Police gives hope to ailing kids
Aside from our mandated tasks, we the PNP also take initiative to at least lessen the burden of our people especially at these trying times due to the pandemic
CATARMAN, Northern Samar — Hope springs on the smiles of two ailing children who have been bedridden all their lives in a remote fishing community here after police officials came to visit, bringing with them wheelchairs that their parents have been dreaming for them.
For six-year-old Gerald Loberiano, who is suffering from hydrocephalus, his maternal grandmother who would tirelessly carry him around, has been his way to go out to the community. His mother used to work in Manila until she lost it due to the pandemic.
Seven-year-old Judy Marie Selencio, with cerebral palsy since birth, has only to rely on her mother to bring her around. Her father, a construction worker, is away to work most of the time.
So when a group of policemen from the 1st Northern Samar Provincial Mobile Force Company (1st NSPMFC) and a group of Freemasons came to Barangay Doña Polqueria, the community could not contain their excitement.
For the families of the two kids, it was a relief to receive a brand new wheelchair for the kids.
The medical condition and the immediate needs of the two children first came to the attention of Police Lt. Col. Herardo Hermosilla, chief of Northern Samar Provincial Crime Laboratory Office and head of the masonic group, when a public school teacher assigned in the community informed him.
Immediately, Hermosilla and his Northern Samar Masonic Lodge 211 teamed up with Police Major Edwin Oloan Jr., Force Commander of 1st NSPMFC, to raise funds and organize a relief mission to provide wheelchairs to children with disabilities.
The two police officers were able to do it with the help of Waray Shrine Club and the 43rd Infantry Battalion Philippine Army.
Seven-year-old Judy Marie Selencio, with cerebral palsy since birth, has only to rely on her mother to bring her around.
On Sunday, 2 August, the group took a motorized banca to bring the assistance to the community. The group also brought with them diapers, food, milk and groceries.
“Aside from our mandated tasks, we the PNP also take initiative to at least lessen the burden of our people especially at these trying times due to the pandemic,” Oloan said.