IN celebration of the 62nd birthday of Iglesia Ni Cristo Executive Minister Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo on Oct. 31, the Church will conduct its largest and widest-reaching Lingap sa Mamamayan socio-civic program in the history of the Church.
The simultaneous holding of free medical and dental services and the distribution of “goodie bags” which include home essentials, medicines and basic goods will be held on Oct. 29 at two sites in Metro Manila as well as in 104 other areas nationwide and abroad, INC said in a press release.
INC’s Lingap sa Mamamayan initiative aims to provide livelihood and assistance programs to needy but deserving communities.
The first site in Metro Manila will be in Barangay Maharlika in Taguig City, and will include at least 30 doctors and 15 dentists ready to treat an estimated 5,000 patients.
More than 100,000 goodie bags are expected to be distributed.
The second Metro Manila location will be in Barangay Culiat in Quezon City, with at least 10 doctors and eight dentists on standby for about 1,500 patients, in addition to 5,000 goodie bags that are ready for distribution, INC said.
The 104 areas nationwide will include 65 in Luzon, 17 in Visayas and 22 in Mindanao. Overall, approximately 400,000 goodie bags have been prepared for this historic outreach activity.
Overseas Lingap activities are to be held in several parts of the USA and Canada, northern and southern Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, Cambodia and various areas in the Middle East including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.