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High
School Outreach, HSPA and Alumnae
co-sponsor Operation Tuli
by Mary Ann Cruz
Coordinator, High School Outreach Program
Ms. Rodriguez, High School Faculty, gives a newly-circumcised a
post-circumcision kit and explains when to drink the medicines |
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Young boys anxiously awaiting their turn with their mothers and
siblings in tow |
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May 21, 2005 - forty-one
(41) boys from Pandacan, Barangay 865 underwent the rite of passage
from boyhood to manhood in an Operation Tuli (mass
circumcision) co-sponsored by the High School Outreach, High School
Parents' Association and High School Alumnae (Batch 1998).
The
activity was held inside the barangay hall where four tables topped
with newspapers served as "operating tables" for the circumcision.
Dr. Francisco San Diego, owner of San Diego Medical Clinic in Cainta
and part owner of Metro Rizal Hospital and his team of three (3)
medical students assisted by nursing students from Fatima School of
Nursing ably circumcised all 41 boys in three hours (9:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon).
High
School Principal Sr. Michaela Manalang, OSB, OIC for Academics,
Mrs. Virginia Fornias, and other teachers and high school alumnae were
around to assist in the activity - from having the boys line up
properly while awaiting their turn, putting a new layer of newspaper
for every new boy to be circumcised, as well as giving out the
post-circumcision medical kits.
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Chairman Arturo dela
Cruz of Barangay 865 thanked Dr. San Diego for his generosity of
time in the service of the community. The doctor was
celebrating his birthday that day and he spent the whole morning
in the Operation Tuli. Chairman dela Cruz also acknowledged
the organizers of the activity - Mrs. Jo Rivera and
Mrs. Lourdes Sueno of the HSPA, Karla La Rosa (Student Council
President SY 1997-1998), Ms. Wilma Cabandi (Asst. Coordinator) and
Mary Ann Cruz (Coordinator) of the Outreach.
Barangay 865 is an
urban poor community that has been adopted by the HS Outreach
since 2003. High School students regularly go to this
community on Saturdays for the Supplementary Education Program of
the Outreach. It also serves as an exposure area for Third
Year High School students.
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High School teachers receiving instructions on how to make
medicated cotton balls for cleaning the wound
Operation Tuli team with Bgy. 865 Chairman Arturo dela Cruz
(seated, wearing a cap) after the activity |
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