YSEALI Spotlight

I'm happy and humbled to be featured in the cover page of YSEALI Website. The Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) is U.S. President Barack Obama’s signature program to strengthen leadership development and networking in ASEAN. The YSEALI community consists of bright young leaders years old from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Philippines, Laos, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. (https://youngsoutheastasianleaders.state.gov/)

NGITING TAGUMPAY PROJECT

NGITING TAGUMPAY PROJECT: I have done many physical exams in Day Care Centers & Elementary Schools in Mansalay. By far the biggest health problem is dental decay. For that reason, I begun teaching the youngest children in the schools how to brush and take care of their teeth. As an incentive we are giving each child in those classes a toothbrush & toothpaste and actually have them use it during the teaching. This Healthy Teeth Campaign is for every Day Care Centers & Elementary Schools in the Municipality of Mansalay.

BANTAY KALUSUGAN Project

BANTAY KALUSUGAN: Health Check-up is a chance to have a private, face-to-face assessment and conversation with a Health Care Provider (Physician, Nurse, Pharmacist) to better understand their health conditions and how/when to take their medicines, what they are doing for the patient and how to control any side effects. This is a Free Health Check-up/Assessment and Free Basic Medicines Program given to community people of Mansalay. As a nurse I am striving to achieve long term and self-sustaining healthy communities where extreme poverty and lack of basic  education and healthcare are a problem. I believe that through spiritual healing and preventive care a healthy community can enable itself to withstand the challenges of tomorrow.

Empowering the Youths.

I proposed this ordinance to the Sangguniang Bayan of Mansalay to develop a sports program in providing opportunities to bring out the best in the players and elevate them to a highest level in sports; To encourage all sports organizations be it municipality-wide or Barangay-based level, to foster a development program in an atmosphere of cooperation and participation; To support implementors and its leaders toward capability- building, and; To draw/elicit commitment from individuals and institutions, thus bringing Mansalay towards excellence in sports.

PRIVILEDGE SPEECH (January 8, 2014)

BAGONG TAONG 2014

Tulad ng dati, tuwing darating ang Bagong Taon,  pag-asa at tuwa ang inaasam ng mga kababayan natin. Una sa lahat, ang hiling ay pagbabago sa pananaw, sa sarili, sa mamamayan at bayan . Bawat isa sa atin ay naghahangad ng progresibo at maayos na pamumuhay .

Tuwing Bagong Taon, halos lahat tayo ay gumagawa ng pangako sa sarili sa pamamagitan ng “New Year’s’ resolution. Ang tanong: May natupad ba tayo sa ating mga ginawang  pansariling resolusyong? At sa loob ng mahabang taon ng iyong ginagawa ang New Year’s resolution, ilan ang natupad?

Samakatuwid, tayo mismo ang simula. Nasa ating mga kamay ang tunay na pagbabago na hinahangad natin para sa ating bayan. Ito ay panahon ng pagkakataon para sa ating lahat upang ilagay sa tamang landas ang sarili at bayan.  Napakahalaga ng papel natin sa ating bayan dahil sa pamamagitan ng tamang pamumuno at pagbalangkas ng bago at nararapat na batas ay kasabay din ang tunay at epektibong pagbibigay solusyon sa isyu ng korapsiyon, kahirapan, kaunlaran, kaayusan at kapayapaan.

Kung sa gayon ay kailangan tayong maging aktibo sa pakikilahok para sa pagkamit ng tunay na pagbabago para sa ating bayan.

Totoo: kapos ang pagsisikap na baguhin ang mga istrukturang panlipunan kung hindi babaguhin ang indibidwal, kagawian o kultura. Pero kung hindi hahantong sa nauna, kapos din ang ikalawa – magpapanatili sa mapagsamantalang kaayusan at magbibigay lang dito ng makataong itsura.

Kung tutuusin, kung palalalimin sa mga istrukturang pang-ekonomiya’t pampulitika ang mga suliranin ng bayan. Malamlam man sa pandinig subalit nararapat lamang na pagtuunan ng pansin ang mga serbisyong tunay na kailangan ng ating mamamayan: Pagkain, malinis na tubig, trabaho, gamut at serbisyong medical, malinis at tahimik na kapaligiran, karapatang pantao at kalidad na edukasyon.

