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Official e-Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Holy Spirit

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December 12, 2017 Rotary Club of Holy Spirit Club No. 69935 RI District 3780 Philippines Vol. X No. 12

Holy Spirit and Red Cross hold 7th annual youth forum on
Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS Prevention to help attain ZERO
new incidence, from 30 new HIV cases per day in June
In partnership with Quezon City Red drug users, and how
Cross, RC Holy Spirit hosted the 7th an- drug abuse can be
nual youth forum on Anti-Drug Abuse prevented. He led
and HIV/AIDS Prevention on November the attendees,
26, 2016, together with the Rotaract grouped into six (6)
Club of Holy Spirit and the Interact Club groups, in a fun ac-
of Holy Spirit National High School. It tivity where they
was held at the PRC-Quezon City Chap- themselves pre-
ter Convention Hall. The forum was so sented their own per-
scheduled to coincide with the com- ception of the ill ef-
memoration of World Aids Day on De- fects of drug abuse.
and a person living
with HIV. Louie has
been fighting HIV for
the last 4 years. He
talked of how he contracted the virus,
how his life changed, how he fought the
stigma and negative reaction from peo-
ple, and how he now actively helps in
prevention efforts such as awareness
campaigns on HIV and AIDS. He is a
peer educator on HIV with the Quezon
City Health Department.
Click on this photo to view more pictures.

cember 1, 2017. The forum was at-
tended by some 123 Rotarians, Rotarac-
tors, Interactors with their advisers, and
guests.
In behalf of Ms Amparito D Perez, Chap-
ter Administrator of QC Red Cross, Rtn
Janice Adolfo, RN, Head of QCRC Com-
munity Health Services, thanked Rotary
for partnering with Red Cross in their
crusade against drug abuse and HIV/
AIDS, and said that education is the only
vaccine for now against this menace.
The topic on Anti-Drug Abuse was dis-
cussed by Mr Ralph Rolly Maliwat,
QCRC Chapter Youth Council Presi-
dent. He discussed the types of danger-
ous drugs, the short and long-term ef-
fects of drugs/substances, how to detect
Congratulations to Rotary Clubs that
The topic on HIV/AIDS was discussed have demonstrated support for the
by Mr Ruben Claravall, RN, Chapter
Representative for Red Cross Youth.
drive to Attain ZERO New Incidence
of HIV/AIDS affliction and Drug-
He reported that as of 2017, an esti-
mated 36.7 million people were living Abuse as they sponsored their youth
with HIV globally, 5.4 million of whom leaders to participate in the forum:
were young people 15-24 years of age,
and 1.8 million below 15 years old. Ayala Heights
Bagong Sandigan
In the Philippine HIV and AIDS Registry,
there were 1,013 new positive indi-
Batasan Hills
Broadway
viduals in June 2017 alone. This was
a 127% increase compared to the same Camp Aguinaldo
period last year. The number of newly- Diliman QC
diagnosed HIV cases per day was 30. Paraiso
Roxas
Mr Ruben discussed the ABCs of pre-
venting the incidence of HIV/AIDS. St Ignatius
Then he introduced Louie, 32 years old, SFDM
 Rotary, RED CROSS and their partners strive to make a difference. Information and
education drive to help attain ZERO new incidence of HIV/AIDS and drug-abuse.

As the forum concluded, TGP Ric

Salvador urged all the attendees to
cascade the knowledge they acquired
during the forum to their family and
friends.

