A charity set up by U.S-based Cebuano nurses Lan Cabatingan and his wife has donated 5,364 pieces of diapers to the neonatal intensive care unit of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), one of the Philippines’ largest public hospitals in Cebu City.
Lean & Learn Health Foundation said the donation was inspired by the couple’s own experience after their baby spent three months in intensive care, which they said exposed the financial and logistical strain faced by families with premature and critically ill newborns.
“We know how heavy those days can be,” co-founder Lan Cabatingan said in a statement, adding that the group aims to ease costs for parents while supporting frontline staff who often face shortages of basic supplies.
The foundation said it plans to make the diaper drive the first step in a longer-term effort to support NICU communities in Cebu, and is seeking volunteers, donors and healthcare partners.
Lean & Learn Health Foundation is registered in the United States as a tax-exempt nonprofit, according to an Internal Revenue Service listing.
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