) Program” using PHANSuP’s Framework
on “Meaningful Engagement of People Living with HIV and
those At-risk (MePA)” as a key strategy in
initiating, implementing and sustaining an effective HIV
response at the local level.
Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSuP), Inc.