Nag-uugnay Volunteer Initiative

Nag-uugnay, a Filipino term which means to connect, is an ongoing volunteer initiative to source donated PPE and food packs for medical frontliners.

It also helps marginalized sectors affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Nag-uugnay is a Filipino word equivalent to the phrase "to connect". Formed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Nag-uugnay Volunteer Initiative connects institutional and individual donors with medical frontliners, specifically hospitals that Dr. Filipino Estacio and Dr. Sheryl F. Jalaidi serve in the provinces of Camiguin, Ba

taan and Olongapo. Further, we called efforts focused on Dr. Estacio's hospital as Tabang CGH program while endeavors for Dr. Jalaidi's hospitals fall under our Bayanihan Bataan-Olongapo program. To-date, the following institutions have donated PPE sets: the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF); Unilab Foundation; a foreign private donor coursed through the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office; the Tulong Kapatid Consortium comprised of PLDT-Smart Foundation, the Makati Medical Center Foundation and the Philippine Navy; HealthSolutions Enterprises Inc.; and SM Foundation, Inc. Unilever Philippines through Activations Advertising Inc. donated 1,550 hygiene kits for five (5) Covid-19 referral hospitals of Dr. Jalaidi. The following food companies provided food packs and drinks to the health-care workers: Nestlé Philippines and its ad agency Team OnGround for Bear Brand Sterilized Milk; the Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF); and Ronald McDonald House Charities. The following courier service companies delivered PPE sets and hygiene kits to Bataan and Camiguin free of charge: Transportify Philippines, JRS Express; and Sky Land Brokerage, Inc. Nag-uugnay, through our Tulong-Tulong program, is also helping out the UP Covid-19 Response Volunteers (UP CRV) that attends to the needs of jeepney drivers and other disadvantaged sectors within the UP Diliman campus, and the Makabuhay Movement that helps families whose homes were razed by fires in Addition Hills, Mandaluyong. Nestlé Philippines and its ad agency Team OnGround also distributed Bear Brand Sterilized Milk to these two organizations. A private local donor provided 250 reusable face masks to our group which it distributed equally to the UP CRV and Makabuhay Movement. Nag-uugnay Volunteer Initiative was initially formed by Betty Uy-Regala and Kathelyn Ann Bravo in March 2020. We have been since been joined by Denize L. Manalo and Liza Ofianga. This Facebook Like Page serves as a documentation and repository of our completed projects. This is primarily for future donors that would like to review our concluded efforts. To connect with us, please message this page or email [email protected].

16/12/2024

Mt. Samat Medical Center in Pilar, Bataan recently received two artworks for its pediatric ward from Dr. Sheryl Felix-Jalaidi and Dr. Jaybert Sucaldito.

Jalaidi is the external vice president of the Philippine Society of Anesthesiologists (Bataan-Olongapo-Zambales Chapter) and also the representative of Bataan Medical Society Anesthesia Department. Sucaldito, on the other hand, is the committee head for environment of the Bataan Medical Society.

Kora Dandan Albano, multi-awarded visual artist, illustrator, and author based in Baguio, donated her artworks through the Nag-uugnay Volunteer Initiative.

Mt. Samat Medical Center is the first hospital in the BOZ Chapter to receive artworks from Dandan Albano.

Photo shows (from left): Dr. Sher Felix-Jalaidi, Dr. Jaybert Sucaldito with Dr. Darwin Oandasan, Dr. Mary Ellen Enriquez, Dr. John Ryan Viar, and Dr. Nazareno Salazar of the Mt. Samat Medical Center.

Photos from Nag-uugnay Volunteer Initiative's post

21/05/2023

The books and toys’ turn over to the Department of Pediatrics of the Bataan General Hospital and Medical Center was done on May 19, 2023.

The books were placed in the Pediatrics’ library for the young patients. The library had a storytelling activity on the same day of the turn over, and the children who participated were given toys.

We would like to extend our deepest thanks once again to media personalities Kooky Tuason and Marty Tengco; Dr. Suzanne Tuason; the Martinez family, and the Uy-Vitug family.

28/11/2022

Thank you Dr. Suzanne Tuason for donating 20 original copies of Romancing Venus Volumes 1 and 2 in CD format.

These will be distributed to the children of healthcare professionals and children-patients in the chosen hospitals within the Bataan-Olongapo-Zambales zone.

Thank you to spoken word poet and women’s advocate Kooky Tuason for facilitating the donation.

Mabuhay po kayo!

16/02/2022

For our next cycle, media personalities Kooky Tuason and Marty Tengco donated books and toys for children in pediatric wards and children of health care workers.

Thank you Kooky and Marty!

17/01/2022

Spotted today!

Journo Jun Vallecera and wife Lourdes Legaspi Vallecera wearing our Nag-uugnay Volunteer Initiative T-shirts for their booster shots' appointment.

You could still purchase our T-shirts from Shopee: https://shopee.ph/product/303796238/8238289807/?fbclid=IwAR0KNh5JnTnja_2h43uebm-xX_rlfe49qxZ_1mjbSCj1P9HmJ-RfKCc28Rg

16/12/2021

Hello Nag-uugnay community and to anyone who knows and loves Olive and Debbie Nieto. Their mom, Zenaida Nieto, is currently in the ICU of De Los Santos Medical Center (DLSMC) since the last week of November.

The doctors miraculously removed all her cancer tumors in the surgery. However, they discovered some pre- and post-operation complications like Mama Nieto's heart condition, among others.

We know the emotional strain and financial difficulties of having a loved one in the hospital. With Mama Nieto's rising hospital bills, we would like to request for any financial help you could extend.

Please direct your donations through:

GCash: Olivia N. (0998) 950-0749
GCash: Deborah N. (0928) 554-8337

BDO Account of Olivia Kristine D. Nieto:
BDO Account Number: 003570076975

Thank you very much on behalf of the family.