Bachelor thesis BA Social Sciences http://dspace.cas.upm.edu.ph:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1692 2026-06-19T23:24:41Z 2026-06-19T23:24:41Z Ramirez, Lamberto Francisco A. http://dspace.cas.upm.edu.ph:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3757 2026-06-17T19:03:58Z 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lorenzo H. Tañada: The Lawyer and the Nationalist, 1930-‘45 Ramirez, Lamberto Francisco A.

1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Villalonga, Graciela T. http://dspace.cas.upm.edu.ph:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3754 2026-06-17T19:03:37Z 1988-05-01T00:00:00Z

A Survey of the Socio-Economic Conditions of the Residents of Barangay Kruz na Ligas Villalonga, Graciela T.

1988-05-01T00:00:00Z Lareza, Klayd T. http://dspace.cas.upm.edu.ph:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3610 2026-03-17T19:02:10Z 2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

A Descriptive Study of Asociacion Damas De Filipinas Settlement House Lareza, Klayd T. While some children are indulging in the luxury of being with their families and harbouring all the love and the care from their biological parents, others are left in the streets or in institutions that provide alternative care. The families of these children have conceded with the fact that they cannot, or they can no longer provide for the needs of this young soul for the time being. Thus, they have left the rearing and upbringing of their children in the hands of the state or in the hands of some organizations that are willing and able to administer the needs of the child. Asociacion Damas De Filipinas Settlement House is one of the oldest institution that renders foster care to disadvantaged children in the Philippines and within the Manila area in particular. It is located at 1451 President Quirino Avenue, Paco Manila. This institution has been in service for almost eighty nine years now since its establishment on September 26, 1913. The Settlement House is administered by a non-government organization called Asociacion Damas De Filipinas. This organization is composed of distinguished women from different sectors of society. The current president of this organization is Atty. Concepcion Recto. Asociacion Damas De Filipinas provides funding to the Settlement House through its resource generating arm named Fundacion Damas De Filipinas. Although much of the funds used to run the Settlement House come from donations of charitable individuals and institutions, Fundacion Damas De Filipinas establishes linkages with government and other non -government organization to generate more resources for the Settlement House. Asociacion Damas De Filipinas is currently employing eighteen individuals to serve in the three different divisions of the institution. These divisions are the Administrative division, the Services Division, and the Utilities division. All of these divisions are under the supervision of the Executive Director Ms. Maribeth Florido. The Settlement House has one resident Social Worker in the person of Ms. Girlie Flower who caters to the rehabilitation needs and treatment plans of all the children under the care of the orphanage. The Settlement House offers two kinds of services. These are the Residential Care Program that offers temporary shelter and alternative care to disadvantaged children and the Education Program that provides day care services to children ages four to six years old. As of the moment, the day care center has twenty (20) students while the orphanage is taking full responsibility over forty one (41) children. The settlement house believes that immediate and continuous satisfaction of the needs of the children should be given utmost significance. It recognizes the value of providing what is necessary for the development of the child in the earliest possible time. Since most of the children under their care must have went through complicated environments and relationships, ample and quality servicing of the child’s needs should be given priority. The development of the child is of paramount interest to the organization thus, their philosophy is anchored on giving the child all possible supplements that will compensate for his developmental needs. The institution would like to inculcate the values of patience, love, honesty, and righteousness in the minds of the children under their protection. Proper and adequate guidance, care, nurturing, and love are of their primary consideration. They believe that children grow very fast and time is such an elemental instrument that passes so swiftly. Whatever it is that they could do to make the child see the beauty and meaning of life should be done as soon as possible. Asociacion Damas De Filipinas was able to render quality care and services to its clients. For a fact, based on the results of the survey and the observations of the author, both the day care center and the orphanage were able to give the children enough faculties ‘and support that would promote development. Asociacion Damas De Filipinas was able to warrant its commitment for humanitarian services. It was able to prove that institutions rendering foster care and temporary shelter are important pillars of social service that serve not only the needy but the helpless members of the society as well.

2002-03-01T00:00:00Z Supan, Renato D. Jr http://dspace.cas.upm.edu.ph:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3593 2026-03-16T19:02:09Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manila’s Sewer System Under American Administration: Its Implications to Health and Sanitation Supan, Renato D. Jr The true intentions of the Americans in acquiring the Philippine territory can be traced in various strategic and economic interests. These are to gather native raw materials and other resources for American consumption and to find new markets for American trade in the Far East. However, these motives are concealed to the eyes of the Filipinos by the so-called “benevolent assimilation”. Benevolent assimilation became the ideological backbone of American conquest over the Philippines. It was declared by William McKinley aimed at winning the affection of the Filipinos and stop their violent resistance against the United States. It was, in effect, claiming that the Americans came to the Philippines not as enemies and conquerors. Rather as friends that would promote prosperity and provide development to the country. When the Americans arrived to the Philippines, they made Manila as their colonial capital. At that time, the city was in a very bad sanitary condition and prevalent health problems were present. The surface land was muddy for there was continuous flooding and often river overflows. There was no proper and systematized collection of garbage and sewage. Practically all sorts of garbage and sewage found their way to open bodies of water like the Pasig River and the system of canals called esteros. According to the Americans, there were also many unsanitary habits of the Manileños like not using soap in bathing and seldom washing of hands. For the Americans, these practices were very disgusting, but for the Filipinos these were just the normal way of life to which they were accustomed. The Americans saw the city as a land of filth. Nevertheless, the Americans cannot live with it and they wanted the convenience that they enjoy in their own civilized country. So they opted to improve Manila’s health and sanitation. It became one perfect avenue for their benevolent decisions over the country. Sanitary program and policies like street sweeping and gutter cleaning, systematic garbage and nightsoil disposal, and establishment of public parks for beautification were implemented. Manila’s sewer system became another avenue for the Americans benevolent decisions. They found out that there were only few existing sewers in the city. They merely rely on tide movements for flushing off sewage. They were wrecked, defective, dirty, and posing serious detriments to the public health. The Americans improved and developed it for their own convenience. They hired the services of their top caliber engineers who recommended the installation of a modem sewer system. They introduced an entirely new system of sewage disposal called dilution, in which wastewater is discharged into Manila Bay where strong action of waves is expected to purify the sewage. The Americans also introduced the use of modern devices like pump and lift stations, centrifugal pumps, automatic regulating apparatus, and manholes. In 1909, the installation of the modern sewerage system was finished and its services were opened to the public. The people did not immediately embraced the system. They did not connect their premises to the sewer services. Soon they did as the United States Supreme Court compelled them. Consequently, the installation of a modern sewerage system resulted to the improvement of health and sanitation. After the system was installed in Manila, statistical records proved that the prevalence of sewage related diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and dysentery lowered. The general mortality rate from such diseases also decreased.

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