PHOTO RELEASE NO. 10-2021
12 April 2021, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA – The Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu expresses its deepest appreciation to its invaluable partners for their efforts in vaccinating the Filipino community and other eligible groups against COVID-19 in the State of Hawaii. Based on State of Hawaii Department of Health data, the Filipino community has the second highest number of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the state.
The Waipio Community Baptist Church and Seafarers Ministry, headed by Pastor Jerry Saludez, partnered with the Hawaii Longline Association and Kaiser Permanente in the conduct of mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the Honolulu Harbor on 9 and 30 March 2021 to vaccinate fishermen employed in Hawaii’s longline fishing industry. (Photo credit: Pastor Jerry Saludez)
A total of 800 fishermen benefitted from the Waipio Community Baptist Church/Seafarers Ministry, Hawaii Longline Association and Kaiser Permanente COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Filipino fishermen make up 80% of Hawaii’s longline fishing industry. (Photo credit: Pastor Jerry Saludez)
A volunteer health worker administers the vaccination to a Filipino fisherman. (Photo credit: Pastor Jerry Saludez)
The Filipino Community Center (FilCOM) in Waipahu has held monthly COVID-19 vaccination clinics beginning March 2021 in cooperation with Kaiser Permanente. (Photo credit: Dr. Agnes Malate)
FilCOM partnered with the Diocesan Congress of Filipino Catholic Clubs (DCFCC), Nareit Hawaii, Project Vision, Kalihi-Palama Health Center, Oahu Council of Filipino Catholic Clubs, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Office of Language Access, State of Hawaii Department of Health, the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the Knights of Rizal-Hawaii Chapter for the conduct of several vaccination clinics in Oahu’s Catholic churches. Volunteers, headed DCFCC Secretary Dr. Clementina Ceria-Ulep and FILCOM CARES Co-Chair Dr. Agnes Malate, (seated) were on hand to assist at Our Lady of the Mount Church on 11 April 2021. (Photo credit: Dr. Agnes Malate)
Kalihi-Palama Health Center medical staff are ready to assist at the vaccination clinic held at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa on 10 April 2021. (Photo credit: Dr. Agnes Malate)
For information on upcoming FilCOM Cares vaccination clinics, please visit http://filcom.org/center/covid-19/.
