Chiapas Fashion Show Raises Funds for Health Elizabeth Monroy - The News
go to original April 18, 2012

Volunteer work has benefitted people from different regions in the state, including Oaxaca and Veracruz. (The News)

Volunteers from the Secretariat of Health in Chiapas presented a fashion show last weekend, raising 150,000 pesos, including funds from the sale of garments at the show, in order to continue altruistic work that raises funds for people with health problems.

On Monday, the president of the Secretariat of Health Volunteers in Chiapas, Leticia Gómez Abarca, thanked sponsors for their participation, as well as designer, María de Jesús Ovando Martínez, whose garments are certified by the Marca Chiapas and have been shown in national and international exhibitions.

Since it was launched in December 2009, the Secretariat of Health Volunteers in Chiapas has helped more than 6,000 patients with limited economic resources, by providing them with functional appliances and medicine, and conducting medical tests and treatments.

The runway was staged with unique painted and embroidered handmade designs, showing the diversity of Chiapas through images of flora, fauna, landscapes and the faces of idols, which characterize the state’s culture.

Among products shown in fashion show, were blouses, shawls and corsets for women, and regional shirts and ties for men and boys.

During the philanthropic event, Gómez Abarca said that since Dec. 9, 2009, when the Women’s Volunteer Committee of the Secretariat of Health in Chiapas was formed, the organization has committed to working as a non-profit organization in order to help the most vulnerable.

She said that since its beginning, volunteers have provided 6,720 types of support, such as providing wheelchairs, pacemakers, glasses, hearing aids, blankets and medicine; conducting specialized laboratory tests, including for breast and cervical cancer prevention, and providing chemotherapy funding and transportation for patients who need treatment outside of the region.

Gómez Abarca said that volunteer work has benefitted people from different regions in the state, including Oaxaca and Veracruz.

She also mentioned that support has been provided to hospitals and health centers in ten Health Jurisdictions, including medicine, oxygen tanks, water mattresses and outfitting pediatric breakfast halls. Toys have also been distributed to children in different hospitals in Chiapas, as well as in different municipalities in celebration of the Day of the Young Child.

Funds are raised, she said, through many activities such as raffles, charity events, Christmas bazaars and assistance from the health sector and generous donors.

Women volunteers from the Secretariat of Health, she said, will continue to work for people in Chiapas made vulnerable by losses in their quality of life, so that they can enjoy better health.

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