U.S. Embassy Photo Release
June 22, 2007
USS Peleliu’s Pacific Partnership Mission
Provides Free Medical Care to Communities in Bicol, Mindanao
Hundreds of Philippine families have already received free medical care and assistance from the U.S. Navy and its partners during Pacific Partnership, a regional goodwill mission undertaken by the USS Peleliu. The ship arrived in the country last week for a month-long humanitarian program.
During Pacific Partnership, the U.S. Navy will partner with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, local governments, partner nations, and private nongovernmental organizations to provide free health clinics for citizens in remote communities; build and repair homes and schools; and deliver donated goods such as clothes, toys, food, and medical supplies.
Pictured above, a U.S. Navy medical specialist draws blood from a patient during a free medical clinic held onboard the USS Peleliu in the Bicol Region.
USS Peleliu and its personnel are visiting Manila, the Bicol Region, Cotabato, and Jolo, reflecting the longstanding ties between our two countries as well as our continued commitment to work together to assist people in need of humanitarian outreach. The projects being completed during Pacific Partnership include building houses for those citizens left homeless by typhoons; assisting in flood control projects; repairing and improving hospitals; offering free medical care, including minor surgery; and building or repairing schools.
