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November 19, 2019Lorielyn Patoc No Comments

PIT-PMT meets for Year 3 Spending Plan Refinements

As a follow-through activity of the Annual Review and Planning Workshop, RESOURCEGov Team conducted its 8th Project Implementation Team – Project Management Team (PIT-PMT) Meeting on November 18-19, 2019 at Blue Lotus Hotel, Davao City. The 2-day activity, attended by 24 team staff and partners (Male 12, Female 12), aimed to refine the spending plan for Year 3 and discuss the next steps and schedules of the project implementation team.

After the preliminaries, Mahintana Pres. & CEO Mr. Martiniano L. Magdolot gave the welcome address reminding the team that the project is already in its last year of implementation and must focus on building pool of experts to sustain the project gains. Project Head Bookkeeper Ms. Jovelyn Vilbar and (MINCODE) Bookkeeper Ms. Jessica Jose-Teves presented the consolidated spending plan per LGU as the result of the planning workshop conducted in October. During the presentations, issues and concerns were raised and discussed in the plenary. Suggestions and recommendations from participating DILG partners were noted. Financial workshops were conducted to do necessary revisions and refinements to the spending plan. On the 2nd day, the minor revisions were made and presented to the plenary. Key agreements include the following: 1) revisit the budget and consider to forego some activities to give way to the other proposed activities; 2) Inform the MLGOOs of the 2016 CSIS results before the conduct of the 2020 CSIS survey (Region 12) c/o project officers; 3) decide collectively on where to get budget for the LITS roll-out for the barangays of Sarangani, among others. The next step is to submit the finalized annual interim and financial reports and request for budget realignment will be sent at the end of the month.

November 15, 2019Lorielyn Patoc No Comments

Mahintana undergoes EU-organized Gender and Development Training

Mahintana Foundation Inc., represented by RESOURCEGov 2 Project Manager Mr. Roel Ian P. Blanker and HEALTH Plus Project Manager Ms. Margie S. Managuit, also the gender focal person of the office, attended the Gender and Development Training organized by EU Delegation of the Philippines to all CSO-EIDHR and CSO-LA program beneficiaries. Held at UP Diliman on November 13-15, 2019, the training seeks to integrate gender-responsiveness on project management, communication and visibility planning of the EU-funded projects. The participants of the activity as required are project managers and the documenters or the gender focal person of the beneficiary organizations.

November 5, 2019Lorielyn Patoc No Comments

RESOURCEGov orients Malapatan BLGUs with LITS

The RESOURCEGov 2 Project continued rolling out the LITS orientation and installation to the barangays of Sarangani. Thru the coordination efforts of the Vice-Governor’s Office of Sarangani, the project cascaded LITS to the barangays under the municipality of Malapatan on November 5, 2019. The honorable Vice Governor Elmer de Peralta also joined the activity to inspire the barangays to do better in local legislation and their performance as the basic government units. A total of eight (8) barangays have installed the system.

The following barangays have installed LITS: Poblacion, Patag, Sapu Padidu, Libi, Kihan, Tuyan, Lun Masla, and Lun Padido.

October 25, 2019Lorielyn Patoc No Comments

RESOURCEGov Project concludes its 2nd year with Annual Review and Planning Workshop

Ending the Year 2 of project implementation, RESOURCEGov Project conducted the Annual Review and Planning Workshop on October 24-25, 2019 at Dusit D2, Lanang, Davao City. The activity was attended by 104 (Male 59, Female 45) comprised by guests from EU Delegation to the Philippines, DILG Central Office, DBM 12, BLGF 12, the Sarangani Vice Governor, local chief executives of the 14 LGU partners and their respective CSO representatives, project management and implementation teams, and the media.