Samakatuwid ay malaki ang gagampanan nating papel para sa pagkamit ng pagbabago sa ating bayan. Kaalinsabay ng mandatong ipinagkaloob sa atin ay kailangan nating iparating sa mas nakatataas at aksyunan ang tunay ang hinaing ng maliliit na mamamayan at nilalaman ng ating mga puso at isipan, hindi puro pangako at salita lamang. Manapa’t kailangan nating makialam upang siguraduhin na ang interes ng mamamayan ang isusulong ng mga taong nakaupo sa Barangay, Munisipyo, Kapitolyo, Kongreso at Senado at hindi ang interes ng kung sino man ang gusto umupo at manungkulan.

Sama-sama nating harapin ang bagong taon taglay ang pusong hangad ay tunay at makabuluhang pagbabago para sa sarili at para sa bayan.

Maraming Salamat po. Maligayang Bagong Taon

Hon. SHERNAN F. GAMOL, RN

Municipal Councilor

Mansalay, Or. Mindoro

Health Check-ups & Free Medicines (Outreach Program)

Many thanks to Unilab, Pharex & Natpharma for donating boxes of medicines and to our outreach partner, Bukluran Outdoor Club & KHA volunteers who spent 3 days in the mountain to provide basic medical & nursing care, health education and other valuable services to the people in Cabuyao & Kilapnit Mangyan communities.  A special thanks to Sir Greg & Nurse Myra for their outstanding commitment as well as to Bahay Kubo Foundation. Volunteers give of their time and money to walk and travel great distances to deliver assistance to people who have no other access to basic health care. On behalf of my constituents touched by this fabulous team of volunteers, we say Thank You! 

Medicines from Unilab

Medicines from Pharex

Medicines from Natpharma

Volunteers

Villagers transporting goods

I can’t even begin to write about all the different experiences I had, people I met, and how much this mission climb changed my life and my perspective on things; living in an urbanized area you really take for granted necessities like clean water, food, medicine, and even electricity.

 

Nurse Myra explaining the dosage and intake of the medicine

The team transformed a local school into a triage unit, clinic, and pharmacy over the course of 2 days and saw over 200 patients.

Kilapnit Children

With Kilapnit Elementary School teachers

Cabuyao and Kilapnet Outreach Climb

Big Thanks to Unilever, Sandugo Sandals, Bukluran Outdoor Club, Bahay Kubo Foundation, Unilab, Pharex, Natrapharm and private sponsors thank you for doing this for 500+ Mangyan children. For my fellow youth volunteers, we may not be the kindest persons in the world but we have a heart kind enough to share the simple things that we’re lucky that we have.‪#‎kipHOPEalive

 

Election 2013: My Experience

To the mighty cast of Liberal Party volunteers and the campaign team (you know who you are!), that motley crew of hopeful folks, this election campaign would have been nothing without you. Such a wonderful diversity of people out on the streets hammering in poster signs, tarpaulins, dropping off leaflets and of course, with your vote – my unending thanks. You were such a source of inspiration to us – young people shouldering the load to let our community know that today’s politics can be positive, that we can work together to provide a voice for the youth, indigents and health sector in the council, and that government can be a place of coming together for the common good.

I had to campaign to my constituents with my platform and policies in other to get their votes. The five weeks of campaigning was intense, I spoke to so many people in halls of residents, streets, markets both on and off meetings and around the community and also spend several afternoon in the headquarter with the staffs.

After months of hard work, I am so delighted that I won the election. I promise to work on each of these policies & platform and also some others I came across whilst talking to the local and indigent communities. I want to be the public official who represents the youth, health sector, Mangyan and education. I have worked with different civic organizations for the past years and I understand my community. I want to work with my people on issues that concern them.

I found the elections even more challenging because my position was the only one that had 29 candidates, so I was running against twenty-seven strong individuals. In the end we all campaigned really well and so it was a blessing to have won. Thanks to my friends and family for reassuring me and to the Sangguniang Bayan for their wonderful support and, finally, for all those who took their time to vote for me.

I know you voted for me because you believed in me and you know I will drive change and I look forward to a term of success!