Digital Hearing Aid Project

Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro East Urban

November 2015 events 

 The Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro East Urban welcomes Rotary International Past District Governor(PDG) Danny & spouse Dr. Angeline Low (center) from the Rotary Club of Mosman, District 9680 in Australia, who donated 80 units of digital hearing aid (DHA) for the hearing-Impaired indigent children and adults in Northern Mindanao. The beneficiaries have already undergone audiometry and speech tests at the Mindanao ear-nose-throat out-patient rehabilitation center (MENTOR) located at Capitol University Medical Center, this city. Also in photo are (l-r) Becky P. Esguerra, Club communications officer; Dr. Jesus M. Jardin, medical director of MENTOR; Bebotte Chu, past assistant governor; Conchitina Borja-Lagonera, Club president; the Low couple; Sarah Borja, past president; PDG Bing R. Juarez; Bing Dacudao, club secretary; Myra V. Balandra, past assistant governor & international services committee director; Joy Umaran, audiometrician, and; Imee van der Born. This laudable project of the RCEU was made possible with the sustained friendship and ambassadorial networking of PDG Juarez. (Rtn. Becky P. Esguerra/photo credits Andy van der Born)

Ceremonial turn-over.  Past District Governor Danny and Dr. Angeline Low of the Rotary Club of Mosman, Australia (5th & 4th from right) turn-over to Dr. Jesus M. Jardin,   a box containing  80 units hearing aid as donation for indigent children and adults. Witnessing the endorsement are (l-r) Past District Governor Bing R. Juarez, Past President Sarah Borja, Club Secretary Bing Dacudao,  Audiometrician Joy Umaran, Club Communications Officer Becky P. Esguerra, Rotarian Imee van der Born, and; Past Assistant Governor Bebotte Chu. The project is in partnership of the two Rotary Clubs and the Mindanao ear-nose-throat out-patient rehabilitation center (MENTOR) located at Capitol University Medical Center, this city, of which Dr. Jardin is the director. (Rtn. Becky P. Esguerra/photo credits Andy van der Born) 

Orientation . Past District Governor Danny Low (left photo) in his brief talk with the hearing- aid beneficiaries and their companions, conveyed his compassion over the plight of hearing-impaired persons as the most difficult disability. He said “hearing is a hidden disability where persons look very normal but hard to recognize their problem.” With PDG Danny in the head table are (l-r) Past Assistant Governor Myra V. Balandra who is also director of  international services committee of the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro East Urban (RCEU); Lilli Christie Labis-Baharla of the  Mindanao ear-nose-throat out-patient rehabilitation center (MENTOR),  Capitol University Medical Center, and; Past District Governor Bing R. Juarez of Rotary International 3870.  (Rtn. Becky P. Esguerra, RCEU communications officer) 

Day One of Project Implementation

Recipients young and old. Xiena Maris Bay-agan, 4yrs old and Leonor Natural, 82 yrs old from Libona, Bukidnon

Recipients on day two come as far as Bayugan, Agusan del Sur. Here they pose for a souvenir photo with donor PDG Danny Low (center), and PDG Bing Juarez and PP Bing Aton (standing 4th & 2nd from the right), along with audiometricians of the Capitol University Medical Center.