Rotary Club of Makati, Philippines

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RC Makati steps up Stop TB Campaign

The Rotary Club of Makati's TB Eradication Committee chaired by PP Puno Peña is making good its commitment to contribute in a significant way to the national effort to wipe out tuberculosis from the country's list of major health issues. This it does by sponsoring the prescribed 6-month medical treatment of patients in selected communities. In cases where the patients are pre-school children, the TB medication program is reinforced by supplemental feeding provided by the club's Family Health and Nutrition Program chaired by PP Freddie Borromeo .

On the 27 th of August, 3 modules of the Stop TB Program were launched in Quezon City for 100 young TB patients—40 in Brgy. Valencia , 35 in Brgy. Bagong Lipunan Crame, and 25 in Brgy. Horseshoe. Held at the Brgy. Horseshoe Kalusugan Health Center , the project is being implemented in partnership with Kabisig ng Kalahi and the concerned LGU.

The club and Kabisig have also joined hands with RC Makati Bel-Air and Gawad Kalinga Welfareville in Mandaluyong for another Stop TB

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RC Makati's Heather Kinross Center starts 2nd Training Program for GK Villa Paraiso

The Heather Kinross Center , the skills training arm of the Rotary Club of Makati, has kicked off the Training Program in Metal Arc Welding for the second batch of trainees from the Club's adopted Gawad Kalinga community in Villa Paraiso, Parañaque City . Classes started last Monday, 1 st September, at the Tuloy sa Don Bosco Village (TDBV) in Alabang. The training program, the cost if which is underwritten by the club, is being jointly implemented by the Club's Heather Kinross Center (HKC) and the Tuloy Foundation, Inc. (TFI). It aims to equip the trainees with competent skills in basic metal arc welding to eventually qualify them for jobs. At the helm of the HKC is chairman Dean Velasco , while the Tuloy sa Don Bosco is run by Fr. Rocky Evangelista .

The training program runs for three months, with the graduation set for mid December to allow for holidays and possible disruption of

module, which was launched on the 28 th of August. This module covers 55 children suffering from primary complex.

In both cases, a memorandum of agreement was signed by the project partners, and the club turned over the TB medicines to the barangay health center officials who are responsible for seeing to it that the patients take the prescribed medicines every day, religiously, for 6 months. The club provides the medicines for the program.

Also on August 28, PP Puno Peña attended the annual convention of the Philippine Coalition Against TB at the Plaza Galleria in Pasig City to keep abreast of the latest developments on various aspects of the disease. Keynoted by Health Sec. Francisco Duque , the convention brought together a large group of doctors for a series of symposia on TB control and management, resource mobilization, surgical options, updates on the national TB program, new TB diagnostics and drugs, and the Directly Observed Therapy-Short Course method of medication, among other topics. Among the other speakers were Dr. Michael Voniatis of the World Health Organization and Dr. Thelma Tupasi of Makati Medical Center and the Tropical Disease Foundation.

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Club upholds tradition at glittering 43rd Induction Ceremony & Ball

The Rotary Club of Makati held its 43 rd Induction Ceremony and Ball at the Rigodon Ballroom of The Peninsula Manila on Friday, the 4 th of July. Leading the officers, directors and advisers who took their oath of office was Pres. Larry Boyer . They were “charged” by DGE Sid Garcia , a member of RC Makati, and sworn in by Gov. Boyet Limon . Also inducted were: Mon Diokno , vice president and District Affairs director; Francis Macatulad, secretary and Club Service B director; Dayal Nandwani , treasurer; Ferdie Ordoveza, assistant treasurer; Henry Aquende , Club Service A director; Jun Rojas, director of Community Service A; Frank Chavez , director of Community Service B; PE Felix Amparo , director of International Service A; Mike Varela, director of International Service B; Peter Manzano , director of Vocational Service A; Rene Limjoco , director of Vocational Service B; Boy Arteche , legal counsel; and DGN Tony Quila, PP Robert Kuan and PP Ric Librea , advisers. .