THE Navara Nation Philippines-Eastern Visayas (NNP-EV) has provided medical and dental services to Rosario, Northern Samar, benefiting over 200 patients.
Rhoel Ladera, vice-president of the car group, thanked the donors and volunteers who contributed medicine and financial help for their quarterly outreach program on Saturday, April 6.
The group, headed by Engr. Adroel Octaviano, also donated medicines to the local government unit through Mayor Gerardo Miranda.
They also provided medical consultations and circumcision activity.
NNP-EV, also known as “Angels on Wheels” in Eastern Visayas, brought at least 14 vehicles loaded with medical supply and traveled as far as eight hours from Maasin City and Sogod in Southern Leyte.
They also brought with them family members and volunteer nurses for the humanitarian activity.
“For our next outreach program, we will be giving school supplies to indigenous people and students who need help in St. Bernard, Southern Leyte on first week of June 2019,” Ladera said.
Meanwhile, Ladera also attributed the success of their medical and dental mission to all NNP-EV members; Glenn Alcera, area representative for Northern Samar; NNP-EV member-doctors Erwin Dhan Ladan and Mark Gatela; volunteer doctors Patricia Montejo, Jay Elle Gatela, Isagani Artoza; the Northern Samar Provincial Health Office medical team; and the Rosario Rural Health Unit.
Also, NNP-EV lauded the security assistance from Rosario Municipal Police Station led by Captain Elias Ero, the chief of police.
A fifth-class municipality, Rosario is some 266 kilometers away from Tacloban City.
In November 2018, the auto group donated a total of 254 rain boots to all students at Sulpa National High School, an interior village school in Villaba, Leyte, after they read the plight of the school in a SunStar news report.
In August 2018, they held their first outreach program benefiting 125 indigent residents mostly from the Manobo and Mamanwa tribal groups in the upland village of Almeria, Biliran Island.
“We intend to make use of our vehicle to be able to go to inaccessible areas in the province so we can help and make a small difference. Rather than use our asset for ‘porma-porma,’ we want to utilize it and help far-flung communities,” Ladera said earlier.
The auto group, whose members were mostly survivors of the 2013 Super Typhoon Yolanda, said it will continue to extend help to others after receiving the same help during the devastation from the powerful typhoon in the region. (SunStar Philippines)