Program Director PP Marcia Salva-

dor was assisted during the event by
PP Peth Rivera, PP Marites Ne-
pomuceno, PE JR Delgra, Rtn Jerry
Sy, Rtn Jovy Andres and Rtn JL
Torre, as well as by the Rotaract
Club of Holy Spirit led by TGP Lovely
Rose Paalisbo and the Interact Club
of Holy Spirit National High School
led by TGP Shane Macabodbod.
Rotaractor James Lanquino was a
real trouper as an emcee.
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8th annual dental mission supported by RC Holy Spirit
serves 35 indigent patients in Sacred Heart sub-parish
Now on its eighth year, the dental
health care mission for mostly indi-
gent residents in the premises of
Our Lady of Sacred Heart Chapel in
Barangay Holy Spirit has been or-
ganized and conducted on Decem-
ber 3, 2017 with the support of the
Rotary Club of Holy Spirit.
As always, it was done with the
churchs benefactor, Tita Baby de
Leon who, together with Dr
Marlene Martinez, started the
yearly outreach project for the
churchs poor congregation ten (10)
years ago even before Dr Marlene
joined Rotary.
This years mission was coordinated
by PP Angel Castro and Rtn Dr
Marlene Martinez. Present during the mission were
Pres Ric Salvador, PP Marcia Sal-
Thanks to Dr Marlene Martinez, Dr vador, PE JR Delgra, PP Marites
Marissa Morasa and Dr Kenneth Nepomuceno, Rtns Jerry Sy and
Tung of Macau for tending to the 35 Percy Zabala. On hand to take BP
patients coming from depressed measurements of adult patients
areas in Barangay Holy Spirit. They were volunteers Lou Torres and
were assisted by five (5) foreign stu- Grace Cabading.
dent dentists from UE, CEU and
MCU. Dental supplies and medicines were
supplied from inventory and dona-
Assisting in the sterilization of den- tions by Rotarians.
tal instruments were Interact Presi-
dent Shane Macabodbod, Rota- The dental mission was capped by
ractor Resha Avelino, and Baby sumptuous lunch prepared by Tita
Rotaractor Jenine Fantilagan. Baby de Leon and tokens for each
volunteer.
Rotaract President Lovely Rose
Paalisbo
manned the
Pharmacy desk,
while Baby Ro-
taractor Leonila
Latoza helped
in the registra-
tion of patients
and ushering
them for as-
sessment and
extraction.
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Inter-city meeting discusses relevant topics in Rotary
such as why support the TRF and current issues such as
IT, water & sanitation, and road traffic & safety.
On November 27, 2017, RC Holy Spirit officers and PDG Robert Kuan,
members joined an inter-city meeting at the Quezon currently the Coor-
City Sports Club organized by RC Timog led by TGP dinator of the En-
Rene Banong Canlas. Attending for Holy Spirit were dowment and Ma-
jor Gifts of Rotary
IPP Peth Rivera, PE JR Delgra, PP Marcia Salvador
International Zone
Rtn Dr Aleli Francis Rivera-Onia and Rtn Kring Rivera- 7-A, who inspired
Josef who was one of the invited speakers. Pres Ric everyone about his
Salvador could not make it due to his out-of-town en- reasons for sup-
gagement. Also in attendance were officers and mem- porting The Rotary
bers of RC Greater Anonas led by TGP Perry Dima- Foundation. (He
rucut. has contributed
close to $450,000
Rotarians listened to: to the TRF.) He
subscribes to the
RC Timog Secretary Jerome Punzalan, a computer biblical teaching
expert, who talked about how RC Timog benefits from whom much
from Information technology in communication is given, much is
among members and expected.
reporting to the district
and to RI. ASEC Alberto Suansing, formerly LTO Chief, who
talked on Traffic Education and Management and the
RC Holy Spirit Rtn governments plans and projects in improving Metro
Kring Rivera-Joself Manila road capacity.
who discussed the ser-
vices of Manila Water It was a very interesting, informative and inspiring
Company in the areas meeting of Rotarians that ended quite late.
of water and sanitation
and how Rotary may
be able to align its ser- Thank you, RC Timog, for the opportunity to participate
vice projects in this in this intercity initiative..
area of focus. Rtn
Kring works as Depart-
ment Manager at Ma-
nila Water.

