Founded in 1990, Project HEALS (Health, Education, and Life Services), the community arm of the College of Medical Technology (CMT), faithfully shares its mission of promoting quality life to all the university's community partners. Its diverse activities, which started from handwashing crossing the wellness-check, voluntary blood donation drive, environment-safe campaign up to book and toy library, reflect its sincere commitment to assisting the Filipino people and the country. The whole studentry, faculty, staff, and alumni of CMT are united in helping the extended families of the university by providing free diagnostic laboratory tests and medical consultations, lectures on emerging and re-emerging diseases, and strengthening the awareness on the benefits of blood donation and waste segregation. The beneficiaries of Project HEALS are not only confined in the areas adjacent to the school but also outside the borders of the metropolis, like the indigenous community in the nearby provincial cities. Ceaselessly, Project HEALS will uphold the Trinitian spirit of being "a person for others," inculcating the values of volunteerism and sharing to all CMT constituents, fundamentally emphasizing that as Medical Technologists and health care professionals, our oath to God is to serve the people with compassion and selfless dedication. Through the establishment of a Memorandum of Agreement between the University and the partner communities, the Trinitian Community Development Section (TCDS) which serves as the umbrella unit monitoring the implementation of the various extension services of the University through the respective project holders/colleges, foster a relationship with the following barangays:
โข Barangay Damayang Lagi, Quezon City
โข Barangay Industrial Valley Complex (IVC), Marikina City
โข Barangay Kalusugan, Quezon City
โข Barangay Roxas, Quezon City
โข Barangay San Rafael, Rodriguez-Rizal
โข Barangay Sto. Domingo, Quezon City
โข Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City
Specifically, the extension services rendered by Project HEALS are as follows:
Health Education Services
1. I-Recycle (Plastic ni Juan Project)
Life Services
1. Voluntary Blood Donation (Dugtong Buhay Project)
2. Deworming (Kontra Bulate Project)
3. Maternal Health (Bantay-Buntis Project)
4. School-Children Health (Anemia-Check Project)
5. Kidney-Check (Bantay Bato Project)
6. Gluco-Check (Iwas Diyabetes Project)
7. Community Book and Toy Library (Takdang Aralin Project)
8. CMT Medical Mission (Lingkod Bayan Project)
The TCDS encourages the project holders/colleges to generate related activities, notwithstanding the interdisciplinary engagement between and among colleges with similar advocacies. For instance, the shared commitment of the CMT-Project HEALS and the St. Luke's College of Nursing-Project CHANGE in health and wellness services are highly recognized by the adopted barangays and its leaders. The interdisciplinary approach creates an excellent venue for collaboration and service-learning for students and faculty members, building stronger relationships both for the beneficiaries and the partner colleges. Further, the interdisciplinary activities of the project holders/colleges support the principle that total human development is only achieved through the self-empowerment of people. Hence, in its quest for excellence in extension services, the university ensures that all activities are alive, nurtured, and sustained to alleviate the quality of life.
