74 Candelaria and Bantay Kalusugan Pampamayanan they implemented, as well as their aspirations in the near future, despite being negatively affected by the pandemic. Brief history of BKP The Bantay Kalusugang Pampamayanan traces its roots to the relocation of urban poor communities from Metro Manila to a relocation site in the City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan Province in 2012 (Atacador 2018). Marivic Atacador1 mentioned that CAMP Asia, Inc.2 later arrived in their area for their community work. Through a partnership with CAMP Asia, the community was able to establish a health clinic in Barangay Gaya-gaya in 2013. Aside from the clinic, an emergency transport system (ETS) was also set up as a component of the health project spearheaded by CAMP Asia. The health programs, however, were closed due to the lack of funding in 2015 (ibid.). Attempts to revive the clinic as a social enterprise, however, failed. Eventually, the health program in Gaya-gaya was rescued by CAMP Asia, but the clinic remained closed. In 2016, the health program in Minuyan was launched, and the clinic was reopened. The clinic continued its operations with funding support from the Minuyan health project (ibid.). Eventually, the Gaya-gaya health project entered into a partnership with the Bulacan State University (BulSU) for capacity building of health educators. Aside from the capacity building program, Al Obre3 (2018) shared that it was followed by the organizing of a training program for teachers which was coordinated with BulSU and the Seoul National University (SNU). In 2017, aside from catering to the health needs of the community through the clinic, organization of health volunteers also contributed in terms of awareness building. The funding for the health program is due to end by 2018 (Atacador 2018). Knowing this reality, “BKP tried to become eventually independent and maintain a “sustainable healthcare program through their own organizing efforts” (BKP 2020, 75). On June 30, 2018, BKP was formally launched as a community health organization (Atacador 2018). Starting with 88 members, the BKP now has more than a thousand members within the community (BKP 2020). The structure of the BKP had the following committees: health, monitoring, health education, rescuers, and an ad hoc committee acting as the secretariat. 1 Ms. Atacador is a resident of Towerville in the City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan and the president of the BKP. 2 According to its official website, “CAMP Asia is an international development NGO that builds sustainable and viable community though our projects (social enterprise, education, health care, agriculture, energy & eco-friendly) in Towerville, San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan, and agricultural area of ethnic group, San Jose municipality, Tarlac” (CAMP Asia, Inc. n.d.). 3 Mr. Al Obre works at CAMP Asia as a program manager.