Exciting Rides at Sky Ranch Pampanga

Just a few days left before Christmas, there is a place where you can bring your family and enjoy a ride in the tallest "ferris wheel" in the Philippines. Situated in the SM City of Pampanga, San Fernando, Pampanga, 

Sky Ranch Pampanga is the first amusement park, newest destination and geographically advantageous for both local residents and tourist in the North of Luzon.

Exciting rides for all ages;

Pampanga Eye is the tallest and biggest in the Philippines with 65 meters in height and 50 meters in diameter. It is composed of 32 air-conditioned gondolas and each gondolas can accommodate 4 persons. The wheel can accommodate 128 persons per cycle.

Cordlife launches newly upgraded stem cell facility for Filipino families

One of a very touching Cordlife’s success story I have read was about  a baby by the name of Georgia. An accident at birth in 2007 deprived Baby Goergia of oxygen in her brain resulting to cerebral palsy. The damage to her brain caused her to move involuntary, suffer from muscle spasms and have up to 50 seizures a day. It was only after Cordlife put the family in touch with a renowned neurosugeon that enable Georgia to be infused with her own cord blood, also stored by Cordlife. Her condition has improved since then.

Your baby's precious CORD blood can save his precious life

As Mothers, you will do anything for your child. Even way before they are brought into this world, your instincts kick in and you tirelessly worry about your baby. You want to learn everything there is to learn and more importantly you want to protect them from anything and everything that can harm them be it in the common cold or a fever; and if you had your way, you would gladly get sick for your child. And your anxiety is not without reason, since there are many childhood diseases that can be harmful or even fatal to children.

Leukemia is perhaps the most common type of cancer compromising 47.8% of all childhood cancers. Hodgkin's Disease or non-Hodgkin Lymphoma is the third childhood cancer comprising 9% of childhood cancer. Aside from these types of cancers, certain brain disorders are also common in children. These includes cerebral palsy and neuroblastoma. Cerebral palsy severely impairs the development of the motor functions and afflicts 1-2 percent of the Philippine population. Neuroblastoma, on the other hand, causes the sufferer to lose the ability to empty the bladder, experience paralysis of the hips, feet, legs and uncontrolled movements.

United for Healthier Kids Advocacy Launched

Manila, Philippines, October 2014: About thirty percent of Filipino children are undernourished and this has not significantly improved in the past 10 years, according to the 2013 National Nutrition Survey. It has also been established that consistent under-nutrition can lead to stunting.  Stunting has been linked to health issues in adulthood such as high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and even obesity.

Nestlé Philippines, in partnership with the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology, ABS-CBN, and Facebook, has launched a movement called United for Healthier Kids (U4HK) to help address the serious problem of child malnutrition in the country.

U4HK seeks to draw together various sectors of society to work with parents in increasing awareness about the prevalence of child malnutrition, as well as promoting proper diet for children.  The spotlight will be on children with ages 4 to 12 years old. 

“U4HK delivers upon Nestlé’s roadmap for enhancing the quality of children’s lives through healthier food and beverages, and information and services that will help parents ensure the healthy growth and development of their children,” Nestlé Philippines Chairman and CEO John Miller said.  

“We stress that no one entity can do this alone. As the saying goes, “It takes a village to raise a child.’ We are one with our partners, FNRI, ABS-CBN, and Facebook and we thank them for making this advocacy a reality,” Nestlé Philippines Director of Communications Sandra Puno said. 

To know more about U4HK and how you can help the cause, please visit www.facebook.com/u4hkPH.