SHORT THANK YOU MESSAGE

Barangay Healthcare Workers and Barangay Nutrition Scholars have been

around for several decades in the Philippines, and they are frequently praised in
evaluations of local health systems and community engagement. Your knowledge
is critical in the health programs, for its long-term performance and sustainability
are dependent on its capacity to encourage and mobilize community people to
serve as peer health advocates.

I would like to congratulate you for joining the primary healthcare team
with the common objective of improving access to public health in your
communities.

Every day, as a BHW or BNS, you are challenged by the situations you
encounter and the individuals you interact with.

I encourage you to stand firm, use your trainings, speak with your peers,
barangay committees, and other health care workers, and create trusting
connections with your community members. Working at the local level and
directly with the people of Ormoc, you will make the country's desire for a
healthy country a reality.

To our BHWs and BNS, your hard work is so admirable. We want to

acknowledge all the amazing effort you have been doing ceaselessly to ensure
that people’s medical needs are met. Sometimes you have to put your life on the
line for the safety of others. There is no heroic act greater than this.

Ang among kinasingkasing nga pagpasalamat gikan sa City Health

Department!