Our duty in the community all started in this narrow pathway...
Days before yesterday, we had our house-to-house survey on the said place. We interviewed the parents or guardians about the immunization of their children, on the areas pertaining to nutrition, pre-natal, family planning, water and drainage system, garbage disposal and health insurance availability. These are all the areas that we need to consider out from our survey so that we will be able to know the problem of the said place.
We also come up with the decision of doing the Feeding Program for the children ages 2 to 6 years old. We have prepared food such as "Patty (ground meat)", "vegetable Lumpia", "Bihon" and of course, we also served them rice, plus juice as their drinks.
We started with the activity with a prayer, the Pambansang Awit and an Opening Remarks.
The most awaited part of the program is the health teachings that was imparted by Mrs. Lira Joy Valenzuela and Mr. Lawrence Sotto, who both discussed about "The Healthy Food Groups" and "The Proper Hand Washing Technique" respectively. After which, the Feeding begins as we say our prayer before meal.
All of us take the responsibility of feeding the children. There are those whose parents are there, they are the ones who serve their children to eat.
There is no other day than yesterday for us, RLE 20, Groups 1 and 4, College of Nursing, 2nd year students under Prof. Herlie B. Ontoy, RN, MAN, DM, Prof. Errol Toledo, RN, MN and also with the presence of our Practicing Clinical Instructors (PCI) - Ms. Ohara Batobato and Ms. Cherry Jane Ladica as we had our Feeding Program at Puntod, Cagayan de Oro City.
We also come up with the decision of doing the Feeding Program for the children ages 2 to 6 years old. We have prepared food such as "Patty (ground meat)", "vegetable Lumpia", "Bihon" and of course, we also served them rice, plus juice as their drinks.
We decorated the place before the program started.
We started with the activity with a prayer, the Pambansang Awit and an Opening Remarks.
All of us take the responsibility of feeding the children. There are those whose parents are there, they are the ones who serve their children to eat.
The children really enjoy what they are eating and we are happy that they love the food that we have served for them. It is really a nice feeling to see them happy.
We have learned so much from this activity. A little help means a lot for the children. What touches me is when a mother said to me that hope everyday is a feeding day. What the mother has just said made me realized that someday hope there will be no children who will be left hungry.
We gave party bags for the children before they left the venue.We also cleaned the place before we left.
The kind of experience that we have in the community is a life-changing experience that moves us in any ways that no matter how life displays uncertainties, hope is always present in the hands of all of us as we help each other do our responsibilities even as student nurses that we are at the moment.
In our course lies a huge accountability and responsibility that no matter where we are in the future, the kind of training that we have in our school always dominantly makes us assured that helping others is not impossible after all.
This is just our first exposure and I know there are lots of more that we will have to experience. Indeed, yesterday is no other day!
The kind of experience that we have in the community is a life-changing experience that moves us in any ways that no matter how life displays uncertainties, hope is always present in the hands of all of us as we help each other do our responsibilities even as student nurses that we are at the moment.
In our course lies a huge accountability and responsibility that no matter where we are in the future, the kind of training that we have in our school always dominantly makes us assured that helping others is not impossible after all.
This is just our first exposure and I know there are lots of more that we will have to experience. Indeed, yesterday is no other day!
Here are some of our captured moments during our Feeding Program:
More captured moments of us at: https://www.facebook.com/arleenjay.abucay/media_set?set=a.275333749274085.1073741842.100003923861995&type=1
2nd Year Student Nurses on-the-Go is proud to be Capitolians!
More captured moments of us at: https://www.facebook.com/arleenjay.abucay/media_set?set=a.275333749274085.1073741842.100003923861995&type=1
2nd Year Student Nurses on-the-Go is proud to be Capitolians!
Hi Arlene! This is great article and I must say, great blog! I am a nursing alumna from CU and I just miss those days. It was so much fun!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it's so nice to see that a young girl like you can freely express her feelings and emotions through the art of writing. I am a writer myself and I just want to say that please don't lose the spirit. Keep writing, keep scribbling your thoughts into words, keep that fire burning with thoughts from within. There's a great future in being a writer. I found mine, and I hope you find yours too someday!
Best regards, Pamie