CB-HELP, short for Church Based-Health Education for Lay People is MAP’s program for equipping churches in Primary Health Care. Believing that: the churches can play a very important role in the improvement of people’s health (Matthew 25:37-40), the responsibility of the wholistic ministry of healing the soul and body falls on the church as seen inContinue reading Church Based-Health Education for Lay People
Community-Based Primary Health Care
MAP’s partners are mostly indigenous groups all over the Philippines . With little or no assistance at all from the government or from private health services, these groups continue to suffer from poor nutrition and lack of medical assistance. MAP serves these areas with fervor and vision bearing the burden, to enable and equip these areasContinue reading Community-Based Primary Health Care
Operation Samaria 2017: DALUYAN// Short Video
“DALUYAN” (Vessel) — Operation Samaria 2017 of Medical Ambassadors Philippines, Inc. was held last May 23 to June 3, 2017 at Southern Palawan. The team was composed of 3 medical doctors, 3 dentists, 3 nurses, 2 medical students and 2 from education-related professions who all served the Molbog Tribe through medical mission, health teaching, andContinue reading Operation Samaria 2017: DALUYAN// Short Video
Finding Our Niche
According to the Global Tuberculosis Control 2016, WHO, Geneva, last 2016, Philippines is included in the 48 Tuberculosis High Burden Countries, listed under Multiple Drug Resistant TB (normal TB drugs don’t work anymore), ranking 7th in total incidence last 2015 (tbfacts.org). It remains to be among the top 10 causes of death as well inContinue reading Finding Our Niche
Operation Samaria 2017: Daluyan
After several years of praying, God opened a door for MAP to go beyond its borders and reach out to the southernmost part of Palawan Island. This was also the first time that Operation Samaria reached out to one of the M tribes in the country, the Molbog tribe. They are an M cultural minority,Continue reading Operation Samaria 2017: Daluyan
Lessons From God: My Operation Samaria 2017 Experience
They say learning is a journey that takes time, and that is usually true for me. But there are also special moments, such as the recent two weeks, wherein God just allowed me to journey in faith and learn far more than what I have in the past months and years.
Sipit Ladies ( Cristina, Elizabeth, Elsa, and Mary Jane of Sito Sipit Saburan, Oriental Mindoro)
I call them the “Sipit Ladies”. They are Cristina, Elizabeth, Elsa, and Mary Jane. They were the first volunteers of MAP when we reached Sitio Sipit Saburan way back 2009.
Reaching The Bangon Tribe of Mindoro
It has been a prayer of MAP to serve a least-reached people group here in the Philippines. When MAP learned about the Mangyan tribe having 8 sub groups and one of them has no viable church yet, MAP started to pray for this tribe . The Bangon Mangyans live along the Bongabon river called BinagawContinue reading Reaching The Bangon Tribe of Mindoro
A Mother by All Means
“I realized when you look at your mother; you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” Continue reading A Mother by All Means
Empowered to Empower (Elsa Laddit of Sitio Kinaragan, Brgy. Duale, Limay, Bataan)
Elsa is a simple wife and mom to 4 children. She belongs to a particular tribe of Aeta called Magbukon situated in Sitio Kinaragan of the municipality of Limay, Bataan. She was trained by MAP as a Sitio Health Worker.