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70 Interact leaders from Holy Spirit and 17 other Interact
clubs learn Effective Communication and Facilitating Skills
to prepare them for future responsibilities
The District Interact Committee organized and con- Bing Quite, a seasoned lecturer/trainer from the Depart-
ducted the 3rd Training Module of the Interact Leader- ment of Agrarian Reform. He said that body movement,
ship Academy (ILA) on December 2, 2017 at the AVR of facial expressions, gestures and eye contact are essen-
Culiat High School. It was attended by about 70 Interac- tial in getting the attention of the audience.
tors, their Advisers and supportive Rotarians, coming
from eighteen (18) Interact clubs. Each session ended with an expression of take-out
learnings from the participants, facilitated by ILA Chair
Six (6) officers of the Interact Club of Holy Spirit National PP Sally Gonzalez. ILA III was hosted by RC Ayala
High School led by President Shane Macabodbod par- Heights led by TGP Steve Haboc who was represented
ticipated, accompanied by Adviser Maam Beth Auxillo. in the event by PP Henry Assistin. District Interact Chair
RCHS Pres Ric Salvador came to show support for the PP Marcia Salvador had a chance to personally thank
youth leaders. Dr Marissa Lou Rodriguez, principal of Culiat High
School for allowing the use of the schools AVR. She
The first topic discussed was Effective Communication, also thanked the Interactors of Culiat High School and
presented by millennial Rebecca Becky Lee, an Faculty Adviser Miss Sherry Ann Jove for helping with
online content producer and magna cum laude graduate the registration.
of Broadcast Communication
at the UP Diliman. She said
that communication is telling
stories. She gave tips on
how to effectively communi-
cate and stressed that cor-
rect grammar is very impor-
tant.

The next topic, Facilitating

Skills, was discussed by PP

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 Holy Spirit Interactors celebrate 2017 World Interact
Week by Providing Service that Make a Difference
By Shane Macabodbod of the Interact Club of Holy Spirit National High School Holy Spirit

In view of extended official no-work and no-school holi-
days, our activities to mark the commemoration of 2017
World Interact Week had to be re-scheduled from Oct
31-Nov 6, 2017.
During our commemoration of World Interact Week offi-
cers and members of the Interact Club of Holy Spirit Na-
tional High School kept themselves busy by performing
selected service projects and fun activities.
The activities had been chosen to publicize, promote,
and inform the community about the work accomplished
by its members and by its partners, the Rotaractors and
Rotarians of the Holy Spirit family in Rotary. The Interac-
tors encouraged community members to get themselves
involved with community service projects.

November 7 for General Cleaning of surroundings. They brought brooms, dust pans and
plastic bags and cleaned areas near the school. The Interactors collected sacks of gar-
bage, a big help to the street sweepers. In the process, the youthful leaders demonstrated
to the residents the Rotary familys concern for cleanliness, for stopping littering and for
maintaining healthy environment.

On November 9, the Interactors reviewed the effectiveness of their flagship project, the
peer tutoring program intended to help schoolmates improve their academic performance.

The Interactors inter-

viewed six of the 16 Grade
7 students who had partici-
pated in the tutoring ses-
sions last October 24.

The students happily in-

formed the Interactors that
with the help of the re-
freshers taken during the
tutoring sessions, each
one of them obtained
passing marks in the peri-
odical examinations.
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The service project on November 10, STRCTY, involved the students teaching of right
conduct and good manners to youth. To gather the children who were then playing in
front of their houses, the Interactors offered some candies as incentive. Using story
books,the Interactors then read stories with examples of children demonstrating right
conduct.

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 This page of The Dove e-bulletin serves as home page
of the virtual website of
ROTARY CLUB OF HOLY SPIRIT
Rotary International District 3780

Officers & Members About the Service Gallery What is Club

Chairmen Club Projects Rotary? Bulletin

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In the sidelines of the Fo-

rum on November 26, the
Rotaract Club of Holy Spirit
D3780 signed a sisterhood
cooperation agreement with
the Rotaract Club of Ma-
rikina Hilltop D3800. TGP
Lovely Rose Paalisbo and
TGP Ric Salvador of RC
Holy Spirit pose for souve-
nir picture with officers of
the Rotaract Club of Ma-
rikina Hilltop.

