What better way to get the youth engaged than through a fun-filled Summer camp! We came up with this Camp, to showcase our community health plans in a level that the youth can understand. There is something magical about a summer camp experience. Other than our goal of teaching them about health, camp is an independent experience that shapes one’s character and life — a controlled, safe environment where children are able to make their own decisions about simple things and about important things. We taught them the bad effects of drugs and alcohol, the importance of hygiene and nutrition, and generally how fun it is to be healthy! We packed the day with so much activities. We had mini-talks, poster making, role playing, party games, memory games (based on our mini-talks), singing, cheering, lunch feeding and a fun sack race as a grand finish for the day. There was not a single kid who did not get exhausted from all the fun. And there was no single kid who did not take home lessons to share to their families. Camp is a place where kids interact with people face-to-face and, at the same time, learn about themselves and others. Although it was only conducted for a day, the kids were able to establish friendship. We mixed grades 4, 5 and 6 into teams. The seniority feel got eliminated. They played like brothers and sisters. Camps give kids a chance to practice being the best they can be. They experience a place designed to create happy memories and encourage self-expression. I believe we won three times that day. We won with teaching them about health. We won with establishing a good relationship with the youth of New Barili. And we won with having the kids create a more established friendship with each other. It was such a success that we decided to do it next year again! Until the next fun in the sun! Princess Shelmerry Dawn M. Que Adzu-SOM Level 2
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Mega box, check.
Unlimited pajamas, check. All the biggest darkest tshirts, check. Sunblock, check. Notebooks, notebooks, notebooks, check. We were all ready for battle. We were supposed to leave on March 23. Few days before 23, it was moved to 24. After a day it was moved to 25. The next day, moved to 26. And then moved to 27. The basic scheduling couldn't even get ironed out. But we are but followers of instructions. One week of nothing to do. It was Holy Week and most of our families left the city. Schedules moved, plans moved. We wish the school had a more solid scheduling body or a more uniform system of instruction. It confuses our time chart. We have to keep on rescheduling our activities for the community. But then these changes make us wiser and challenges us to be more flexible. One week of waiting and packing and unpacking and packing and packing. Our group has #LuggageGoals. To have the least amount of baggage per person possible. We pack a lot smarter now. Only the essentials. Clothes rotate more. Everything in sachets. Promo packing, to say the least. Day of departure. We managed to fit our healthy selves and our mid-sized mega boxes inside a van. 2.5 hours of swerving, 3 bags of vomit and 8 bottles of water later, we arrive at our beloved New Barili. And the adventure begins. Princess Shelmerry Dawn M. Que Adzu-SOM Level 2 While assigned at the community, once in a while, we are visited by our community preceptors. Their arrival is usually not announced and they come as a surprised. On april X, a few days before leaving the community, we were yet surprised, we are visited by our new preceptor, while also a staff in our beloved school, they are also a municipal health officers, assigned in their respected municipality. They came from a long travel, bringing in some food and supplies, while checking our well being and outputs for this exposure. Out of the dozen medical students assigned in their respective barangays, we are the first to be visited. And they still have a long way to travel to check and visit each team throughout region 9.
Richmond L. Rombo Adzu-SOM Level 2 Previously on our last community exposure, we have chosen a few residents of the barangay new barili to be part of our core group. We have trained, and taught them skills and knowledge on how to identify and refer a hypertensive individual. But they have yet to have a BP set, so they can implement the project. On this exposure, we have coordinated with unilab to sponsor our , and provided us with a BP set. Thanks to these , we are now able to mobilize the “BP NB team”. We have conducted re training with the core, and further trained them on how to refer hypertensive individuals to the local rural health unit to further manage the clients. Richmond L. Rombo Adzu-SOM Level 2 |
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