Beneficiaries
Philippine Medical Society Medical Missions
In addition to local outreaches, the Philippine Medical Society's East Coast Chapter of Florida organizes medical mission trips to the Philippines. In the summers of 2005, 2006, 2007, and in January 2009 and February 2011, the Philippine Medical Society sent over forty volunteer doctors and medical staff on a medical mission to offer assistance to people living in the poorest rural areas of the Philippines. A medical clinic was created to provide medical care to 2000-3000 patients throughout an entire week. The next missions trip is scheduled for 2013, where the team of volunteers hopes to provide medical care for patients in the Cavite area.
Donations to the Philippine Medical Society Medical Mission can be made at the event or by visiting their website and clicking on Sponsorship.
Philippine Nurses Association of Northeast Florida (PNANEF)
The Philippine Nurses Association of Northeast Florida (PNANEF) is a 501C-3 organization, founded on May 23, 2004 and incorporated on September 13, 2004. It is a national chapter of the Philippine Nurses Association of America. It promotes professional and leadership development of nurses; participates in research, networking with other organizations; and promotes health promotion and disease prevention by providing free health services during health fairs and monthly clinic (Christ the King We Care Clinic) for the elderly and working uninsured.
PNANEF,Inc. supports programs in the Philippines, which includes the following: (a) the Eye Care We Care Foundation, Inc. that conducts medical vision mission twice a year to Filipinos in remote areas (b) building of the GK/Kalusugan Clinic in Piel, Bulacan; and (c) imparting of knowledge and subject matter expertise to compatriots in the Philippines through the PNAA Nurse Balik-turo program.
R.E.A.D. Philippines
READ (Reach, Educate, Assist, Develop) Philippines, Inc. is a nonprofit, 501c(3) organization
committed to providing tools and resources for improving the quality of education of poor Filipino
children in disadvantaged areas of the Philippines.
Since 2005, READ Philippines has sent 342 large balikbayan boxes of books, computers and other educational resources to over 200 schools, libraries, day care centers and orphanages in the Philippines. In addition, READ is currently implementing a scholarship program for poor students in North Cotabato, a scholarship program for students in the Mountain Province, and is continuing to raise funds to build classrooms for Barangay Cabilao. READ has successfully implemented the following initiatives: a school breakfast program for a school located in a war-torn area of Cotabato, a reading festival in Luzon, a Learning Resource Center in Kidapawan City, a Mobile Library that travels to remote barrios and barangays, and a computer laboratory at the University of Southern Mindanao, a public university.
For more information about READ Philippines or for
donation information visit www.readpilipinas.org.
Knights of Rizal Cultural Center
The Order of the Knights of Rizal (KR) is a cultural, non-sectarian, non-partisan, non-racial, international fraternal organization dedicated to honoring the ideals and teachings of the Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal. The KR Jacksonville Chapter, Inc. is a registered non-
profit organization that provides community service to the Filipino American community of the greater Jacksonville, FL area. Such projects include providing scholarships to eligible collegiate students and the construction of the Filipino American Cultural Center.
