Past President Lito shared the YouTube content of Past President Dr. Klaus Radtke entitled “Climate Justice-Children’s World Tour Express Train” about the effects of climate change happening on Earth and to do something about it for the future of the next generation. Through a student leader in the community the residents will view the video and like, subscribe and share the said content to the others to spread the message further.

President Raymund talked about “Teenage Pregnancy” to the young adolescents present in the event.

The indigent community, mainly farming for their livelihood, was grateful to RIMM for the donation.

The donation was contributed by RIMM Past President Dr. Klaus Radtke.

During the school’s Christmas event Erwin, a Science teacher conducted an in-depth power point symposium on the YouTube content of Past President of the Rotary Club of Multinational Manila, Dr. Klaus Radtke, an environmental scientist from the United States of America entitled “Climate Justice-Children’s World Tour Express Train“.

Erwin said the school will conduct its own programs in January 2025 on the “Youth for Environmental Science Organization” (YES O), an organization in their school developed by the Department of Education (DepEd) to further elevate the awareness of the youth on environmental issues and protection of Mother Earth.

Past President Lito of the Rotary Club of Multinational Manila also shared important information on climate change and its effects to the students. The students appreciated what they learned from the forum and they subscribed and shared the “Climate Justice-Children’s World Tour Express Train” Youtube content after the event.

Gina, head of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development (MSWD) Alfonso and Anacoreta of the Commission on Population (POPCOM, Alfonso) conducted a forum on “Teenage Pregnancy in the Philippines” followed by a vow from the students to MSWD committing not to become a teenage parent for their future’s sake.

Dr. Judan of the Kaysuyo National High School will be sharing a video of the forum.

A Certificate of Appreciation to both Rotary clubs were presented. President Raymund received the certificate on behalf of the Rotary Club of Multinational Manila and Aniel on behalf of President Don and the club members of the Rotary Club of Geelong Central, Australia.

The faculty of Kaysuyo National High School extended their heartfelt gratitude to both Rotary clubs for their donations and meaningful forum on “Climate Justice” and “Teenage Pregnancy in the Philippines”.

The family was selected for our support by DSWD (Department of Social Welfare Development) and LCPC (Local Council for Protection of Children) Alfonso, Cavite.

She is a single mother of 5 children who are attending high school and elementary school. Her 5th child is barely a year old.

She is a manicurist, wherein she put up a shaded spot near her rented home for her customers.

Updates on August 20, 2022

RIMM assisted Merly Montealto from Barangay Marahan1, Alfonso, Cavite on the school supplies of her 4 children attending high school and elementary school.

The school supplies consisted of backpack bags, assorted notebooks, brown envelopes, art papers, sketch pads, pencils, pens, umbrellas, socks, water tumblers, rulers, coloring pens, box of face mask, toothbrush, water color, tape, scissors, highlighter pens, rubber erasers, glue, plastic envelopes and many more were provided.

Merly and her eldest son who assisted his mother to purchase the school supplies thanked RIMM for the support.

Merly said she had no means at all to buy the school supplies as a manicurist and a single mother.

DSWD and our club have been associated for education of family planning as the Philippines is known for population explosion or baby factory, which has accelerated poverty entailing people to spend more money for nursing their children.

After being educated and assisted, Merly is willing to undergo ligation, one of the most popular contraceptive methods in the country, next month.

Updates on December 10, 2022

Rotarian Casey and Raymund, together with DSWD Alfonso Gina and former councilor Carol visited the family again.

After having 6 children from different fathers, Merly has decided to undergo ligation surgery and will take a week off from her business as a manicurist.

Our Club pledged to provide a financial assistance for her transportation to the ligation facility and food for the whole family during her off-the-work period.

Learning her eldest son has been making knitted items such as shoulder bags and sweaters, the fund assistance will cover the cost of yarns for him to further pursue knitting and potential sales of the products.

Updates on January 9, 2023

Gina of DSWD accompanied Past Presidents Casey and Raymund of Rotary International Multinational Manila (RIMM) to the rented home of Merly Montealto in Barangay Marahan 1, Alfonso to give 10 kilos of rice on January 9, 2023.