The 2-day activity became an avenue for presentations of the accomplishments and financial updates, as well as, sharing of best practices of the project areas in video testimonials and in open forums. Key messages of support and response to the accomplishments were given to wit: Program Officer Ms. Carol Maningo of the Delegation of European Union to the Philippines, DILG XI Assistant Regional Director (ARD) Atty. Abdullah Matalam, DBM XII Regional Director (RD) Mr. Akmad Usman, BLGF XII RD Mr. Jeany Tedera, and Sarangani Vice Governor Dr. Elmer De Peralta. During the open forums, challenges and opportunities were discussed and among the support gained for the project implementation is the Sarangani Province Vice Governor’s Office’s pledge of Php 3.5M worth of the computers for the cascade of LITS to the barangays of Sarangani. Also, RD Usman shared that national government is to increase the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) and hopes that the LGUs will use the remaining year of the project to equip themselves. For the planning workshop, the spending plan per LGU was distributed to the respective LGU representatives to plan for the Year 3. The consolidated spending plan was presented by the project bookkeepers on Day 2.

October 25, 2019Lorielyn Patoc No Comments

Surigao-based NGO visits Mahintana to benchmark on HEALTH Plus implementation

Seven management staff of Surigao Economic Development and Microfinancing Foundation, Inc. (SEDMFI) led by their Executive Director, Ms. Imelda Wines, conducted Learning Visit at Mahintana Foundation, Inc. and South Cotabato Provincial Hospital (SCPH) to benchmark on implementation of HEALTH Plus. The activity held on October 24-25, 2019 started with the presentation of the implementation of Social Franchising System in the Philippines including history, objective, social franchising, institutional arrangement and different business models of HEALTH Plus by Ms. Margie S. Managuit, Project Manager. It was followed by presentation of the 12-year experience of the foundation on HEALTH Plus including history & background, initial investment, project areas, 12-year performance and milestones, success factors, gaps and challenges. The participants also shared the challenges with their public hospitals which are lack of budget support to the provincial hospital, clients are navigated to Caraga Regional Hospital due to lack of manpower, medical supplies and equipment at the public hospitals. These concerns may be the hindering factors for them to successfully implement the HEALTH Plus. Ms. Managuit suggested to lobby and to provide technical assistance to the local government for the upgrading of the public health facilities considering the implementation of the newly-approved Universal Health Care Law.

On the second day, the participants visited SCPH to learn on the billing and collection process with Dr. Rodit Delfino, Admin Officer, Atty. Marnito Cosep, OIC, Provincial Legal Office and Ms. Cynthia Barrientos, CPA, Provincial Accountant, facilitated by Ms. Managuit. Dr. Delfino testified on the active partnership between Provincial Government and Mahintana which is an important facilitating factor on the successful and sustained implementation of the project. Ms. Barrientos also suggested for SEDMFI to bring with them the provincial department heads on their next learning visit. At the end of the 2-day activity, SEDMFI partners were very happy of their learning and were encouraged to implement HEALTH Plus in their region also to increase access of more indigent patients to quality and affordable medicines and supplies. Mahintana also committed to assist SEDMFI in the establishment of their chosen HEALTH Plus model/s.

October 18, 2019Lorielyn Patoc No Comments

HEALTH Plus Project conducts TWG meeting at PMH

Four representatives from Polomolok Municipal Hospital (PMH) headed by Dr. Graciano P. Vencer, Chief of Hospital (COH), and three from Mahintana Foundation, Inc. (2 from PPF and 1 from HPSiS) led by Ms. Margie S. Managuit, HEALTH Plus Project Manager, convened for a Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting on October 18, 2019 at COH office of PMH. The meeting started with the presentation of accomplishments of HEALTH Plus Shop-in-a-Shop (HPSiS) as of September, 2019 including number of patients served, served and unserved prescriptions and financial performance. It was noted that there was really decrease in the gross revenue of the HPSiS comparing it to previous year due to the availability of drugs, medicines and supplies at hospital pharmacy. Ms. Wency Musa, PMH Admin Officer, also updated the participants that there is still P1M budget allocated for payment to Mahintana. She added that there wouldn’t be any concerns on payables of the hospital to HPSiS until the end of the year. Ms. Analyn Lingganay, PMH Liaison Officer, also raised the concern on the returned Statement of Accounts (SOAs). They then resolved and agreed that there should be checking of SOAs first at the HPSiS level before submitting it to hospital bookkeeper. They also agreed that the submission is at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily to avoid backlogs.