RC Holy Spirit is on . .
Watch THE BOYS OF
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Website
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 MESSAGES FROM ROTARY LEADERS
RI Presidents December 2017 Message
Seventy-two years ago, the United Nations
was founded "to save succeeding genera-
tions from the scourge of war ... [and] to
practice tolerance and live together in
peace with one another as good
neighbors." Despite those worthy aspira-
tions, and generations of investment in
achieving them, the "scourge of war" is still
with us: Last year, more than 102,000 peo-
ple died in 49 armed conflicts around the
world. Some of those conflicts were in their fifth decade or be-
yond. Terrorism, intolerance, and extremism; the refugee crisis;
and environmental degradation are now global challenges.
Collectively, we seem further than ever from achieving the goals
that were set with such ambition and optimism in 1945. Yet
hope endures, as long as there are people willing to work for a
more peaceful future not only through their governments, but
also beside them and beside each other. Today, Rotary is bet-
ter placed than ever to have a real and lasting impact for peace:
through our peace-focused programs, such as Rotary Peace
Fellows, and through every area of our service. Water, sanita-
tion, health, education, and economic development are all inter-
related and part of the complex interactions that can lead to
conflict or avert it. To best leverage our service in all these
areas, and to maximize their impact for peace, it is essential to
understand these interactions and plan our service accordingly.
For these reasons, we have scheduled a series of six presiden-
tial peace-building conferences between February and June in
Canada, Lebanon, the UK, Australia, Italy, and the United
States. These conferences will focus not on peace but on peace
-building: We will share ways that we can work to build peace
through the service of our Rotary clubs and districts. Five of the
one-day conferences will illuminate the connections between
peace and another area of focus. The first conference, in Van-
couver, B.C., will explore the link between peace and another
sphere of great concern to us in Rotary: environmental sustain-
ability. You can view the full schedule and register
at www.rotary.org/presidential-conferences.
The goals are simple: to help Rotarians find new ways to ad-
vance peace through their service, to learn from experts, and to
strengthen our abilities to build peace. It is my hope and belief
that these conferences will help us
move closer to a more peaceful world,
through Rotary: Making a Difference.
IAN H. S. RISELEY
President 2017-18
RC Holy Spirit D3780 in polio
immunization drive. Click
photo to view the campaign.
Foundation Chairmans December 2017 Message
This month my focus is on the purpose and
power of partnerships.
We have a history of partnerships at all
levels of Rotary. We partner member to
member, club to club, district to district, all
finding support from the wide variety of The
Rotary Foundation's programs, projects,
and grants. How powerful this continues to
be!
But only in the last several decades have we paid much atten-
tion to the idea of partnering with organizations outside of Ro-
tary. Most would agree this change led to the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative, which has accomplished so much through
each partner sharing its expertise and working together with a
common purpose. This public-private partnership for global
health is on the verge of eradicating an infectious disease af-
fecting humans for only the second time in history.
Simply put, partners agree to cooperate in advancing mutual
goals. In so doing, they accomplish much more than one entity
can alone. We now understand that to maximize our impact,
Rotary must establish innovative partnerships, not just at all
levels within our organization, but outside of Rotary as well.
Our second major partnership initiative has been the Rotary
Peace Centers program. In little over a decade, our peace cen-
ters have trained more than 1,100 individuals. Through this pro-
gram, Rotary Peace Fellows develop the skills they need to
serve as leaders and catalysts for peace and conflict resolution
both in their communities and around the globe.
Thanks to the ongoing work of the Joint Committee on Partner-
ships, which includes RI directors and Foundation trustees, the
number of Rotary partnerships continues to grow. The Partner-
ships page at Rotary.org (go to About Rotary, then choose
Partners) has a tremendous amount of information. Please take
a few minutes and explore the page. Make sure to scroll all the
way down to learn more about the partners and most impor-
tant how your club or district can get involved.
As we head toward 2018 and consider which New Year's reso-
lutions we will make, dream big about the service opportunities
waiting for us with our dedicated partners.
Make 2018 the year to take advantage of all that Rotary offers
and see how much more productive and effective we can be
using the power of partnerships.
Best wishes to you for a very happy new year.
PAUL A. NETZEL
Trustee Chair 2017-18
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 5 reasons to support The Rotary
Foundation on Giving
By Rotary staff Posted on November 27, 2017
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
When you make a donation to The Rotary Foundation, you are helping Ro-
The Four-Way Test tary members make a difference in the lives of millions of people around
OF THE THINGS we think, say or do the world, by promoting peace, preventing disease, supporting education,
bolstering economic development, and providing clean water & sanitation.
1) Is it the TRUTH?
2) Is it FAIR to all concerned? Here are just a few ways your gen- ing them to promote national and
3) Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER erosity is changing lives. international cooperation and to re-
FRIENDSHIPS? solve conflict. They include gradu-
Eradicating polio ates of a two-year masters degree
4) Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? Thanks to you, we are closer than program and a three-month profes-
ever to ending polio. We have re- sional certificate program at Ro-
duced cases by 99.9 percent since tarys partner universities. Watch a
Rotarians Pledge 1988, and with our partners, have video highlighting Rotary Peace Fel-
immunized more than 2.5 billion lows at work.
I am a Rotarian children worldwide. To end polio for
I will always uphold the TRUTH. good, we need to reach every last Supporting education
child in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Rotary projects like the Guatemala
I am a Rotarian Nigeria, and protect the progress Literacy Project and Nepal Teacher
I will always strive to be FAIR made in polio-free parts of the Training Innovations in Nepal are
in all of my dealings with my fellowmen. world. Eradicating polio is an leading the effort to advance child-
achievable goal that will be known hood reading by empowering teach-
I am a Rotarian as one of the greatest achievements ers to teach better. Read more
I will always endeavor to build in history. And thanks to the Bill & about the projects, and browse
GOODWILL and UNDERSTANDING Melinda Gates Foundation, which is other education projects on Rotary
in my community, matching every dollar two to one, Showcase.
yo u r d o n a t i o n wo r k s e ve n
among my countrymen harder. Learn more about our work Preventing disease
and people of all nations. to end polio. Disease results in misery, pain, and
poverty for millions of people world-
I am a Rotarian Promoting peace and conflict wide. Thats why treating and pre-
I will always seek to promote resolution venting disease is so important to
the greatest good Rotarys most significant effort to us. We lead efforts both large and
for the greatest number of people promote peace is the Rotary Peace small, setting up temporary clinics,
Centers program, established in blood donation centers, and training
in the spirit of ROTARY SERVICE.
2002. Each year, the program trains facilities in underserved communi-
I am a Rotarian some of the worlds most dedicated ties struggling with outbreaks and
I will always uphold and brightest professionals, prepar- health care access. Read more
the Rotary International Motto,
ROTARY WORLD AT A GLANCE
SERVICE ABOVE SELF. Data as of 31 May 2017

