05/12/2025
๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ: ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐จ
Strengthening Dumanjugโs health programs, one review, one meeting, one collaboration at a time. From ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ฉ๐-๐๐ง๐ช๐ ๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐จ, ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ and ๐๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ ๐พ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ก, we continue to learn, align, and serve better for every Cebuano and Dumanjuganons alike.๐๐ฟ Stories that remind us why we show up:
There was ๐ผ๐ฃ๐, once trapped in the shadows of drug addiction. For years, it stole her laughter, her family, her dreams. But one night, after losing everything she thought she could still hold on to, she walked into a community anti-drug session trembling, ashamed, afraid but much willing. There she found hands that didnโt judge, only lifted. Today, Ana stands clean, working as a peer support volunteer, helping others fight the same darkness she once knew too well. She speaks softly, but with a courage that shakes walls: โKung ako naka-lingkawas, kaya pud ninyo.โ
And then thereโs ๐๐๐ ๐, a child once so thin her school uniform barely fit. PMNP through our dedicated Nutrition Team reached her just in time, nutrition support, weekly monitoring as well as feeding through our LGU's Gasa sa Kahimsog Program. Little by little, strength returned to her body, then to her smile, then to her future. The past month, she walked onstage to receive an honor roll certificate. Her mother cried the way only mothers of once-malnourished children understand, half pride, half relief, all miracle.
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๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ฃ, a TB patient who nearly let go. The nights were the hardest, fever, chills, the taste of blood, the endless pills. He once whispered to our n nurse, โKung mao ni permi, mas maayo pa ug kwaon nalang kos Ginoo.โ But they didnโt let him. Every DOTS visit, every encouragement from his TB support partner, every reminder to take just one more dose pulled him back from the edge. Today, he is cured, breathing freely, working again, and teaching others that TB is not a death sentence but a battle one can win with hope and following TB Regimen religiously.
They are the ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐จ behind the Anti-Drug Abuse Program, the PMNP initiatives, UHC Implementation and every TB DOTS guideline reviewed. Their lives remind us that public health is not paperwork. It is people. It is second chances. And so, in these gatherings, we do more than sit and listen. We carry their stories. We fight for their futures.
๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ.๐๐ฟโจ
