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Assisting Emergency Response

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:41:00 +0000

On December 24, 2021, Staff Sgt. Jun Baurile of Philippine Army Reserve Command (ARESCOM) who is also our honorary member picked up the financial support from our club for “first responder” on road accidents .

Donation of Rescue Gear

On January 18, 2022, RIMM Honorary Member and Staff Sgt. Jun Baurile of the Philippine Army Reserved Command (ARESCOM) received life-saving equipment such as harness gear, ropes, carabiners, etc. donated by our club.

He will be using them during the military training courses of male college students.

The equipment was shipped from Hawaii, U.S.A.

2020 Taal Volcano Eruption

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 12:58:07 +0000

On January 12, 2020 around 4pm, Taal volcano erupted. Barangay Sicat, Alfonso where RIMM HQ is is within 20km distance to the volcano crater.
The ashes were brought toward Manila areas due to wind direction at that time. Small seismic activities were observed frequently after the eruption. Manila airports were closed the next day long.

The electrical posts were affected by the frequent tremors along Aguinaldo Highway and power outage started the following day. Academy of World Healing Foundation (AWH) which provides its facility to RIMM as its headquarters had 5 consecutive days of blackout and all the communication lines were cut.

RIMM members who stay at AWH in this season went immediately to assist evacuees from Talisay and Laurel, Batangas province where volcanic activities were intense.

More than 6,000 evacuated to the municipality of Alfonso and RIMM coordinated with DSWD (Department of Social Welfare Development) to find the actual needs at the evacuation site mainly in its town proper where 2,000+ have been sheltered, and provide them including pales/dippers, garbage bags, hygiene kits and water.

Food has been supplied by the municipality and some private donations. There seemed to be enough supplies of drinking water, extra clothing and face masks.

As of January 16 (Day 5), they were still in need of sleeping mats, blankets and underwear for all ages and genders.

Spine Board Donation to ARESCOM

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 02:29:18 +0000

On February 14, 2016, as suggested by our honorary member surgent Baurile, RIMM (Rotary International Multinational Manila) donated a handmade spine board for emergency use to the medical team in 4CDG-ARESCOM (4th Regional Community Defense Group, Army Reserve Command) at Camp Riego de Dios in Tanza, Cavite.
It was appreciated and recognized by the group commander Rommel Cabanayan and major De Sagun.

International Medical Assistance for National Emergency

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:23:16 +0000

During November 2015 through January 2016, RIMM (Rotary International Multinational Manila) coordinated a non-profit & non-government organization called Japan Heart, which dispatches Japanese volunteer medical doctors and nurses to ASEAN countries, with governmental organizations in the Philippines in order to provide their medical assistance in case of national emergencies.

RIMM introduced Japan Heart to 4CDG-ARESCOM (4th Regional Community Defense Group, Army Reserve Command) and visited Colonel Pasqual at Camp Eldridge, Los Banos, Laguna. It was agreed that 4CDG-ARESCOM would facilitate land-transportation for emergency medical mission of Japan Heart in the region 4A (CALABARZON) & 4B( MIMAROPA).

RIMM then set up an meeting with the Department of Health. Director Dr. Gloria Balboa of Health Emergency Management Bureau summoned Chief Health Program Officer Dr. Joel Buenaventura and Medical Specialist Dr. Ronald Law of Bureau of International Health Cooperation and had a meeting at DOH office in Santa Cruz, Manila with Japan Heart representative Ms. Mika Aono and aneurosurgeon Dr. Miki Kanaji who is a RIMM member and volunteered in Myanmar with Japan Heart.

RIMM and Japan Heart learned that after typhoon Haiyan (Filipino name: Yolanda) there was a bill constructed to deal with such National disaster emergency and PIHAC (Philippine International Humanitarian Assistance Cluster) was established, as there was no such organization before. PIHAC is authorized on behalf of the other department such as DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) and DOH to handle and coordinate foreign voluntary organizations which come to assist in case of emergency. Basically in normal time PRC (Professional Regulation Commission) licenses are required to conduct medical services in the Philippines. However, it will be waived with pre-registration with DOH as a foreign voluntary organization.

Japan Heart confirmed to work on the application documents for pre-registration.

Bridging for Disaster Related Medical Missions

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 00:53:49 +0000

On December 6, 2015 (ST. Nikolaus Day) the ARESCOM (Army Reserve Command) of 4RCDG (4th Region Community Defense Group) of the Philippine Army (PA) sponsored a feeding program, largely for children, in Julugan, Tanza, Cavite.
Participating soldiers were volunteers and Colonel Pascual and Major De Sagun personally helped to fund the event.

Former Rotarian presidents of RIMM had been invited to the event as it was known that RIMM Rotarians (Rotary International Club Multinational Manila) had personally conducted three support tours to the disaster-stricken areas of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) and that one of its members – a doctor residing in Japan – also volunteers her services to “Japan Heart“. Japan Heart, a Japanese NGO, dispatches groups of volunteer doctors and nurses to Southeast Asian countries during natural disasters and can be of great assistance in the Philippines during such destructive calamities.

Past RIMM president Casey, a native of Japan, discussed his contacts with Japan Heart and followed up with arranging a person-to person meeting with Colonel Pascual and Major De Sagun in January 2016 as the representative of Japan Heart will visit the Philippines for the purpose of expanding its services to the Philippines.