Volunteer surgeon, PH Eagle Foundation honored in RAFI Triennial Awards
By Roel Tibay
Published Sep 3, 2018 08:54 pm
By Minerva BC Newman
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF), a Davao based non-government organization and Dr. Benedict Edward Valdez, a surgeon won this year’s Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) Triennial Awards.
(photo courtesy of RAFI - Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc./ Facebook)
PEF received the Eduardo Aboitiz Outstanding Institution award while and Dr. Valdez was bestowed the Ramon Aboitiz Exemplary Individual award.
This year’s winners each received a P500,000 cash prize.
“We are sharing to you the stories of our silent heroes, the best in people and their admirable works that also embody the values espouse by the foundation that of uplifting human dignity at the countryside and the communities’ collective best,” Maria Cristina Aboitiz, a member of the board of trustees, said during the awarding rites.
RAFI’s Triennial Awards recognize individuals and / or groups committed to building a more humane, equitable and caring society, individuals and groups that touch other peoples’ lives, bring about change to improve the conditions of the less privileged.
RAFI’s Triennial Awards recognize individuals and / or groups committed to building a more humane, equitable and caring society, individuals and groups that touch other peoples’ lives, bring about change to improve the conditions of the less privileged.
The Philippine Eagle Foundation, 2018 Triennial awardee for the outstanding institution was organized in 1987 and it has done numerous programs and near impossible efforts to save the endangered Philippine Eagle.
“To save the Philippine Eagle is to save the rainforest and its habitat. They say it takes a village to raise a child but, it also takes a village to save a species from extinction,” said biologist Jayson Ibanez, director of PEF research and conservation program who received the award for PEF.
Dr. Valdez is a surgeon who specializes in cleft palate surgery in the remotest communities in Mindanao and Palawan area. He is described as a “tireless volunteer.”
In his acceptance speech, Dr. Valdez said that without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. “There is nobility in charity,” he added.
(photo courtesy of RAFI - Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc./ Facebook)
PEF received the Eduardo Aboitiz Outstanding Institution award while and Dr. Valdez was bestowed the Ramon Aboitiz Exemplary Individual award.
This year’s winners each received a P500,000 cash prize.
“We are sharing to you the stories of our silent heroes, the best in people and their admirable works that also embody the values espouse by the foundation that of uplifting human dignity at the countryside and the communities’ collective best,” Maria Cristina Aboitiz, a member of the board of trustees, said during the awarding rites.
RAFI’s Triennial Awards recognize individuals and / or groups committed to building a more humane, equitable and caring society, individuals and groups that touch other peoples’ lives, bring about change to improve the conditions of the less privileged.
RAFI’s Triennial Awards recognize individuals and / or groups committed to building a more humane, equitable and caring society, individuals and groups that touch other peoples’ lives, bring about change to improve the conditions of the less privileged.
The Philippine Eagle Foundation, 2018 Triennial awardee for the outstanding institution was organized in 1987 and it has done numerous programs and near impossible efforts to save the endangered Philippine Eagle.
“To save the Philippine Eagle is to save the rainforest and its habitat. They say it takes a village to raise a child but, it also takes a village to save a species from extinction,” said biologist Jayson Ibanez, director of PEF research and conservation program who received the award for PEF.
Dr. Valdez is a surgeon who specializes in cleft palate surgery in the remotest communities in Mindanao and Palawan area. He is described as a “tireless volunteer.”
In his acceptance speech, Dr. Valdez said that without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. “There is nobility in charity,” he added.