Be a volunteer and help us spread the charity virus, be a Kaibigan ng PCSO member

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

photo by Edelweiza

PCSO in its 75th anniversary, formally launched their new project in volunteerism and charity works and it was called Kaibigan ng PCSO (Friends of PCSO), and because of that our country is having a major shortage of medical professionals and medicine in the time of crisis, PCSO is here to help again and put the balance of life and health to those who need medical and health attention. In their event, they launched a sign up volunteerism for everyone, and volunteers who signed up will have their own PCSO Health Card and will be put up in the priority list for those who seek financial assistance in hospitalization and medical support. Volunteers for charity work will be called and assigned to the designated area that you prefer and the program of "unity in volunteerism" will help many lives in many sectors of our country.

I officially joined the program, and as blogger, I am here to invite everyone to take a short step and help our fellow Filipinos in this charity project of PCSO, all you have to do is visit their website at http://www.pcso.gov.ph/kaibigan.aspx and download the registration form and submit it to them in order to join the Kaibigan ng PCSO. ( Read more my story below)

our video on stage

and part 2 of the video, thanks to Nicely, Sire and Edlweiza for the video.

Kaibigan ng PCSO is a program that will be pursued through the leadership of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to systematize and rationalize the sourcing of volunteer individuals and organizations in partnership with the private sector to advance the charity agency’s health mandate. By establishing sustainable networks and linkages that will continuously recruit medical and health volunteers as well as generate additional resources, the program will be able to expand the reach of PCSO services that immediately address health concerns of needy Filipinos.

The program envisions that through this mode of intervention on a nationwide scale the corporate responsibility ethic of private corporations and companies will be enhanced, particularly with regard to health issues. It likewise seeks to promote the volunteerism spirit inherent in every Filipino.

Kaibigan ng PCSO recognizes the varying capabilities of individuals, groups, and corporate entities in the public and private sector in rendering vital volunteer work that meets the immediate health needs of the poor. It also gives importance to the value of individual and collective civic efforts and of raising these efforts to the level of “unity in volunteerism” to sustain a functioning and efficient health and medical assistance delivery system for poor Filipinos everywhere.

photo by Carl Valenzona

Me and Noemi Dado were on stage signing our volunteer registration form and we sign it together with different institutions to formally launch the charity project. We also got our first Kaibigan ng PCSO tshirt and I feel excited in the coming months to help out and travel with PCSO to lend my time in helping our people.

The event at the PSCO ground is a big celebation for its 75th anniversary, they even organized a childrens show in the afternoon, rock concert at night that was performed by Callalily, Maria's Mistress and Bamboo, Also celebrities and performers were there to give a happy music and promote the great contribution of PCSO. I'm not very aware of this, and I always think that PCSO is all lotto and prizes, but it just reminded me the acrnoym Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, then I heard from my sister that this office helped my cousin in the years of her battle against breast cancer. I'm very happy that they did help her, and I know the next individual will also be treated like that.

(to be posted soon)
Here's a recorded interview with Mdm. Rosario Uriarte ( Vice chairman and General Manager of PCSO)