Rotary Club of Mabalacat: Changing Lives

SINCE its inception in 1980, the Medical Surgi cal Program has been the flagship project of the Rotary Club of Mabalacat. To date, the program has benefited more than 7000 indigent children and adults who received free surgery to correct defects like harelip, cleft palate, hernia, hydrocephalus, cataract, and goiter.

The club's current Gift To further support its of Life project has sponsored Medical Surgical activities, and sent over 20 the club has acquired children to its sister club an ambulance RC Saicity D3201 in India through the Rotary Global for free open heart Grant program. The surgery, and is still processing ambulance will serve as more patients. emergency transport of

With the help of partners, patients and volunteers Rotary grants, and on medical-surgical-educational donations from friends missions. abroad, the club has Rotary Foundation changed the lives of grant funds have served many. The recent concert the purpose of the club of HK Welsh Choir to expand its services to at Noblesse School was scholarships, provision arranged by partner Rotary of clean water, rehabilitation Club of Clark Centennial of hospital equipment, to raise funds for waste management children bound for India clean water and for heart surgery. sanitation programs. Through the club, District In 2006-07, the club 3790 has forged an installed the first waste alliance with Makati composting system in Medical Center Foundation the district and in the to treat heart patients region. The Biosand not eligible to Water Filter project that travel to India for the the club is sponsoring operation. through another Rotary Global Grant will bring 500 filters to communities and households that are prone to flood disast er.

Changing more lives, this time towards making a living, the club operates the Skill Training Center in Camachiles, Mabalacat, giving free sewing classes and consumer electronics courses 6 days a week since it was formed in 2012 August. About 90 percent of graduates are hired by companies inside the Clark Freeport Zone with employment agreement with the club.

To promote its humanitarian concerns, the club reaches out to communities through its radio broadcast program, Rotary Hour, every Friday, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm, at GVAM 792.

Recognizing its position as role model in the district, the Rotary Club of Mabalacat has kept its roster alive, conducts meetings that start and end in time, hosts memorable district events, shares its rich knowledge of Rotary and projects with other clubs, initiates joint meetings and inductions for the convenience of the district government, and above all, serves its communities in their aspiration for relief, self-help and sustainable growth.

Rotary Club of Mabalacat belongs to Rotary District 3790 Cluster 3B under the stewardship of Assistant Governor Roger Santos.

Skills Training Center structure at Camachiles, Mabalacat

Operation Tule with Director Bles Madla and Dr. Don Redona doing the circumcision surgery.

By AG Roger Santos

Putting the sand and gravel filters in biosand container: Pres. Rellie Francisco, PE James Jung and PP Jon Chua

The members of HK Welsh Choir with Gift of Life patients

With the ambulance, PE James Jung, PP Tonet Sanguyu, PP Elmer Hernandez, PP Danny Abad, PN May Valdez, PP Glo and Dir Anton Hernandez

Heart patient with Makati Medical Center Foundation’s Marge Barro and a 5-year old patient needing immediate heart surgery

Rotary Hour at GVAM with PP Elmer Hernandez, radio host PP May Shilton and PP Tony Shilton

Sewing trainees at Skills Training Center

Sewing trainee