Provide primary health care for street children

For more than a decade, the Mobile Health Clinic (MHC) van of Childhope Philippines provides much needed health and medical services to street children all over Metro Manila. Since it’s maiden run in 2007, the MHC van already served more than 5,000 street children through a full-time medical doctor providing regular health check-ups, management of illnesses and preventive primary health care.

“The clinic van already showed signs of wear and tear and needed some repairs to be able to continue helping us provide for the health needs of the children, especially in those areas where public health clinics are inaccessible,” said Dr. Josefina Pamela Carpio, project officer and physician of The Mobile Health Clinic Project. “Through the MHC van, we make health care more accessible for the street children and their families,” she added.

“The facelift is a symbol of our continued commitment towards service for the children in need. We do not only make sure that they get more opportunities for education and welfare, but we also take care of their health while they study under our program. After all, health and education always go hand in hand. You will have a hard time educating a sickly child,” said Dr. Herbert Quilon Carpio, Executive Director of Childhope Philippines.

Along with much needed repairs, the van will now be dubbed Klinikalye or Clinic on the streets, giving it a distinct identity.

The MHC van was given to Childhope through a matching grant by the Rotary Club of Paco and Rotary Club of Honolulu, and has been provided support by partner organizations and donors from GlobalGiving for the past years.

Links:

• Official website of Childhope Philippines Foundation, Inc.