ROTARY ROTARACT INTERACT RCCs

Rotarian Code of Conduct
As a Rotarian, I will
1) Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my Members Members Members Members
personal and professional life
1,236,554 235,497 499,123 210,500
2) Deal fairly with others and treat them and their
occupations with respect

3) Use my professional skills through Rotary to men-

tor young people, help those with special needs, and Clubs Clubs Clubs Corps
improve peoples quality of life in my community and
in the world 35,533 10,239 21,701 9,452
4) Avoid behaviour that reflects adversely on Rotary
or other Rotarians
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Giving Proof Is it really better to give than to receive?
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Sept. 14, 2017 The New York Times
The adage says its better to give
than to receive. But is it really? The
scientific evidence that generosity is
good for us has been scant, even as
the benefits of selfishness are obvi-
ous.
Recently, however, a neurologi-
cal study published in Nature Com-
munications found there may be
some biological truth to the maxim
after all. The study showed that gen-
erosity changed the activity in peo-
ples brains in ways that increase
feelings of happiness, even if the
generous act is small or only imag-
ined.
Scientists at the University of Zurich
and elsewhere began by recruiting
50 men and women and asking
them to complete questionnaires
about their current mood. They then
were given 25 Swiss francs (about
$25) once a week for the next
month. Half of the 50 were asked to
spend this on themselves. The other
half were instructed to choose a
new recipient each week on whom
to spend the money. In other words,
half the volunteers agreed to be
selfish and the other half to be gen-
erous.
At the beginning of the study, par-
ticipants slid into an fM.R.I. machine
with a computer screen that flashed
hypothetical scenarios involving
monetary gifts to a loved one at a
personal cost. The fM.R.I. recorded
their brain activity as volunteers de-
cided how they would react to each
situation.
Afterward, the researchers again
asked participants about their mood,
especially happiness, and compared
the results with the responses on
the initial survey. Those who agreed
to give away money reported feeling
significantly happier than those who
planned to spend it on themselves.
They also made more generous
choices during the fM.R.I. testing,
agreeing to more scenarios that
came at a personal cost. And their
brains worked differently, too. When
the study subjects who had pledged
to spend money made generous
picks, the fM.R.I. scans showed
greater activity in a portion of the
brain, the temporo-parietal
junction, associated with
altruism. And that portion
of their brains was also show-
ing greater functional connec-
tivity, communicating more
readily with another part of the
brain, the ventral striatum,
known as the brains reward
center.
In effect, the pledge to be gen-
erous primed people to be
more giving. There are proba-
bly evolutionary undercurrents
to this process, says Thorsten
Kahnt, who was a postdoctoral
fellow at the University of Zu-
rich and co-author of the study
and is now an assistant professor of
neurology at Northwestern Univer-
sitys Feinberg School of Medicine
in Chicago. Our early ancestors
might not have been so eager to
share food and labor with one an-
other, he suggests, if those actions
didnt entail some reward includ-
ing the potent, if abstract, reward of
happiness.
In the month following the fM.R.I.
study, researchers provided the
promised cash to each volunteer
and who had agreed to give the mo-
checked in about its dispersal. For
the most part, the volunteers ney
away did. Though the experiment
lasted only a short time and involved
only simulated gains and losses,
Kahnt says that it does show a
mechanistic linkage in the brain be-
tween doing something nice for
someone and feeling better about
yourself.

