Holistic Understanding on Managing Actions of the Needing Society (Humans) Project: Its Activities, Impacts and Problems Encountered

Abstract

Holistic Understanding on Managing Actions of the Needing Society (HUMANS) is an extension project of the Human Resource Development Management Program of the College of Business Management of the Surigao del Sur State University-Main Campus. This project aimed to develop and improve the skills of the adopted beneficiaries through the provision of trainings and seminars. This study sought to describe the different activities implemented under the project; assess the impact of the project to the lives of the beneficiaries; and identify the problems met along the implementation of the project. Guided with these objectives, the study employed a qualitative research design particularly phenomenology through interview with the key informants who are the beneficiaries of the project. Results showed that there were fifteen activities conducted since the implementation of the HUMANS project. Consequently, beneficiaries perceived that the project has great impact on their socio-cultural well-being and on their livelihood.  Moreover, lack of participation and limited resources appeared to be the dominant problems encountered by the extension implementers.