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Overseas Reports【Current Activities of a Former Participant】

Aubrey-san reported her current activities in Philippines.

1) Course Leader:Hajime SUETA

2) Former Participant: Ms. BUGTONG Anne Aubrey De Guzman

November 25th, 2016
Training Division

Kitakyushu International Techno-cooperative AssociationWe report on activities being run by former participants playing an active role intheir homeland after completing their JICA/KITA training course
This issue of Overseas Reports covers activities being run in their homeland by participants who attended thetraining course, “Operation and Maintenance of Sewerage System (B)”.
Hajime SUETA, the course leader who managed the course, introduced us their activity situation.

All the trainees dispatched from 6 countries (9 people) gathered in Kitakyushu city.

1. Introduction of the participant, who has given the report
Nickname

Aubrey - sanPhoto

Name

Country

Period of JICA
Training Course

Ms. BUGTONG Anne
Aubrey De Guzman

Philippines

Jan. 11, 2016 ～Mar. 05, 20161Course leader
H. SUETA

Aubrey - sanThe memorial photo of participants with course leader
H. SUETA after lecture

2. Message from Hajime SUETA, Course Leader
Ms. Aubrey works in Zamboanga City Water District, the Philippines
which is in charge of water resource in the city. She is responsible for theassessment of environmental impact and the task for the construction ofnew sewage-treatment plant as an expert of water environment.
She was the only woman in the training course. Since she handled thepreparation of sewage-treatment plant to be established in the city for the first time, she eagerly
learned everything during the training. I remember she noted the explanation on the memo pad all
the time wherever she went, even in the site visit.
She gave a speech in the closing ceremony, at the last day of the training, as a representative of all
the trainees. And, her speech was selected to post on KITA`s home-page in Japan. She gave me anemail with an agreement on this posting and also informed that the knowledge and information she
gained from the training would be introduced on the magazine which is published quarterly by hercorporation, for the exchange of information between Zamboanga city and the other public water
corporations in the Philippines.
I asked her further information about the contents published on magazine and this time we could
successfully introduce it on KITA news. In the report, she mentioned about action plan. The theme of theaction plan that she formulated in Japan was checking the sewer pipe of Zamboanga city with television
camera. I hope that she could give a presentation to her superior with advanced contents.
Even after returning home, she emailed me and asked “the design of the foundation pile for theconstruction of sewage- treatment plant does not go well. Is there any good method?” I think though it is
not enough to solve the issues she faced only with the knowledge gained in the training, I hope she could
deepen the knowledge and contribute for the improvement of water environment in the Philippines.

Keep going, Ms. Aubrey !!
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3. Letter from Aubrey-sanLatest Activities①Participant:

Ms. BUGTONG Anne Aubrey De Guzman②Country:

Philippines③Title of Report： Briefing of JICA training experience topersonnel of ZCWD technical service group

BRIEFING OF JICA TRAINING EXPERIENCE TO PERSONNEL OF ZCWDTECHNICAL SERVICES GROUPThe Technical Services Group of the Zamboanga City Water District is the unit responsible for theplanning, designing and implementing of the different projects of the agency. Also, the unit is tasked at thewatershed and water resources management and the environmental management of its projects.
TSG is presently in the procurement process for the design and construction of a 4,000 cubic meter
capacity Sewage Treatment Plant which is expected to serve the central business district of the city.
Through the initiative of the Assistant General Manager (AGM), the participant was asked to share her
experience during the training to the other personnel of the group.

The participant highlighted on the different technologies that have been learned during the training course
which the agency may adopt for the city. Of particular significance was the use oil separator for commercial
food establishments. The sewerage system in the city is currently being maintained manually by its
personnel generating a significant volume of coagulated oil. The idea of mandating food establishments
connected to the sewerage system to install oil separator has been raised in order to protect the seweragesystem.
Another topic of interest was the use of treated sludge as soil conditioner and organic fertilizers for theagricultural spaces. This experience supported their theoretical knowledge on the use of treatedsludge for agricultural purposes and aspired that this will eventually become acceptable to the farming
communities.

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The AGM was particularly interested on the action plan that the participant will be making. He wasinformed that the choice of the action plan was based on its simplicity and actionability within a shortperiod of time (1-2 years). He commented that the presentation to management should focus on thechoice of choosing this action plan since the pipe camera system is not anymore a new idea to them. He
wanted the participant to also emphasize what the training could contribute to the improvement of theservices of the agency.

The participant briefing the personnel from the Technical Services Group ofZCWD during the morning assembly on the Operation and Maintenance ofSewerage Systems (B) training in Japan.

The participant from the Philippines sharing her experience on the2-month
Operation and Maintenance of Sewerage System (B) training course withcolleagues at the Technical Services Group of the Zamboanga
City Water District on March 28, 2016.

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Photo Album of the JICA/KITA Training Course

The closing ceremony of “Operation and Maintenance of Sewerage System (B)” course,

At the entrance of KIC

Aubrey-san giving greetings at the closing
ceremonyAt the Wakato-bridge after, field training

Sueta-CL and Aubrey-san at the Nagasaki“GLOVER HOUSE”

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