SUBIC FREEPORT—Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. or RP Energy recently hosted a two-day training for community health workers here on emergency first aid, communication skills, and disaster management.
Around 50 health workers from Barangay Cawag, Subic took the training along with rural health workers from Subic town proper.
“RP Energy, as part of our CSR, wants to help build a healthier and more disaster-resilient community, and we believe that this starts with empowering our community health workers.” says Litz Manuel-Santana, VP and head, External Affairs of Meralco PowerGen, a major shareholder in RP Energy.
“We will keep in mind the skills and lessons we learned from this training,” said Cawag health worker Norma Rosete.
Flocerfida Belen, Head of Cawag Barangay Health Workers, said: “What we have learned in the training increase our knowledge to respond and help the community. The training is a good opportunity for us.”
Dr. Solomon Jacaine, head of SBMA Public Health and Safety Department, said health workers must possess the skills needed to become effective.
“Health workers are the first to know the situation in the community. They should communicate the correct information quickly to the higher authorities regarding health issues in the community,” he told participants.
For her part, Kagawad Aida Turing said: “We are happy with the training, the speakers are all very good, and we thank RP Energy.”
“It is important that health workers work together to keep members of the community healthy. We are thankful to the sacrifices of health workers,” said Jason Gavina, RP Energy’s Corporate Social Responsibility Officer.
The Subic Municipal Health Office, headed by Dr. Leonardo Afable with his two personnel, in support of the training, attended the Usapang Kalusugan part of the activity in the second day.
RP Energy also distributed a pair of blood pressure apparatus and portable weighing scale to each of the 13 sitios of Cawag, and 4 blood pressure apparatus and a weighing scale to Subic Rural Heath Office.