LaTrinidad Benguet – Benguet State University (BSU) along
with their partner, the Rotary Club, painted smiles on the faces of the less
fortunate amputees by dishing out more than 100 limbs last Monday at the University
open gymnasium.
This was the culmination of the ‘Artificial Limbs Project’
(ALP) that started last year with the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) between BSU and the Rotary Club. Measurements were then taken last March
11-12 that was attended by 135 amputees not only from Cordillera but also from
the neighbouring provinces as well.
Ms. Felissa Pasayen of Bakun, Benguet now gets to stand and
walk without the aid of her crutches. She was diagnosed with a rare disease
caused by fresh eating bacteria which led to the amputation of her left leg at
an early age.
“I first heard of the project from a friend” said Pasayen.
Feeling agitated she bought a transistor radio where she waited patiently for
the details of the said ALP to be announced. There, she was able to get a hold
of the mobile number of Dr. Florence Poltic, one of the ALP coordinator and
also the BSU Physician.
Pasayen plans to return back to her former employer in
Manila and help her family financially once she will get familiarized with the
mobility of her brand new prosthetic leg.
Another female beneficiary all the way from Kasibu, Nueva
Vizcaya voiced out her gratefulness for the said project as she humbly held
back her tears. She has been a life time user of artificial limbs and was long
enduring her outdated artificial limbs which she have during her teens.
Meanwhile, BSU President Feliciano Calora said that this tie
between BSU and the Rotary Club is just the first step of yet a very long
journey of service towards their needy patrons. He added that development
should go parallel to both BSU and its target patrons mutually.
Parties involved in the said activity and MOA were Baboo
Kanan of the Rotary India, Linda Winter of Rotary Baguio, Dr. Florence Poltic
and Dr. Jones Feleciano of BSU.
The activity is also part of the Centennial Celebration of BSU
which will culminate this September 2016.
The tie started 2015 during the stint of then University
President, Dr. Ben Ladilad.
Benguet was their fourth destination for the
year. They have been hoping from Laguna, Sariaya, Lipa in the first quarter of
this year. For the coming months, they are set to proceed to Naga, Iriga, Vigan
Makati and Caloocan.
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