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A SALUTE TO: RP-CWY OUTSTANDING ALUMNI

As we compiled updates from our RP-CWY participants, we continue to
discover the accomplishments of past participants who carried on the ideals
of Canada World Youth, making a difference in the fields they have chosen,
impacted the communities they lived in and those whose lives they have
affected. Every month, we will honor these individuals. This month we salute:

          DR. KADIL SINOLINDING, JR.
          Humanitarian/Public Health
          RP-CWY 1980-81

Dr. Kadil M. Sinolinding, Jr. (1989), (third from left), poses with the award
for The Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) for 2001 in the
field of Humanitarian and Voluntary Leadership by the Junior Chamber
International on November 6, 2001 at the Palu de la Musica Catalana,
Barcelona, Spain.

['Help for the Less Fortunate' is an article written by Rolour Garcia, a colleague
of Kadil at the West Visayas State University College of Medicine.
Here, he gives us a testimony of Kadil's compassion for the poor and
his determination to provide health care to the very needy. It is for
this reason that we recognize Kadil's invaluable contribution to his
humanitarian cause: help for the less fortunate.]

        Dr. Kadil M. Sinolinding, Jr. graduated from the West
  Visayas State University College of Medicine in 1989 with
  aspirations of becoming a surgeon. During his first year of
  surgical residency training, he noticed that a lot of people were
  being operated on during the more advanced stage of the
  disease or where complications have already set in. This
  prompted Kadil to quit residency to join public health as a
  Municipal Health Officer in his hometown of Cotabato. He
  would eventually quit the government to devote all his time to
  charity work.

        The reason should be obvious to you and me - nobody
  told these folks about their affliction in the early stages. A
  simple advice from a medical professional, which is virtually
   non-existent in the outskirts of the country, is more than
  enough to avoid these palliative and desperate procedures. You
  see cases like these everyday in your clinic, in the emergency
  room and in the service wards. This makes Kadil's efforts
  even more significant and remarkable. He is doing
  something about it.

        Physicians have long provided care to the medically
  indigent for free or at reduced rates. Along with hospitals,
  health centers, free clinics and medical missions, they are all
  part of the country's medical safety net and their continued
  commitment to providing charity work is important to the
  medically indigent. However, Dr. Sinolinding and others
  who provide charity care on a full-time basis to those
  who really need them are a rare breed. Add to this our
  lawmakers' inability to come up with a real policy to address
  the medical needs of the poor, the doctors' continued
  reluctance to practice in the rural areas due mainly to personal
  safety and low pay, and the continued escalation of the cost of
  medicine, and the government's inability to provide them for
  free - you'll see more and more of these "end-stage" cases.

        Kadil's experience in the field as a Municipal Health
  Officer served as an eye-opener to him on the sad plight of
  the poor people in the villages. There are no medicines, no
  social services, poor sanitation and malnutrition. "They have
  almost nothing but misery and the will to survive," he wrote.
  Solving these problems were my first challenges."

        While working for the government, Kadil trained in
  Ophthalmology at UP-PGH under the Modified Residency
  Training Program with the Department of Health. He finished
  residency and passed the diplomate exam of the Philippine
  Board of Ophthalmology in 1996.

      "I was encouraged to take up Ophthalmology because my
  grandmother got needlessly blind," he wrote on his choice of
  specialty. "The family couldn't afford to pay for the services
  of an eye doctor. The diagnosis was Glaucoma secondary to
  hypermature cataract, OU. Because of that, I made myself a
  promise that no one whom I have seen will go blind just
  because they are poor."

        Kadil quit his government post to concentrate fully on
  charity work. He is currently working with the blind people of
  Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao through the "Vision
  20/20 Cataract Charities" Project. He said that he still has a
  lot of places to visit and will appreciate any help from

volunters in Lanao del Sur, 'around the area of Lake Lanao'.
He conducts free cataract surgeries to the indigents of
Jordan, Guimaras and surrounding areas with the help of
local eye surgeons.

       Kadil's efforts have not gone unnoticed. He's been a
recipient of many awards and recognitions. Among the
most publicized:

1. Outstanding Alumnus of the WVSU College of
      Medicine in the Field of Public Health - Grand Reunion
      of WVSU
      College of Medicine at Sarabia Manor Hotel on Sept 22,
      1999.

2. The Oustanding Young Men (TOYM) for 2000 in the
       field of Rural Medicine, by the Philippine Jaycees, Gerry
       Roxas Foundation, and the E-PCIB Foundation -
       December 14, 2000 at Malacañang Palace, Manila.

3. The Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP)
        for 2001 in the field of Humanitarian and Voluntary
        Leadership by the Junior Chamber International -
        November 6, 2001 at the Palu dela Musica Catalana,
        Barcelona, Spain.

  4. Rizal Award for Rural Physicians (RARP) - November 7,
        1997 at the Manila Hotel. Given by Hoechst, Phil Public
        Health Association, and Order of the Knights of Rizal.

        Kadil concentrates most of his efforts in the south, a
        place he refers to as 'the forsaken land' where the
        people's health concerns are not only neglected but also
        as a result of the present conflict between the
        Philippine government and the Abu Sayyaf.

        Kadil is married to the former Ma. Elena Paz Unson,
  a nurse practitioner. They have three kids - Josh, Thianne,
  and adopted son, Khalil.

        Finally, I asked him if he has a message for us, his
  fellow alumni: "There's nothing much I can tell them
  except to be true to themselves. Life is what we want to
  preserve and improve, so be it. Let us be the vehicle for
  moralistic medical advancement for the glory of the
  majority, and not just for personal gratification. In the
  end when we die, our work will be remembered on how
  it affected the ives of the many, and it shall be followed
  with pride and honor."

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Dr. Sinolinding accepts donation of any kind - goods, toys,
medicines, cash, etc. to help the children victims of the
war in Mindanao. You may send your donations to: Dr.
Kadil Sinolinding, Zenaida Subdivision, Rosary Heights 8,
Cotabato City, Philippines.