Her eldest son does crochet, and some of his completed items were displayed. He is selling them for his own school needs.

Merly was ligated in December 2022 and financial assistance to survive during her resting that also included the transportation cost for her ligation and yarn materials for her son was given by our club. She has 6 children and a single mother working as a manicurist.

The main livelihood of the indigent camps (Usting 1, 2 and Camp Hope) are selling balut (incubated duck egg), taho (a sweet snack made with soft tofu, sweet syrup and tapioca balls). Many fathers of these indigent families selected for the events are construction workers.

Each indigent family received 2 bags of rice (10 kg/family). We prepared a total of 300 bags (1.5 tons) of rice, including allotments for CICL (Children In Conflict with The Law) and the staff.

Past President Casey went to Divisoria, Metro Manila and bought 150 backpacks for students, 300 pairs of slippers for children and more than 1,300 toys in different varieties.

The total cost spent for the events was nearly P120,000. AWH and RIMM shared the expenses. President Don Shields of our sister club, Rotary Club of Geelong Central, Australia, also personally donated for the events.

Our club president Lito Mondejar, Gina of the Municipality of Social Welfare and Development of Alfonso (MSWD). Anna of the Commission on Population (POPCOM), the Barangay captains, as well as several members of the Alfonso Women’s Council (AWC) joined the events. We invited 3 CICL in custody of MSWD to assist the events, so they would get involved in serving the community.

While we tried to make children happy, it was not our intention to encourage the families making more babies. Anna of POPCOM shared information on responsible parenthood and family planning to the mothers who have basically not had such education due to poverty.

The children were excited over their assorted toys and backpacks and sang Christmas songs.

Updates on December 25, 2022

Giving toys to children continued on the Christmas Day.

There were a number of toys still left from the preceded events. So we have decided to distribute them to any children passing by near our club headquarters in Alfonso, Cavite.

Small children gathered to receive the toys, and elder children received 20 peso bills.

In addition, two (2) large Balikbayan boxes filled with good quality used clothing donated by AWH ‘s Japanese guests before the pandemic were also distributed to Barangay Kaysuyo and Barangay Pajo to the most in need.

Since one of the core missions of RIMM is “Family Planning” to help control the fast growing population of the indigent communities in Cavite, Philippines  “Responsible Parenthood” events were also conducted during the Christmas giving events jointly conducted by RIMM President Lito Mondejar, Anacoreta Alcazar (Commission on Population-POPCOM), Gina Vedan ( DSWD – Department of Social Welfare Development), and Jun Baurile (Honorary RIMM Member, Philippine Army Reserve Command (ARESCOM)). 

We herewith gratefully acknowledge the support of Past President (PP) Don Shields of the Rotary Club of Geelong Central in Victoria, Australia, the sister Club of RIMM, who personally donated P35,350 as well as members of his Rotary Club who donated another P35,150.

There were more than 332 indigent families registered in the master lists of the 4 barangays that attended the 2-days event. More than 637 bags of rice and assorted canned products (corned beef, pork meatloaf, beef meatloaf, sausage and tuna) were distributed to the indigent families. 

Each family with more than 8 children received as much as 6 bags of rice. They said rice is an important food supply to have in the house even without the canned goods. Rice is the primary staple food in the Philippines.  

In addition there were 4 minors under the “Children In Conflict with the Law” (CICL) program who also received sacks of rice and assorted canned goods. These minors are under the custody of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and with our assistance, are looking to better themselves. 

Indigent communities in “Squatter camps” such as Usting 1, Usting 2, C-5 in Barangay Luksuhin Ibaba and Camp Hope in Barangay Sicat are supported by RIMM and AWH not only during the yearly Christmas giving activities but also year-round. The young children of the 4 camps again joyfully participated in several children Christmas party games hosted by Honorary RIMM Member Jun Baurile who distributed P20 bills along with stuffed toys donated by PP Betty Vicedo of RIMM. Their parents mainly sell “balot” (a steamed fertilized duck egg and “taho” (a classic sweet snack in the Philippines made with silken tofu, sago or tapioca pearls, and a simple brown sugar syrup) as their primary source of income. The families of these 4 camps migrated from the Samar province in the Visayas to look for better opportunities for their families. 

