Elysium in Discovery: Community General Assembly

March 21, 2014

The Community General Assembly is one of our major activities for this exposure based on our Comprehensive Health Plan. It was conducted at the Barangay Basketball Court, with a theme of, “P.O.W.E.R UP PANAGAAN 2016: Para sa Paglambo sa atong Pinanggang Barangay”. Our goal for this activity was: 1. to increase the awareness of the community people on P.O.W.E.R UP Pangaan, and 2. secure participation among the community people on the implementation of P.O.W.E.R UP Panagaan. The registration started at 8:00am, with a simultaneous interpurok blood pressure taking to determine and classify the residents according to their blood pressure. The activity was attended by a total of 118 individuals from puroks one to five, including the barangay officials, purok leaders, barangay health workers and various organization leaders such as the senior citizen and parish youth apostolate . The presentation highlighted two major topics: 1. importance of P.O.W.E.R UP Panagaan and ranger formation, and 2. our full month’s plan of activities. An open forum and early registration for various activities was also conducted at the end of every topic, to determine whether the plans or activities are socially acceptable, attainable and appropriate.

The activity not only featured the essence of our plan, but more importantly it showed the willingness and cooperation among the community residents. Through the support of the barangay leaders, the student didn’t find it difficult in inviting the community residents and preparing the venue for the event. The community residents, specifically the civilian volunteer officers and councilors, aided the students in the installation of covering for the basketball court and preparation of the sound system, chairs and tables. Knowing that our budget was limited due to lack of sponsorship, this didn’t hinder the community residents in attending the event and they even sponsored the snacks for the activity. Through these actions of volunteerism and active participation, the principle of unity and strong partnership is evident between the medical students and community residents.

With our ever supportive CVOs, helping us in the physical set-up