Across the miles there is someone waiting" for you motivation all of us have been through. One barangay with three puroks 161 household with the total population of 810 was surveyed by eigth medical students of Ateneo School of Medicine.
All packs. Forms ready, weighing scale ready, tape measure ready, stethoscope ready, BP app. Ready, water ready, long sleeves ready, umbrella ready becuase it's gonna be a long journey.
Together with the barangay officials, BHW's our travel starts at 8 AM. It is a walking journey to a the distant place of all, we are going to experienced the community here been doing for everydays of their existence.
We were instructed that males will be the one to surveyed the fardest area, but then Females wanted to badly involved even all of us were grasping air already because it's a mountain after mountain walk. Despite of our decreased strenght were so overwhelmed by the people they welcome us to their houses and offered us some coconut to drink up. We fineshed surveyed the distant purok 3 at nearly 2pm without lunch but it's our comfort to know that barangay prepared food for us. We are so thankful for our barangay official who whole heartedly support our activities.
Our purok 2 and purok 1 journey we were joined by children, barangay official and BHW we are welcomed by the people we do also enjoyed their happy smiles, their happy answers.
Even with simple ways people find ways to make us feel we are welcome to their community. We consider this experience as life changing, we've been touched by people's lives. Our long way of experience is not yet over it's been started and soon to continue.
All packs. Forms ready, weighing scale ready, tape measure ready, stethoscope ready, BP app. Ready, water ready, long sleeves ready, umbrella ready becuase it's gonna be a long journey.
Together with the barangay officials, BHW's our travel starts at 8 AM. It is a walking journey to a the distant place of all, we are going to experienced the community here been doing for everydays of their existence.
We were instructed that males will be the one to surveyed the fardest area, but then Females wanted to badly involved even all of us were grasping air already because it's a mountain after mountain walk. Despite of our decreased strenght were so overwhelmed by the people they welcome us to their houses and offered us some coconut to drink up. We fineshed surveyed the distant purok 3 at nearly 2pm without lunch but it's our comfort to know that barangay prepared food for us. We are so thankful for our barangay official who whole heartedly support our activities.
Our purok 2 and purok 1 journey we were joined by children, barangay official and BHW we are welcomed by the people we do also enjoyed their happy smiles, their happy answers.
Even with simple ways people find ways to make us feel we are welcome to their community. We consider this experience as life changing, we've been touched by people's lives. Our long way of experience is not yet over it's been started and soon to continue.