60 Mexico indigent PWDs get free wheelchairs

MEXICO, Pampanga --- Some 60 indigent persons with disability (PWD) received June 30 free wheelchair from the combined efforts of Mayor Teddy C. Tumang, Pastors Association of Mexico (PAM) and the Operation Blessing Foundation, Inc.

Jeanette Lacson, municipal social welfare and development officer, said that the 60 wheelchairs were the result of the initiatives of Tumang and PAM, led by chairman Allan Valencia and vice-chair Roger Bondoc of the Rotary Club of Eastern Pampanga.

Lacson said the municipal government identified the beneficiaries from among the poorest of the poor in the town for the first batch of recipients for the wheelchair. Some 100 of the medical equipment will still be awarded to beneficiaries here.

Tumang said the wheelchairs were received by the municipal government on June 18. These donations came from the United States through the Operation Blessing and the Free Wheelchair Mission.

In simple ceremonies yesterday, Tumang and Operation Blessing representative Christine Oriviana, signed a memorandum of agreement for the conduct of other services for Mexicano folk.

Tumang said the municipal government would continue to process applications for the provision of wheelchairs.

In his message, Tumang lauded PAM and Operation Blessing Foundation, Inc. for their support to his constituents.

“We are truly blessed for having organizations like PAM and Operation Blessing Foundation who are genuinely concerned on the welfare of our town mates. This project is in conjunction with our priority programs on health services for Mexicanos,” Tumang said.

He announced that the municipal government is also set to open the Mexico Community Hospital which is now under construction in Barangay San Carlos here.

Medical equipment amounting to P40 million have been sourced out and are expected to arrive from the United States sometime in October.