Resource Speakers:

Christopher Joseph Soriano MD, MHPEd, FPOGS

• Doctor of Medicine degree at University of Sto Tomas
• Residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Medical City
• Masters in Health Professions Education
• NTTC- University of the Philippines, Manila

Current positions:

1. Assistant Professor, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
2. Assistant Training Officer, Institute for Women’s Health, The Medical City
3. Radio Host, Doctors On Line, 702 DZAS (AM Band) FEBC- Radyo TV
4. OB-GYN Consultant: Tricity Medical Center, Pasig

The doctor talked extensively about Maternal Health and Child Care During Pandemic Time citing common problems encountered of women with regards to taking care of their health when they could not go to the clinic due to travel restrictions, and answering specific questions women asks with regards to pregnancy, women’s health in general and Child Care in Particular.

Ms. Christy Parenno

• Teacher 3 Balibago National Integrated School
• Teaching Grade 11 and 12 English
• Coach several winning students in Division, Regional and National Competitions
• Candidate for Head Teacher English Department

Ms. Parenno discussed Maternal Health and Child Care from the point of view of the Mother of three healthy young children, a wife and a teacher. She poised some practical techniques on motherhood during this time of pandemic on how to cope up and home management secrets.

Ms. Annacoreta S. Alcazar

• Population Commission of Alfonso , Person In Charge
• Municipal Social Work and Development, Municipality of Alfonso

Ms Alcazar tackled the topic Teenage Pregnancy and Responsible Parenthood. She gave us recent data on young pregnant mothers in every barangay, to the Municipality and regional level. Alarming figures shows how bad the situation is.

The webinar was able to share many new information to the women that can help other women facing these challenges in their barangays and AWC President and its members were grateful to our club and its resource speakers for the webinar.
The webinar will not be possible without the help and cooperation of the President of Alfonso Women’s Council, Ms. Len Reyes and the technical support of Gia Erica Rivera. of the Alfonso Mayor’s Office.
The webinar lasted longer as planned till about 6p.m. A total 7,500.00 pesos Raffle prizes thru G cash was given to active participants coming from all the barangays of Alfonso, There were a total of 64 active participants in all Others come and go maybe of poor connection.
We awarded 74 Certificates of Participation and 3 Certificates of Recognition to our Resource Speakers.

The webinar cost of P30,000 was fully sponsored by our club.

Present were our club president (TP) Lito, past president Raymund,  Honorary member and Sargent of Philippine Army Reserve Command (ARESCOM) Jun Baurile, Sgt. Janet of ARESCOM and Gina of Department of Social Welfare Development (DSWD) Alfonso, who shared vital information on Responsible Parenthood, Teenage Pregnancy and Vasectomy.

There were 60 participants (indigents and 4 P’s members of the community) who received a bag of rice, assorted canned goods and noodles.

The indigent recipients as well as barangay volunteers received P100 cash each.

During the event Raymund thanked past president Don Shields of Rotary Club of Geelong Central in Australia for his generous donation for the event and everyone applauded to show their heartfelt gratitude.

The Barangay captain Noralyn Hernando and her team awarded our club a Certificate of Appreciation.

Video and lecture of “Effective Parenting and Family Planning” performed by Captain Aimy Casabuena of Bry. Buck Estate, Alfonso, Cavite, Philippines were presented with an assistance by DSWD (Department of Social Welfare Development) Alfonso. We distributed 100 sacks of rice, 100 canned goods, and 200 coconuts to 100 indigent families. RIMM and RC of Geelong Central  received the Certificate of Appreciation as sponsors of this event.

Responsible parenthood will be discussed during the event.

Captain Army & officials extended their gratitude to RIMM and PP Don for their contributions.