VIDES Pinoy 1st Quarter 2020 Medical Mission

Join the our 1st medical mission for 2020!  Volunteer and get to know the people of LRTA Homes Brgy. Santiago, General Trias, Cavite.

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5th Medical Mission for 2018 at NIA Road

VIDES Philippines served about 200 patients who came from the marginalized community along NIA Road, Quezon City last Saturday, October 20, 2018. Five doctors and one nurse provided free medical consultation to kids and adults. Other activities such as medicine and food distribution, story telling, and getting-to-know sessions were also conducted. Kids also went home with hygiene product giveaways such as toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, and lotion. 

We wish to thank the following individuals for making the 5th VIDES Medical Mission for 2018 a success: Dr Dinah Pearl Pital, Dr Vernaliza Pasol, Dr Tatum Barong and Dr Czarina Pabustan of the National Children’s Hospital; Dr Gerosalyn B. Ebdane; VIDES Registered Nurse Janet Payoyo; Kagawad Edwin "Doc" Bernardo; and the 27 VIDES volunteers who joined the event.

 Our gratitude also goes to VIDES Board Member Marian Belarmino and her mother, Reza Belarmino, for coordinating with the community and the barangay officials. 

Of course, we would also like to thank Sr. Mabel Pilar FMA and Sr Josefina Carrasco FMA for their unwavering support.

Call for Volunteers: Medical Mission at NIA Road

Looking for volunteers for our October Medical Mission! 

Please join us if you are looking for a worthwhile thing to do this weekend.

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Paskong VIDES 2017 @ Mabalacat, Pampanga

December 2, 2017 made history for VIDES Philippines as the most number of volunteers joined the annual Christmas celebration with the aetas and other underprivileged children.  A total of 137 volunteers traveled to Sitio Monicayo, Mabalacat, Pampanga for the conduct of simultaneous activities such as provision of basic medical services, children's rights education, fun games, grooming services, and distribution of gifts.   

Once again, we wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the donors who supported this noteworthy undertaking. We also wish to thank Sr. Irene Mangabat FMA and the Mary Help of Christians Mabalacat community, for welcoming us and for filling our stomachs our delicious food.  Much gratitude of course goes to Sr Mabel Pilar FMA and Sr Jojo Carrasco FMA for always supporting our endeavors.  

The early Christmas celebration with the aeta community in Pampanga started in 2008.  In keeping with the organization's motto of being one for others, the volunteers decided to forego the usual yuletide celebration and deemed it more important to go the peripheries to share the joys of the blessed season.

VIDES Returns to Minglanilla Cebu for Its 2017 Mission Camp

VIDES Philippines went back to Minglanilla, Cebu for its 22nd Annual Mission Camp which was held from August 19 to 21, 2017.

  

A total of five hundred (500) children and mothers from the oratory of Mary Help of Christians School in Minglanilla, Cebu benefited from the outreach activity.  VIDES gave free basic medical consultation and medicines.  Grooming services and a workshop on children's rights were also provided.  Ten (10) piglets and ten (10) goats were awarded to twenty (20) mother recipients as part of the VIDES livelihood program. 

The mission camp was concluded with gift-giving, where each of the child participant received a gift bag of food and other basic items (2 kilos of rice, 4 canned goods, toothpaste, toothbrush, bath soap, laundry soap, face towel, white t-shirts, water bottle, school supplies, Starbucks planner, Starbucks banana flavor syrup, coffee pudding, waffle, hotcakes).  Other items provided by organizations and individuals who have partnered with VIDES in the undertaking were also distributed.

We would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to our very generous donors, the 47 selfless and tireless volunteers, the ever supportive FMA community, led by Sr. Mabel Pilar, FMA, the very hospitable Mary Help of Christians School-Cebu family, headed by Sr. Ma. Socorro Bacani, FMA, and VIDES Chairperson, Sr. Maria Josefina Carrasco, FMA, for making this year’s Mission Camp a big success. 

Early Christmas Celebration with Aeta Community & Residents of Sitio Monicayo

 

Instead of holding the usual Christmas party, more than 100 volunteers of VIDES Philippines spent a meaningful morning with the participants of the Mary Help of Christians School's Oratory* from Sitio Monicayo, Mabalacat, Pampanga last December 4, 2016. 

The volunteers were warmly welcomed by the community with a traditional dance presentation. Selected mothers from the area also gave a special dance number.



Sr. Ping gave the welcome remarks and thanked VIDES for once again choosing to share the joys of the season with the residents of Sitio Monicayo. 

After the prayer and lighting of the advent candles, Sr. Josefina Carrasco FMA, VIDES Philippines Delegate, expressed the volunteers' gratitude for the very festive welcome given by the community. Roberto Manzoni of VIDES Italy and Carine Cuinet of VIDES France also greeted the participants and conveyed their happiness for being given the opportunity to join the Christmas outreach event. 

Simultaneous activities held during the day included medical consultation, haircutting, fun games for the kids, arts session, and discussion on children's rights. Volunteers had fun bonding with the kids and mothers of the community.

 

 

Before saying goodbye, the participants were given grocery items, school supplies, and gift items such as toys and clothes. (Thanks to VIDES volunteers and our regular donors your gifts of love and donations!)

After the event, the volunteers proceeded to Mary Help of Christians School in Mabiga for lunch and bonding activity. (Thank you, Sr. Irene Mangabat FMA and the Mary Help of Christians Mabalacat community, for welcoming us and for preparing our sumptuous food!) 

The early Christmas celebration with the aeta community in Pampanga started in 2008. Eight years ago, in keeping with the organization's motto of being one for others, the volunteers decided to forego the usual yuletide celebration and deemed it more important to go the peripheries to share the joys of the blessed season.

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*Mary Help of Christians and Don Bosco schools conduct regular oratory activities composed of prayer and organized recreation for students and underprivileged youth.


Photo credit: VIDES volunteers

Christmas with the Aeta Community

Instead of holding a traditional Christmas party, volunteers and staff of the VIDES Philippines once again chose to spend their holiday get-together with the Aeta community of Sitio Monicayo, Mabalacat, Pampanga. 

VIDES Pinoy volunteers joined the community prayer and reading of gospel, held a fun program where they led the kids in dancing and singing, facilitated games for the young ones, rendered free haircut services, conducted lecturettes on children's rights, engaged women to promote effective parenting through positive discipline, monitored the status of the beneficiaries of the organization's livelihood program, provided medical consultations and medicines, and distributed grocery packs and gifts to the program participants.

 

 

VIDES has established a strong partnership with the local community with the support and help of the FMA. Through the implementation of livelihood, literacy, human rights advocacy, and catechism programs, the organization aims to empower the marginalized sector of the society.  

Early Christmas with the Aetas of Pampanga

Fifty-five (55) VIDES volunteers brought holiday cheers to the residents of Sitio Monicayo, Mabalacat, Pampanga last December 8, 2013. 

The traditional early Christmas celebration with the Aeta community started with a prayer and reading of the gospel led by Sr. Mildred and volunteer students from the Mary Help of Christian School of Mabalacat.  Sr. Joy shared an inspirational talk which stressed the importance of heeding John the Baptist's call to prepare for the coming of the Lord.   

After the reflection of the day's gospel, the children and mothers joined the VIDES volunteers in dancing and singing praises to the Lord Almighty.   

Thereafter, snacks were distributed and the simultaneous activities commenced. 

VIDES doctors, nurses, and volunteers attended to the close to 200 persons who needed medical assistance.