Sacramento Maharlika Lions Foundation

Sacramento Maharlika Lions Club Medical Mission to the Philippines 2020

                          BY LION DEREK LEDDA                                         

      The Maharlika Lions’ mission that took over two years to organize came close to not happening. Just before the 16 Maharlika mission members were supposed to leave for the Philippines, Taal Volcano erupted, shutting down the Manila International Airport just 41 miles away, raising concerns that the airport might close again if the eruptions did not stop. Luckily, they did. By January 31, the relieved and dedicated team members had arrivedand were excited to finally be able to provide critical medical, prescription, dental, diabetes and sight services at the two stops near Davao City on the island of Mindanao and at the two stops near Cebu City on the island of Cebu.

People arrived at the first stop in Magsaysay long before the mission
was scheduled to start. They were poor and suffering and anxious to havd
the relief that the Lions were bringing to them in their small town which
just a few weeks before had been devastated by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that toppled trees,

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