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Rotary Club of Waling-Waling launches community services

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THE Rotary Club of Waling-Waling Davao (RCWWD) launched backto-back community service projects that embody the Rotary Year 20172018 theme “Rotary: Making a Difference”.

First was the provision of ophthalmic equipment for vision screening under District Grant No. 1737556, Healthy Eyes for Smarter Child. The P175,000 worth of equipment are installed at the Mobile Clinic of San Pedro College, a health facility donated by Rotary Club of Pikesville, Maryland, USA. The ophthalmic equipment was formally turned over to San Pedro College on October 2, 2017.

To ensure smooth project implementa­tion, RI 3860 District Governor Art O. Tan and RCWWD President Elisa D. Evangelist­a-Lapiña signed the Memorandum of Understand­ing with San Pedro College president Sr. Aida T. Frencillo, O.P.

The ceremony was graced and witnessed by RI 3860 District Officers Rodel Riezel S. J. Reyes and Vincent Edward L. Ang, RCWWD members, and the San Pedro College administra­tion.

The project is also supported by the Department of Health 11, Davao City Health Office, Davao Doctors College Department of Optometry, Prevention of Blindness Program, Integrated Philippine Associatio­n of Optometris­ts, Mindanao Medical Foundation College, and Davao Society of Ophthalmol­ogy.

Healthy Eyes for Smarter Child is aligned with the government’s Vision 20:20 Program that aims to eliminate avoidable blindness, empower communitie­s to take proactive roles in the promotion of eye health and prevention of blindness, provide access to quality eye care services for all, and work towards poverty alleviatio­n through preservati­on and restoratio­n of sight to indigent Filipinos.

In a separate undertakin­g, RCWWD also launched the Global Grant Project Number 1640035 entitled “Davao Medical and Health Project” in partnershi­p with the Rotary Clubs of East Davao, Adelaide, and Prospect during its 12th regular meeting held at Grand Men Seng Hotel on September 21, 2017. This three-year project aims to increase the access and improve the quality of health and education in three disadvanta­ged communitie­s in the Davao Region namely Barangay Caliclic in Samal and Barangays Tibungco and Balete in Davao City.

With more than P5 million grant form the Rotary Foundation, the project aims to train 15 MC8 profession­als; improve health care by providing medical treatment to 600 children under five years of age and maternal care to more than 200 mothers, and improve health facilities benefittin­g 3,000 community members; and capacitate intended beneficiar­ies through vocational training for 200 community members, basic literacy for 15 school children, and training for 25 school teachers to teach special subjects to both schoolchil­dren and out-of-school youth.

Supporting this project are the Davao Medical School Foundation, Inc., Silingang Dapit sa Sidlakang Mindanao, Department of Education-Davao City Division, Southern Philippine­s Medical Center, and barangays Caliclic and Tibungco Health Center.

 ?? CONTRIBUTE­D PHOTO ?? ROTARY CLUB of Waling-Waling Davao turns over eye care equipment for mobile clinic. RCWWD officers and members, headed by president Elisa D. Evangelist­a-Lapiña (center), pose for posterity together with RI 3860 District governor Art Tan, other district...
CONTRIBUTE­D PHOTO ROTARY CLUB of Waling-Waling Davao turns over eye care equipment for mobile clinic. RCWWD officers and members, headed by president Elisa D. Evangelist­a-Lapiña (center), pose for posterity together with RI 3860 District governor Art Tan, other district...

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