Remark from a reader

Franklin Anderson
Maine September 18, 2017

For the record, the adage is from the New Testa-

ment, Paul quoting Jesus in Acts 20:35: "by this
kind of hard work we must help the weak, re-
membering the words the Lord Jesus himself
said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
Maybe he was right?
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 Leaving No One Behind
A few years ago, I met with a group of
doctors and scientists in Tanzania to
discuss the challenge of getting more
people on HIV treatment. Huge pro-
gress has been made in the fight
against HIV through increased access
to lifesaving AIDS drugs for millions of
people around the world. And yet, only
half of the 37 million people living with
HIV are receiving treatment.
As we talked about possible solutions
to this problem, Tom Ellman of Doctors
Without Borders stepped forward to
share what his organization had
learned about a new approach to deliv-
ering HIV treatment. He spoke briefly
just 5 minutesbut as soon as he had
finished, I thought: Far more people
should be doing this.
The innovation Tom described wasnt a
new technology. It was a way of simpli-
fying HIV treatment to make it more
efficient and responsive to the needs of
the patients. (And as I note below, the
groups highlighted in this video are just
one example of the approach Tom told
me about.)
Last week, I asked Tom to share his
organizations story in New York City
at Goalkeepers, an event to celebrate
global health and development suc-
cesses and focus on what challenges
remain, including in the fight against
HIV.
Tom told the audience about Mozam-
bique, where Doctors Without Borders
has been working in support of the gov-
ernment on HIV since 2003. When HIV
treatment was first rolled out, the gov-
ernment followed a traditional ap-
proach. Doctors working in centralized
clinics controlled the care and treat-
ment for HIV patients. In a country
where one in 10 adults was living with
HIV, clinic staff were so overburdened
that they often could spend just a few
By Bill Gates Sept 28, 2017
minutes with each patient. Patients
regularly travelled hours to reach clin-
ics and waited in long lines to receive
care.
While the program was successful in
putting thousands of patients on treat-
ment for the first time, it wasnt serving
the needs of the patients as well as it
could. Not surprisingly, many pa-
tientsabout 30 percentdropped off
treatment.
In 2007, small groups of HIV patients
from villages around Tete, Mozam-
bique, decided to challenge this ap-
proach. Instead of walking for hours
every month to pick up their antiretrovi-
ral (ARV) medication, they would send
one of their group to pick up drugs for
all the other group members on a rotat-
ing basis. And thats how a new model
of care, known as the Community anti-
retroviral therapy (ART) Groups
(CAGs), got started.
Reduced wait times and less frequent
visits to the clinic made getting HIV
treatment easier, and more patients
stayed on treatment and stayed health-
ier. It also eased the burden on the
countrys overloaded health care sys-
tem, giving staff more time to focus on
patients who needed the most help.
With clear evidence that these new
models of care were making a differ-
ence, Doctors Without Borders worked
with Mozambiques Ministry of Health
to expand these groups across the
country. The Community ART Groups
are just one example of whats known
as differentiated models of care,
which are now being applied in many
different ways and settings across Af-
rica.
In other countries, communities oper-
a t e t h e i r
own pharmacies to dis-
tribute HIV medication
or have adapted ap-
proaches to meet the
specific needs of the
patients and their com-
munities.
The essence of these
models is very simple.
You listen to patients, you trust them,
and adapt your services to their needs.
You simplify things, you de-medicalize
things, Tom says. Its pretty striking to
hear a doctor talk about reducing the
role of doctors in treatmentbut the
results speak for themselves.
This approach also became a real
catalyst for our foundation. Although
we dont fund Doctors Without Borders,
it inspired us to take a bigger role in
spreading differentiated models to
other countries.
What impresses me about Tom is that
he is always looking to build on the
progress thats been made. If the goal
is to provide treatment to everyone who
needs it, the world needs to go further.
We need to adapt models of care for
the hundreds of millions left behind in
conflict zones, in fragile states, for mi-
grants and refugees, he said.
Next, Doctors Without Borders is eager
to see how these new models of pa-
tient-centered care could be used to
improve treatment for other diseases
like tuberculosis or to expand access to
vulnerable and marginalized groups
including sex workers, migrants and
those caught in conflict areas. These
models could also be adapted to family
planning or non-communicable dis-
eases.
Toms vision is to develop health care
systems based on trust and equal part-
nership between health professionals
and communities. By empowering com-
munities, he imagines a world where
leaving no one behind is not just a
slogan. Thanks to the work of Tom, his
colleagues, and the patients theyre
partnering with, it is on the way to be-
coming a reality.
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 Philippines has highest HIV infection growth rate in
Asia-Pacific: UN. Lets stop this trend!!
MANILA, Philippines The Department of
Health said on Tuesday, August 1, that the
Philippines now has the "fastest growing"
HIV epidemic in Asia Pacific, citing the lat-
est data from the UNAIDS Report on global
HIV epidemic states.

