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Holding on to a healthier tomorrow
By: Ami D. Salazar
June, 2025
When Angat Santa Monica and OPI held an eye mission back in 2023, some of their members were told that they needed to have eye surgeries. Unfortunately, they do not have Philhealth cards. One of them was Nene. This situation further motivated Angat Santa Monica to persevere and negotiate for PhilHealth officials to conduct an orientation in their community, which was more than 48 km. from the PhilHealth office. On May 15, 2024, a community-based Orientation and Application for PhilHealth was conducted at the village gymnasium of Santa Monica, Aliaga, Nueva Ecija. At that time 51 applicants attended and submitted their applications.
Nene is one of the leaders of Angat Santa Monica, the OPI-assisted community-based association in Santa Monica, Aliaga, Nueva Ecija. She leads the sub-group composed of residents in Sitio Gabor, a sub-zone of the said community. She is also a village health worker.
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Light and Sight: An eye mission story
By Ami D. Salazar
May, 2025
Kapit Bisig tungo sa Asenso at Galing (KABIAG) Association is OPI’s partner in Brgy. Villa Labrador, Rizal, Nueva Ecija. One of the very first issues that they resolved when they were starting was the problem of poor eyesight and eye diseases among its residents.
In 2023, through the partnership with Nueva Ecija Ophthalmologic Services (NEOS), a total of 16 residents underwent surgeries to remove cataracts from the eyes of the affected elderlies. One of the beneficiaries of this noteworthy project was an elderly lady named Liwliwa or Liweng.
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​In 2017, Liweng’s eyesight worsened but she had no means to undergo surgery. At that time, she could not see people’s faces nor their whole body clearly. She can only hear their voices. “It was very difficult. Very blurry. Read here
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