HONOR, VISIBILITY & RECOGNITION

KANLUNGAN is intended to be a memorial to the transnational people of Philippine ancestry who make up a huge sector of the global healthcare system. 

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To heal was to be attuned to the primal creative force of the universe;  it was a sacred calling.

In pre-Dominion Philippines, it was understood that while not all priestesses were healers, all healers were priestesses.  To heal was to be attuned to the primal creative force of the universe;  it was a sacred calling.   Healing remains a duty and a commitment for millions of medical workers from the Philippines and of Philippine ancestry flung to just about every continent of the world under the labor export policy of the Philippine government, often to work in unsafe and discriminatory conditions, as well as being grossly underpaid.  How neglectful of its own irreplaceable medical skills the Philippines can be is seen in the medical workforce’s 16% share of COVID-19 infection within its own territory when the contagion broke out. 

This is to remember them as human beings, not simply as a  labor percentage, a disease statistic, or an immigration number. 

KANLUNGAN is intended to be a memorial to the transnational people of Philippine ancestry who make up a huge sector of the global healthcare system.  This is to remember them as human beings, not simply as a  labor percentage, a disease statistic, or an immigration number.  And since the Internet is forever, we hope that KANLUNGAN will keep reminding the world of the skills, dedication, and the self-sacrifice demanded of health care workers so humanity may be healed.

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For those who chose this career because you had a calling to fulfill your duty to help, heal, nurture and love. For those who chose this career because generations before you paved this path for you. For those who chose this career as an opportunity to provide to your own families. Thank you for your services, thank you for your dedication, thank you for continuing to help, heal, nurture and love.

KANLUNGAN is a data wall and digital memorial to the transnational healthcare workers of Philippine ancestry who have fallen to COVID-19.

Data Notes: The information culled from primary and secondary sources by AF3IRM researchers are transformed into visual data for one-glance reading. This and other information presentations are updated as often as possible.

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