IHHELPP BUILDS EYE CLINIC IN SAN FABIAN
'Jaime Rafael Liwanag, Jean and Rene Doria, San Fabian, Pangasinan Vice Mayor Manalo, Apollo Tabelisma, and media crew in front of the disaster-resilient patient unit under construction.
IHHELPP recently partnered with Mabuhay Desseret in building a 40 square meter disaster-resilient patient unit for Guilermo de Venecia Eye Clinic in San Fabian, Pangasinan, Philippines. The eye clinic will benefit the communities in San Fabian and nearby towns in Pangasinan. The clinic will offer assistance to patients with visual impairments unable to afford eye treatments usually available only to urban hospitals.
Jean Doria was interviewed by the local news station of San Fabian, Pangasinan.
Disaster-resilient Compressed Earth Blocks (CEBs) were used in the construction of the clinic. CEBs are cheaper, sturdier and more visually appealing alternative to hollow blocks. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints trained for CEB production from Camiling, Tarlac assisted in building the clinic.
The San Fabian project fulfills IHHELPP’s mission to improve health, support livelihood, educate communities, and build disaster resilient homes in the Philippines.
“it directly addressed the need for an added facility to house patients with visual problems by building a disaster-resilient unit,” says Jean Doria, IHHELPP Vice-president over Communications. “IHHELPP also provided education of CEB technology and taught employable skills to the San Fabian community, and created jobs to several community members in Camiling, Tarlac.”
Rene Doria, IHHELPP president and Jean Doria oversaw the project’s completion.
“This project hits a tender spot in our hearts particularly because eyesight impacts an individual's quality of life,” says Jean Doria. “By helping an eye clinic that caters to the poor, I feel that we are helping those who need this particular service.”
Rene Doria, IHHELPP president and Jean Doria oversaw the project’s completion.
“This project hits a tender spot in our hearts particularly because eyesight impacts an individual's quality of life,” says Jean Doria. “By helping an eye clinic that caters to the poor, I feel that we are helping those who need this particular service.”
Mabuhay Desseret is the local name for Charity Vision, a nonprofit dedicated to providing free eye treatments and surgeries to developing countries. Mabuhay Desseret has also worked with cleft palate and club foot correction procedures in the country. This organization has partnered with IHHELPP in building the first disaster-proof home in Carigara, Leyte after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013
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