By Vicki Allen Penwell | Executive Director
As this difficult year winds down, we are so grateful to be able to report that thousands of families were helped in the Philippines because of your generosity, both with medical care and food, since the pandemic began last March. You helped us help pregnant patients and their families in a powerful way in 2020!
The lock-downs are particularly severe in the Philippines, driving jobless rates to new highs; most of our patients are facing real hunger, so in March we began supplementing food for the families we care for and plan to continue until the pandemic is over. The recipients of this help see it as a gift from God to them, and they are so thankful!
The midwives continue to work cheerfully through the stresses of the pandemic; even in PPE, you can see their eyes smiling and encouraging each patient who is pushing, each pregnant mother who is scared, each father who struggles to find a way to put food on the table and pay for the needs of a new baby as well. They truly are the front-line heroes at Mercy In Action!
And your partnership with us made it all happen. Thank you for your support in 2020. The hardship will not be over anytime soon, as the Philippines is a poor country and will continue to suffer under the COVID-19 virus for a long time. What we know for sure is that we will continue to expend the extra energy, money, and care that is required to get our people safely to the other side of this pandemic, no matter how long it takes!
Happy New Year with lots of love from the Mercy In Action team in the Philippines!
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