PAMISAUPAN CARAVAN VISITS APALIT

The Pamisaupan Caravan, the Capitol's flagship project for bringing basic health care and other social services to the poorest of the poor, visited last July 29, 2008 Barangay Cansinala of Apalit, Pampanga, Philippines.

Mr. Jesus Cunanan, principal of Cansinala Elementary School, said that the Pamisaupan Caravan was the first organized Provincial Government that has visited their school and Barangay. Elementary students from the said school presented a rice planting dance number to welcome the Pamisaupan Team. The people of Cansinala, together with the LGU's expressed their warmest gratitude to the Governor and the Department heads of the Capitol over their visit to their Barangay.

The Caravan brought to the community medical and dental services, livelihood opportunities, vegetable seeds distribution, legal counselling, marriage counselling, anti-rabies vaccination, free haircut, film showing, story telling and book reading, employment opportunities both local and abroad and papsmire services.

Barangay Captains of Cansinala, Sampaloc and Capalangan were present that day to show support for the project. It is a great help for Apalit's progress that the governor and political leaders are in good rapport with one another.

Civil Society groups like Buklud Kabalen Inc. and ASLAGG headed by Mr. Carlos Diokno were also present during that event to assists the organizers and the people of the community to avail the services of the Pamisaupan Caravan.