ing at 16 years old. Most only get tested for

HIV at 22 years old. This is problematic,
Samonte said, because latency in HIV can
last for 10 years.

HIV testing urged

According to the report, the new HIV cases "HIV testing is not the end goal. HIV testing
among Filipinos more than doubled from is only a bridge to life-saving treatment...
4,300 in 2010 to 10,500 in 2016. The issue is that so many people are get-
ting tested but don't get treatment."

Two out of 3 new HIV infections will be

among 15 to 24-year-old MSMs, with only a The latest HIV/AIDS Registry reported a to-
few young men fully aware of HIV, its symp- tal of 1,098 new cases of HIV infections
toms, and treatment. among Filipinos in May.

Genesis Samonte, head of DOH public This is the highest recorded number of
health surveillance, said risky sexual be- cases since 1984 the year the first AIDS
havior among MSMs happens at a young case in the Philippines was reported. A total
age, with the first sexual encounter happen- of 29 Filipinos are reported to be infected

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 2017 World AIDS Day

The 2017 theme: Increasing Impact through Transparency,

Accountability, and Partnerships.

The United Nations Secretariat Building is lit with the Red AIDS ribbon, demonstrating the Organization's commitment to the battle against
HIV/AIDS, and to spotlight the General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS on June 25-27. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

The Risk of Doing Nothing

Im forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air,
They fly so high, nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams they fade and die.
John Kellette,1918
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 RC Holy Spirit D3780 RC Holy Spirit D3780
Officers & Committees RY 2017-18 Organization in 2017-18 and
President -- TGP Ric Salvador* Profile of Community Service Projects
Vice President -- PP Beth Sy*
President Elect -- PE JR Delgra* Club Flagship Programs
Treasurer -- IPP Peth Rivera* 2017-18 to 2021-22
Now on 6th Year SPED Center of Dona Juana ES
Secretary -- PP Marcia Salvador* Champions PP Marcia and PP Marites
Deputy Secretary -- Rtn Caroline Vargas
7th 100-Day Milk-feeding & Nutrition Program to save chil-
dren from malnutrition Program Champion PP Beth with IPP
Auditor -- PP Chinchin Doran* Peth and PP Chinchin

