Mindanaotoday.com | PhilHealth 10 leads outreach caravan for conflict-stricken families in MisOr
By: Pamela Jay Orias
CONSISTENT with PhilHealth’s 28th Anniversary theme “Pinalawak at mga Bagong Benepisyo para sa Mamamayang Filipino,” the PhilHealth-10 recently conducted a medical outreach and information services caravan in a previously conflict-stricken community in Sitio Curnao, Barangay Umagos, Lagonglong, Misamis Oriental.
A total of 80 families were beneficiaries of sacks of rice, canned goods, umbrellas, slippers, school supplies, seedlings, medicines and vitamins, financial assistance and availed other medical services from Camp Evangelista Station Hospital of the 4th Infantry Division.
“This is the first of the many government services caravan we will conduct to continue to serve our communities. We are here to show to the community in Sitio Curnao that we have a government that cares for them and is ready to help them,” said Merlyn Ybañez, PhilHealth-10 public affairs unit head.
Various government personnel took a 45-minute trek to get to Sitio Curnao where 80 families were waiting to avail of different services.
Over 50 government personnel from PhilHealth-10, 4ID, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Philippine Information Agency, TESDA, Department of Health, Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Office, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Public Works and Highways, Philippine National Police-10, Philippine Coast Guard in Northern Mindanao, provincial government of Misamis Oriental, Department of Trade and Industry, National Telecommunications Commission, Bureau of Customs, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, and National Economic Development Authority participated in the activity that kicked off early in the morning of Feb. 24.
The government services caravan is also launched to support the national government’s whole-of-nation approach to attain inclusive and sustainable peace. (PhilHealth-10)
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