The beneficiaries were the PDLs in General Trias City Jail, Cavite composed of 1,156 male and female PDLs.

The District event aimed to cover the 7 Areas of Focus of Rotary.

The Rotary International Multinational Manila (RIMM) co-hosted the event along with other 50 plus clubs.

The District donated sacks of flour and rice, assorted canned goods, biscuits, coffee, school supplies, hygiene products, towels and cans of paint.

During the event there were other free services for the PDLs namely:
– Dental Extraction
– Pap Smear Check Up
– Optical Check up
– Seminar for the 3 R’s (Re-use, Reduce and Re-cycle)

District 3810 also assisted in the installation of a water pressure tank and motor pump to maintain hygiene among the prisoners and cleanliness inside the prison camp.

The event was sponsored by the District 3810, District 3830 and the Rotary Club of Makati.

The event was attended by selected needy 1,000 elementary school children and their parents.

Assorted school supplies, reading materials, hygiene kits and grocery packs were distributed to the participants.

There were key speakers who shared their insights on the “7 Areas Of Focus” of Rotary.

The following free-of-charge services were offered at the site:
-Medical Check-up
-Dental Check-up
-Cervical and Breast Check-up
-Bone Screening
-Random Blood Sugar Testing
-Pangkabuhayan (Livelihood) Seminar
-Reading Glasses
-OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) Help Desk
-Soroptimist Help Desk
-EMI Kalikasan (Environment) Green Desk

Our club Rotarian Imelda took charge of all these activities for Aetas (one of the minority tribal indigenes in the Philippines) in Subic, reported as follows:

1. Start of School Year BRIGADA ESKWELA 2022

KICK -OFF AUGUST 9 to AUGUST 20, 2022

Our club sponsored the school activities.

2. DAY CARE CENTER RECOGNITION DAY

AUGUST 19, 2022: Sponsored Medals for 35 Aeta students

3. INDIGENOUS MONTH CELEBRATION

OCTOBER 27, 2022: Master Chef Competition Traditional

Food and ways of preparation and cooking methods were presented.

First prize, second prize, consolation prizes were given.

4. INDIGENOUS STUDENTS GRADE 3 LEARNING

NOVEMBER 15, 2022: Drawing what they can see around them to enhance mental capability.

5.  DAY CARE CENTER STUDENTS CHILDREN’S CONGRESS 2022.

November 14, 2022: Sponsored activities of the program.

Elementary Indigenous Students’ Career Guidance Parade of Profession

DECEMBER 6 & 9, 2022: RIMM sponsored its activities

7.  CHRISTMAS GIFT GIVING YEAR END PARTY 🎉

DECEMBER 15, 2022: Aeta students and their parents participated. Our club supported the event.

8.  INDIGENOUS STUDENTS ELEMENTARY

FEBRUARY 3 & 4, 2023: SCHOOL BOYS/GIRLS SCOUT INVESTITURE

RIMM sponsored overnight camping activities

9.   INDIGENOUS CHILDREN COMPETITION for

       LITTLE MISS INDIGENOUS. FEBRUARY 18,2023

10.  INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY MISS GAY

        COMPETITION FEBRUARY 19,2023.

        Program Supported.

The rice was distributed among the 16 families in the camp and the remaining two bags were to be distributed to another indigent families in other area of Alfosno, Cavite.

The children also enjoyed snack bread handed by the Japanese guests.

There was a man with enlarged testicles who had a hard time walking due to its enormous size. He explained that he had pain occasionally and showed us laboratory test results. Doctor Iwai who has a license in Japan briefly diagnosed it as a benign tumor and suggested an operation to incise and get the fluid out.
PP Raymund will coordinate with the municipal health department.

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.

Such activities have mostly been reactive to the events that have happened, such as providing aids to damaged areas by natural disasters, ending polio, etc.

Now, Rotarians are stepping forward and challenging to create a new format of society.

We can see that the existing consumerist format of society is a dead end. As the result of pursuing profits of a few people, groups or corporations, there are dire poverty, wars and destruction in nature. Even mainstream mass media are control by them and the truth has been hidden. They do not tell us that there are unstoppable climate changes, but we have already seen or experienced them.

We people have to rise and unite. We need to voice that we want to end this consumerist society and create a new society that belongs to people and is organized directly by people.

Such movement has already been active. Please see the Creative Society format.

Mental health through art theater workshop was held at Phase 2 Clubhouse Robinsons Vineyard Subdivision Dasmariñas, Cavite on October 22, 2022.

There were about 15+ high school students participated in the workshop from Alfonso, Dasmariñas and Imus.

The participants were facilitated to work on various exercises in coping up on mental health issues of their own and in their communities. The exercises taught at the workshop helped them identify and managed their own mental health issues. Confidence building techniques were also employed to equip them in handling and giving solutions to their problems. The workshop was for teens at the age of 13 to 17 years old. Head Facilitator was Elvi B. Bueta assisted by Arlen de Pedro both seasoned theater practitioners.

Rotary Club of Multinational Manila (RIMM) donated the transportation cost of the twelve participants from Alfonso, Cavite area.

With this educational support program, total of 265 Aeta Students were benefited.

The following is the list of donated items:

1. School stationery materials for printing.
2. Feeding for malnourished (under weight 65kg) students.  Distributed dry foods each bag with vegetables and fruits.
3. Rice donation for School faculty.
4. Donated 7 boxes of thermal gun scanner for fever and ample supply of antibacterial soup for hand washing.
5. Distribution of school materials for 265 students at Christmas Gift Giving for Day Care Center, providing toys, assorted cookies and chocolate. Additional snack for 60 students and parents.
6. Snack distribution at elementary school faculty year end party.
7. Sponsored lunch for the school visitors who held the program for face to face classes grade 1 to 3
8. Sponsored medals for graduation and for the recognition day

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.