Protocol Officer -- PP Angel Castro* 7th Youth Forum on Anti-drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS Pre-
Club Editor/CICO -- PP Marcia Salvador vention
Champions PP Marcia and PE JR
Club Trainers -- PP Ped Condeno* and PP Marites
Nepomuceno* 10th Large Scale Medical, Dental, Diagnostic Mission with
SMF, DAHHA
Committees Champions PP Marcia, PP Beth, PP Marites & Dr Jovy
Club Admin Chair -- PE Jr Delgra
Vice Chair -- Rtn Abet Sevilla 10th Anti-rabies drive with Bureau Animal Industry & QC
Champions PP Marcia, Rtn Caroline with DAHHA
Team -- PP Angel Castro
Team -- Percy Zabala 3rd Year Vocational & Career Briefings and seminar
Team -- Rtn Do Dequina Champions Rtn Kring Kring Josef, PP Linda, Dr Jovy
Member Dev Chair IPP Peth Rivera
3rd Year Global Grant Projects monitoring
Vice Chair -- PP Angel Castro
Team -- Rtn Do Dequina Tree-planting: 30 trees 2017-18, then 33 trees, 36 trees, 40
trees, 44 trees in 2021-22. As suggested by RI President
Team -- Rtn Yeye Rivera-Onia
Riseley, one tree per Rotarian to make a difference in environ-
Team -- PP Chinchin Doran ment protection.
TRF Committee Chair -- PP Linda Palattao* Champions Rtn Abet and PP Angel
Vice Chair - PP Marites Nepomuceno
Vice Chai -- CP Nides Respicio*
Member Advocacy Programs
Annual Blood-letting
Vice Chair -- IPP Peth Rivera
Champions PP Beth Sy and PN JR Delgra
Vice Chair -- Rtn Kent Valderrama
Street Children, St Benedict Scholars, DZRH Operation
Community Svc -- VP Beth Sy Tulong Public Image drive of station
Vocational Service (Vocation at Work and Career Awareness) Champions PP Angel & Salamat sa Biyaya Foundation
Chair -- Rtn Kring-Kring Rivera-Josef
Vice Chair -- Rtn Dr Jovy Andres 8th Dental Mission, Sacred Heart community
Team -- PP Linda Palattao Champions Dr Marylene Martinez, PP Angel, Makati Dental
Team -- Rtn Dr Bert Olivar Literacy Learning & Feeding, Vocational Training,
Intl Relations Chair -- PP Bong Jung Schools Supplies, Xmas Packs for Payatas community
Co-Chair -- IPP Peth Rivera Champions PP Linda, Buklod ng Panginoon, Christ the King
Team -- Rtn David Kim Pastoral leaders
Team -- PP Marcia Salvador Scholarships and Grants for Youth
Team -- Rtn Rochelle Luna Various Sponsors
Youth Service Chair -- PP Marcia Salvador
Vice Chair -- PP Marites Nepomuceno D3780 Initiated DDF-funded Programs
Team -- PP Ammie Bagain 2017-18 to 2019-20
Team -- Rtn Yeye Rivera-Onia WASH, End-TB, Nutrition Programs
Team -- Rtn Angeli Rivera Champions PP Marites, PP Angel, PP Marcia respectively.
Public Image Chair -- Rtn Jerry Sy
Co-Chair -- Rtn Abet Sevilla
Team -- Rtn Bert Olivar
Team -- Rtn Chief City Prosec Ed Valbuena * - Member 2017-18 Board of Directors of RC Holy Spirit D3780 and of
Rotary Club of Holy Spirit Inc.
Team -- Rtn Councilor Neneng Valmocina
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 About THE DOVE
THE DOVE is the official newsletter of
the Rotary Club of Holy Spirit, Rotary
International District 3780. Holy Spirit D3780
The digital publication features
hyperlinks or web-links which make it
a true electronic newsletter/e-bulletin.
Distribution:
THE DOVE is published in 3 ver-
sions: printed, digital PDF, and
online.
PDF version sent by email to
nearly 1,000 addressees, Rotari-
ans and non-Rotarians in the club,
in the district, in Philippine Rotary
and outside including RI.
Posted on social media networks DO SOMETHING TODAY THAT YOUR FUTURE
and groups SELF WILL THANK YOU FOR.
Cited by Ms Rebecca Lee in her talk with youth leaders during the
Printed copies for reports INTERACT LEADERSHIP ASSEMBLY, December 2, 2017
First issue of THE DOVE: 4 June 2009
(Vol I, No. 1)
Editorial team:
Marcia Salvador - Editor and Club
Information & Communication Offi-
cer (CICO)
Ric Salvador - Asst Editor
Contributors
Address: Don Antonio Clubhouse,
Holy Spirit Drive, Quezon City PH

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