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Saleaflor Foundation would like to thank our donors, DJ Filipino Events, Shane Ericks, and Angel Ram for their continuous support on our cause.

To DJ Filipino Events, it's always a pleasure working with you. From planning to ex*****on, you definitely did an awesome job.

To our very talented artists, Shane Ericks, Angel Ram, and Adrian Daryl. Thank you for supporting us, and for sharing your God given talent to everyone. We enjoyed every heartfelt performance.

DJ Filipino Events and Saleaflor Foundation would like to invite you to our pre-valentines concert, Tulips and Two Lips, featuring Shane Ericks and Angel Ram. This is a partial benefit concert for Saleaflor Foundation's upcoming medical mission.

Concert Details:
When: February 12, 2017
Time: 4:00 PM
Where: The Cutting Room at 44 E 32nd St., New York, NY

Ticket Details:
General Admission - $68.00

For ticket inquiries, please call 1.845.633.0980. You may also purchase your tickets at www.djfilipino.com

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Residencia De Salvacion: Headquarters of the Medical Mission | saleaflorfoundation Photo Credit: Cristina Pastor In 2010, Residencia de Salvacion began as a five-bedroom lodging operation out of the home of Edgar and Myrna Nunez in barangay Sa...

RESIDENCIA de SALVACION: HEADQUARTERS OF THE MEDICAL MISSION by Cristina Dc Pastor

Residencia de Salvacion

RESIDENCIA de SALVACION: HEADQUARTERS OF THE MEDICAL MISSION

In 2010, Residencia de Salvacion began as a five-bedroom lodging operation out of the home of Edgar and Myrna Nunez in barangay Salvacion.

When the French ‘Survivor’ TV series (Koh Lanta Caramoan) began filming in Caramoan town in 2008, Camarines Sur became a bewitching destination in Bicol eclipsing traditional hotspots Cebu and Manila and was in a close contest with Boracay.

Today, Residencia de Salvacion (RdS) is a popular resort in barangay Paniman with 17 rooms all with television, airconditioner, hot and cold shower, and all wi-fi capable. One steps out of the RdS sandy-beach compound and walks right into the clear island waters of Caramoan. Bancas and motorized boats can take visitors island-hopping, and there’s a dozen islands to take in, explore, and enjoy.

“Our aim is to make our guests happy,” said Edgar Nunez, a mechanical engineer who works in Abu Dhabi. He is an older brother of Sally Nunez, chair and CEO of the Saleaflor Foundation which organized the medical mission to Caramoan.

Taking advantage of his company’s generous vacation package, he has the time to come home six times a year to manage RdS with his wife Myrna.

“Caramoan is a very safe place, crime rate is next to nothing,” Edgar said beaming with pride. “Tourists are safe here.”

Despite the popularity of ‘Survivor,’ almost 90 percent of guests are Filipino. On TripAdvisor, RdS has 135 Excellent ratings, 16 Very Good, and two Terrible. The comments range from “affordable and convenient” to “stay away (from this place).” The Terrible rating does not seem to bother Edgar at all, as long as they have done their best to address the shortcomings. At least he does not take it personally.

In the RdS website, it is explained that facilities are vulnerable to power fluctuations that may affect air-conditioning and delivery of water heater. When one particularly unhappy guest gave his feedback, he was complaining about facilities that did not work as he expected. Edgar was not home when that tourist was all fired up, and ordered his staff to just charge for basic rates and never mind the profit.

“Our objective,” he reiterated, “is to make everyone happy.”

Feedback such as the ones left at TripAdvisor make him happy:

“I enjoyed my stay because of the spectacular, mouth-watering, delicious food that they serve.”

“The food was great as it was homemade, and the people there were very welcoming and friendly.”

“RdS is the best value for money…Staff members took care of all our needs. Everyone was friendly, courteous.”

Edgar is the first to warn travelers looking for luxury experience, RdS is “not the place you are looking for.” RdS has a staff of about 15 people, some with part-time duties, such as the boatmen, the tour guides and the folk singer. While no longer a traveler’s haven in barangay Salvacion, the name RdS remains very apt. Edgar’s mother is also named Salvacion.

One of his immediate plans is to create a waste treatment facility that will allow them to manage their waste in a sustainable way. Building a swimming pool is also being seriously considered. Once the pool is up, RdS would be the first lodging place around Barangay Paniman to be equipped with a swimming pool. The word going around is that RdS is a comfortable place to stay and reasonably priced at that. That alone makes Edgar and Myrna very happy.

MEET THE MEDICAL MISSION NURSES

Contributing to the success of the Saleaflor Foundation Medical Mission was the presence of U.S.-based nurses Weng Alba of Bellevue Hospital and Joeralin Lim of Amsterdam Nursing Home in New York, and Ann Moreno of Kaiser Permanente in California. The nurses interviewed patients and did intakes, took blood pressure and diabetes tests, and diligently helped out in areas which needed their assistance.

“It was a medical mission with a heart,” said Weng. “It was very well organized and had the support of Sally’s family, old classmates (‘85 high school batch mates and '89 BSN batch mates from Colegio de Sta. Isabel, now called Universidad de Sta. Isabel), the parish and the community.” Sally Nunez is the chair and CEO of the Saleaflor Foundation, which organized the medical mission. The other foundation officers are Florida Lucas, VP for Finance; and Lea Batomalaque, secretary.

The nurses were not exactly surprised at the turnout. The mission was expecting about 500 people and had giveaway bags ready for them. More than 800 with a variety of physical conditions came, some of them parents with children asking to get in by early evening. The mission started at 9 a.m. and ended by 8 p.m.

Like most medical missions, organizers need to be prepared for bigger-than-expected turnout, said Ann, who has participated in about seven medical missions during her nursing career. “When you expect 200, more often than not about 400 will show up,” she said.

Joeralin began doing intakes and ended up assisting with pharmacy dispensing medications and explaining prescriptions. “I heard all kinds of conditions like weakness in the legs, severe coughing, high blood, etc.”

Ann and Weng were at the beginning stage also doing intakes, testing for diabetes and blood pressure in adults, and weighing children, among other duties. Towards late afternoon when the children continued to arrive, they offered to assist the pediatrician because of their pediatrics experience. Weng had training as a midwife.

As in most missions, some of the patients came for the free meds, especially maintenance prescriptions that they are currently taking. Others came for the giveaways. “It’s the culture,” said Ann. Many of course came to see the doctors and seek help on why their conditions do not seem to be improving.

It would be the ideal if the services provided by medical missions would also be provided by health care centers and hospitals in small towns like Caramoan, which has a population of about 45K. The sad fact, according to the nurses, is that the government itself is stretched thin in its resources and so medical missions serve a vital need.

Being part of the mission was a “rewarding” experience, said Joeralin. She saw how the organizers reached out to the community, and how the community responded enthusiastically, putting their faith in the health care professionals and workers.

“They were looking at you so you cannot let them down,” she said.