Ms. Managuit also informed the body that the DOH-FDA is doing their regular monitoring of the hospital pharmacies. She suggested for HPSiS to transfer beside the hospital pharmacy since the former is a rider to the LTO and under the supervision of the hospital pharmacy. At the end of the meeting, they agreed for Mahintana to fastrack the renovation of the new location of the hospital pharmacy and HPSiS; PMH also requested for 10 pallets for their storage to comply with FDA requirements.

October 17, 2019Lorielyn Patoc No Comments

R2R trains BLGU Klinan on Disaster Preparedness and Response

In partnership with the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) Polomolok and BLGU Klinan – 6, the Ridge-to-Reef Program conducted the Disaster Preparedness and Response Training on October 17, 2019 (Thursday), at Session Hall of Brgy. Klinan – 6, Polomolok South Cotabato. A total of 32 individuals participated the training from Barangay Klinan 6 Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT), Barangay Health Workers (BHW), Purok Chairmen and the Pag-asa Youth Association of the Philippines (PYAP). This activity aims to capacitate these individuals how to respond to calamities and emergencies.

Resource Speaker Mr. Jeffrey P. Maslog presented about local and Philippine Disaster Situation, Reduction and Management at Climate Change Adaptation and Preparedness, Prevention, Mitigation for Each Hazard while MDRRMO Staff Ms. Gizelle Marie S. Dorado also presented about National Warning System and Providing Basic First Aid and Bandaging.

October 16, 2019Lorielyn Patoc No Comments

HEALTH Plus Project joins the TWG Meeting in Lake Sebu

On October 16, 2019, Mahintana Foundation, Inc. through its HEALTH Plus project, joins the Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting in Lake Sebu with representatives of Rural Health Unit (RHU) and Community Health Care Complex (previously Lake Sebu Municipal Hospital) headed by Dra. Jocelyn Bayquin, Municipal Health Officer (MHO) and Mahintana Foundation, Inc. with Ms. Margie S. Managuit, Project Manager and Ms. Jea A. Roque, RPh, Supervising Pharmacist and Ms. Yvonne Templonuevo, Nutripan Coordinator. The meeting started with updates from Dra. Bayquin on the operations of the hospital with recently approved PhilHealth accreditation. She stated that their petty cash of P50, 000.00 per week for medicines and supplies will not anymore suffice the demand of increasing admitted patients. She recommended for Mahintana to fastrack establishment of HEALTH Plus in their locality. She added that the design and program of works for the renovation of the location of HEALTH Plus Shop-in-a-Shop (HPSiS) is already available and the cost has reached P158, 000.00. She added that if ever there are concerns with FDA then the RHU will apply for its own License to Operate (LTO) with the salaries of the registered pharmacist to be taken from the operations of HPSiS. For the meantime, she added that, the hospital is applying for LTO but Ms. Joyce Bagaybay, RPh, has some concerns with the formulation of the Risk Management Plan (RMP) as one of the requirements for LTO application. She also stated that the Ordinance integrating RHU and hospital is already on public hearing, however, there are still challenges on convincing Sangguniang Bayan (SB) members for its approval.

Ms. Managuit stated that she will submit the design and program of works to management for their approval and once approved, she will formulate the service contract and communicate with Dra. Bayquin to start the renovation. Ms. Roque also stated that she might be able to help in the formulation of the RMP. Dra. Bayquin also instructed Ms. Bagaybay to provide the list of fast moving medicines and supplies of the hospital and Ms. Guia Arroza, Public Health Nurse, for the RHU to be submitted to Ms. Roque through email for reference in the initial stocking of Lake Sebu HPSiS.