Projects & Activities

A compilation of video taken during the Gift of Life Vocational Training Team's surgical missions held in 2018.

In June 2018, Smart Communications, Inc., the Rotary Club of Cebu and the Rotary Club of Daegu-Taebaek in South Korea sponsored 18 sets of Smart School-in-a-Bag (SIAB). Here is a video of the actual turnover to various partner schools in Cebu in cooperation with DepEd...

RC Cebu club President Stephen Chian leads members of the club and Rtn. David Bull, a representative of its Global Grant partner RC Mississauga-Streetsville of Canada on a tour of the facility. This global grant allowed the school to upgrade three tech-voc classes...

Have you ever looked up and marveled at clear blue skies or the golden rays of a setting sun? Have you ever stood atop a mountain at night mesmerized by the brightly lit city beneath your feet? How blessed we are to have the ability to see so distinctly. Yet there are...

The last 2 of the 18 remote barangay school-recipients of this year's School in a Bag and ShelterKits welcomed the members of RCC and Smart Communications in barangays Gaas and Liki in Balamban town. RCC was led by Pres. Stephen Chian, Project Chair David Barnes,...

The phrase "Feeding the hungry" often evokes images of people who hunger for food. But on this day, RCC working hand in hand with SMART tied the ribbons to a program meant to feed the mind. Led by RCC President Stephen Chian, PP Bing Martinez and Sec. Melchor...

Led by PP Bing Martinez and Dir. David Barnes and representatives from Smart Communication, the education tools for remote schools were delivered to Calbasaan Elementary in Minglanilla and Balungag Elementary School in San Fernando.

In September, 2018, Filipina actress and singer Nadine Lustre officially became the Ambassadress for Gift of Life. This simple but meaningful act sent waves of excitement to her large fan base. The social media pages lit up as hundreds of encouraging messages were...

On Sept 29 - 30, members of RCC drove to Paypay National High School in Daanbantayan to turn over SIAB kits to 3 remote schools operating in Cebu's northernmost islands. Following this turnover, other members loaded more kits onto their vehicles and continued on to...

How blessed Rotary is and the indigent children with Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) to have Nadine Lustre as Gift Of Life's Philippine Ambassador. Her genuine generosity in voluntarily contributing her time, talent and resources will certainly catapult this project to...

A photo documentary and summary of what went on during the first of 3 vocational training team visits by international medical specialists. They undertook critical operations to give children born with congenital heart defects (CHD) a second lease in life; at the same...

A photo documentary and summary of what went on during the first of 3 vocational training team visits by international medical specialists. They undertook critical operations to give children born with congenital heart defects (CHD) a second lease in life; at the same...

    Last Updated: October 9, 2017 Pictures from the MOA signing between VICENTE SOTTO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, (National Government retained hospital) and the GIFT OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL (GOLI), an international foundation that provides pediatric cardiac...

Delivery and turnover of School in a Bag in partnership with Smart and school supplies from Shelter Box Philippines at the Gilutongan Integrated School, Gilutongan Island

With the generous donation from VICSAL Development Corp, RCC members led by Pres. Stephen Chian distributed 100 bags filled with various goods and groceries to members of Lihuk Panaghiusa, a non profit organization based in Cebu that provides assistance to the urban...

This US$57,395 GG project for the upgrading of the Don Bosco Liloan facility was approved in April 2017 and is co-funded by RC Mississauga-Streetsville. The school acts as the technical vocational outlet for the Liloan  National High School. The GG project upgrades...

The school-in-a-Bag program supports public school teachers in their daily activities and is particularly relevant in the far reaches of Cebu where internet and even electricity is unavailable. This US$49,000 GG project was funded by Districts 3700 and 3860, and RC...

ShelterBox Operations Philippines donated ShelterKits (tarpaulins, tools and fixings), tents, blankets, solar lights, mosquito nets, water carriers, kitchen sets and other aid items to RCC and these are going to be subsequently distributed to schools in remote parts...

  This GG Project was undertaken under the term of PP Bing Martinez.  It was observed that the provincial government’s blood collection program was handicapped by lack of transportation and loss of opportunity to effectively conduct offsite blood collection. ...