Puerto Galeria

Since the clinic temp. closed we decided to go to Puerto Galeria. It is an island about 4 hours from Manila. We had a great, relaxing time and stayed at a nice beach cabin for about 3 dollars a night. In this picture we are walking around the island looking for the Sisters of Charity. We heard they have some medical equipment they didnt know how to use and we wanted to talk with them and find out what they do. We found them and they were napping so we werent able to talk with them, but we will try again the next time. A couple in our school, Shianna and her husband Brad are moving there to start a free maternity clinic with a local Dr. Francis. They is a lot of prostitution near we stayed and there is a lot to do there. I wouldn't mind working there.


This is Stairway (www.stairwayfoundation.org) a home for street kids from Manila. It was right across the street from where we stayed. We were invited to a production of theirs bringing attention to child sexual abuse. They are working on taking their act around and actually making a cartoon of it. It was incredible. We were able to talk with the director and they said they have a lot of lung illnesses so we did a teaching of postural drainage positions and percussion. This they can do for each other to help prevent bronchitis and pneumonia.