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RC Metro Kalibo helps kids through Operation Taghoy

Last July 13, 2022, the parents of children Liam Gabrielle S. Tancinco (male/5 months old) from Linabuan Sur, Banga, Aklan, and Rhianne Vyel Z. Villanueva (female/2 yo) from Tigayon Sitio Guba, Kalibo, Aklan, seeks help for a free surgery of cleft of the lips through Uplift Internationale Operation Taghoy. 


Mr. Lian and Mrs. Maria Lee Tancinco together with the other parent Ms. Charisse Villanueva, was glad to know that their children will be taken care of by generous Rotarians and doctors who will conduct the free surgery on July 30, 2022. 

Through our club, we did the standard operating procedure of interview and assessment. Lian and Maria Lee was laid off from their jobs in Boracay Island during the pandemic, while Ms. Charisse is a plain housewife and the husband is a part time construction worker. 


They learned about Operation Taghoy mission through the Rotary Club of Metro Kalibo’s Facebook page. Uplift Internationale Executive Director in the Philippines happens to be our Director Public Image PP Megs Lunn.  

Presently, the club has an ongoing fundraising to pay for other costs. Our partner hospital is St. Gabriel Medical Center in Kalibo. We are grateful to our team of volunteer doctors – Plastic Surgeon Dr. Eman Tadifa, Anesthesiologist Dr. Mamasha Morato, Pediatric Physicians Dr. Nikki Francisco and Dr. Agnes Tabanar. Special mention to M Foundation and our silent benefactors.

Imagine the children who go to school free from being ridiculed. Imagine their future. Imagine the love and care shared to them.