Medical and Dental Missions

Volunteers prepare the medicines to be used for the medical mission.

To alleviate poor health in grassroot areas, 2,000 beneficiaries, young and old, received vitamin supplements, pain killers, aspirins, paracetamol, antibiotics and cough medicines through the medical missions conducted by the Office of Senator Angara in Pasay, Quezon City, Marikina, Caloocan, Navotas, Malabon, and Valenzuela. Recently, relief operations in various evacuation centers in Albay were held in the wake of the Mayon eruption.

The READ Foundation, Inc. held livelihood training programs in San Luis, Ma. Aurora, Baler, Dingalan, Dinalungan, Casiguran, Dilasag and Dipaculao in Aurora Province. These include fish and meat processing, fish handling, herbal medicine preparation, wood carving, farm machinery operation and goat raising.