CSG-Nursing in "Brigada Skwela " Project

CSG-NURSING IN “BRIGADA SKWELA”

Community Care is essential for social living. Student nurses of UM based in Davao City regarded this fact as ultimately essential, whereby it can exist into three (3) main components: Disposition or thinking about the wellbeing of other people; Engaging in Activities or working in order to assist others; and the third is sustaining harmonious social relationships, intimate interpersonal as well as personal relationship; show social as well as occupational concern. Community Care may be promoted by active engagement to rebuilding social participation and establishing social relationships.

Assisting government schools' needs is just one concrete manifestation of caring for the community.

BSN IV Students of University of Mindanao, Davao City

in their Clean up activity at Maa National High School.

Brigada Eskwela is one on UM’s community service projects under the Adopt-a-School program. launched by the Philippine Government. The said program saved the DepEd P5.7 billion in repair costs during AY 2008, Jesli Lapus (the Education Secretary) said. The CSG of the Nursing Department supports the ideals of the UM Community Extension Services Office that recognizes education not just as the sole responsibility of schools but of all communities as well. The community spirit behind the program encourages parents and the private sector to look at the state of public schools and do their share in making these more conducive to younger generation’s education.

Health teaching, minor building repair, backyard and

ground beautification as well as clean up, classroom

repaiting and many other relevant works were

by BSN volunteers.

Students expressed interest and showed active participation on the August 29, 2009 Brigada Skwela which was proposed by the Community Extension Services Personnel. According to the BSN Students the project is the concrete expression of Filipino’s “Bayanihan spirit”. Students' Participation is directed towards rebuilding school infrastructures, promote safety, and quality environmental health and sanitation.

In the first-ever campaign of its kind, the "Mga Bantay ng Barangay": Anti Rabies Campaign Project of the College Student Government of the UM College of Nursing has been conducted last October 11, 2009. The project was launched through radio public service announcements featuring actual panel discussions on the nature, epidemiology, effects, control, prevention and action plans towards rabies-free community. The 3 hours radio campaign at Bombo Radio Philippines in Davao City was hosted and anchored by Bombo Rose Ramos; and were participated by the BSN IV Student Nurses namely: Junnel Baloca, Lovely Perez and Angel Surigao.

The campaign comes in support to the World Rabies Day celebration on September 28, 2009 and has been reenergized by various government and private institutes around the world including Philippine's Department of Health. World Health Organization (2009) documented at least 55,000 humans die from rabies each year around the world and mostly from exposure to dogs; and until recently, it continuously threaten communities, particularly children. Rabies is caused by a virus which is a microorganism smaller than bacteria. A virus cannot grow unless it is inside a living cell. The rabies virus can get into your body and attack your central nervous system and can result to serious organ damage and if left untreated, can result in death.

The CSG thru the BSN IV ensured a wide-range public education on how rabies virus can be transmitted; the expected signs and symptoms of rabies among victims; as well as the appropriate medical management..

Finally, "Mga Bantay ng Barangay": Anti Rabies Campaign Project is extended until October 28, 2009. Other activities which are still conducted by BSN 1, 2, 3 & 4 Students include: Print Ad Campaigns, Teaching Aid distribution to public and private schools, health teachings with pet owners & barangay health workers and the highlight is the Anti-rabies Dog Vaccination on October 28, 2009.

Anti-Rabies Campaign Program

Rabies has been around for over 4,000 years, however, until the present time, it continuously threaten communities. Rabies is caused by a virus which is a microorganism smaller than a bacteria. A virus cannot grow unless it is inside a living cell. The rabies virus can get into your body and attack your central nervous system and can result to serious organ damage. Although, rabies is 100% preventable, World Health Organization (2009) documented at least 55,000 humans die from rabies each year around the world and mostly from exposure to dogs. If someone is sick with rabies, nearly 100% of the time, it will result in death. A person dies of rabies almost every 10 minutes. Almost half of all rabies deaths occur in children under the age of 15 years. Many developed countries have vaccines for animals and humans to prevent rabies.

September 28, 2009 was the Celebration of the World Rabies Day! Government and non-government organizations normally initiates activities that can help mitigate the problems related to rabies. The CSG the College of Nursing initiated month-long Anti-Rabies Campaign Program entitled Mga “BANTAY” ng Barangay in which aims are:

1. To disseminate significant information about rabies and the human population control of domesticated pets to its target recipients (pet owners, household members; radio listeners; students; etc.);
2. To health educate pet owners on their responsibilities in providing basic immunization to their pets to avoid rabies;
3. To health educate household members regarding the etiology, control, prevention and treatment of rabies;
4. To conduct orientation about “Humane Population Control of Dogs” among selected barangay officials of UM's Partner Communities, Volunteers and “Dog Pounders”; and
5.To distribute teaching aids like lesson plans and CDs about rabies, to private and public schools (primary and secondary) within UM partner communities, that can be utilized by the teachers in primary and secondary schools.

Other specific activities that students can participate into are the: radio campaign, print media campaign, distribution of banners and campaign ads, distribution of lesson plans and resource units about rabies, health teachings among adolescent leaders, Purok Leaders as well as Barangay Police members of UM's Partner Communities and finally the 250 Dog Anti-rabies Immunization.

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