Four-year-old Gebalyn was sent home from school because of the open sores on her head. Gebalyn’s mother, Maria Theresa was worried. The wounds grew and began bleeding. Gebalyn was in near constant pain and crying. Her appetite left her and she grew weak. There wasn’t enough money to see a doctor, but the day Gebalyn...
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015 at 4:36 pm
Story by Helen Turner, ICM Co-CEO & COO At the recent Doctors fellowship dinner in Dumaguete I was able to catch up with Joanne Dayapdapan who was one of the first special medical case patients I met when I first started working with ICM. In 2009 Joanne was just 16 years old and had been...
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 at 10:53 am
Story by ICM CO Team Meet Jay Stephen Moses, and his mother, Rodalyn. Jay is a growing nine-month-old boy living in a rural slum community on the outskirts of El Nido Town. A few months ago, he was discovered as malnourished by ICM staff, with an untreated cleft lip & palate. He was soon enrolled...
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 1:22 pm