Havoc from Mother Nature

Volunteers gathered at the Sta. Catalina de

 Alexandria church as early as 5 am in order to arrive

 at least before noon in Pacuan, La Libertad.

Last March 3, 2012, the Church-Military Advisory Group-Negros had gathered volunteers from different institutions in Dumaguete City to assist in their humanitarian outreach mission. This is to help the victims of the earthquake in Negros last Febrary 6, 2012 which affected nearly 8,000 people. The 303^rd Infantry Brigade Civil Military Operations officer Capt. Leo Christopher Cunanan had revealed that nearly 4,600 families from 15 La Libertad barangays families from 15 La Libertad barangays received food packs and used clothing from the eight truckloads delivered to them, through Fr. Winly Guadalope of the St. Vincent Quasi Parish.

Nurses from Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital,

 3^rd from the right  Maria Fe Gajano and April Love Dumalagan

Nurses from the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital have also rendered their medical voluntary works, among them were: Vretchy Tuballa, April Love Dumalagan, Rachiel Marie Calumba, Kristen Sarabia, Carmela Visperas and many others. There were 19 volunteer doctors and 31 nurses from the cities of Bacolod and Dumaguete. 

“The activity was in line with the CMAG-Negros activities with the theme, Peace and Development for God’s People – Our Mission. For we are partners working together for God.” Cunanan said the humanitarian mission in Brgy Pacuan, La Libertad, is a good example ofbayanihan’, with not only the church, army and the police, but also various sectors of society like the local governments, non-government organizations, students, youth, doctors, nurses, dentists, other health workers, social workers, media, other professionals, environmentalists, and the populace working hand-in-hand to bring support and assistance, to help ease the trauma and burdens of the quake victims.