BK 18: Gentle Hands Child Care Center Community Relations [Image 8 of 13]

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES

05.13.2018

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nardel Gervacio 

III Marine Expeditionary Force   

Charity Heppner-Graff, founder of Gentle Hands, speaks to service members during a visit to Gentle Hands Child Care Center, Quezon City, Philippines. During the three-hour visit, the service members were given an opportunity to play games, tell stories, and make art with the children. Gentle Hands is a child and youth welfare agency meant to be on the front lines of rescue and rehabilitation of the medical, social, psychological, and educational needs of at-risk children and youth, advocating for the rights of children. Philippine, U.S., Australian, and Japanese service members spent Mother’s Day volunteering at the center as part of a community relations effort in the Philippines during exercise Balikatan May 13, 2018. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations held from May 7 to May 18. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nardel Gervacio)

• Date Taken: 05.13.2018
• Date Posted: 05.14.2018 06:31
• Photo ID: 4383491
• VIRIN: 180513-N-ZK021-0001
• Resolution: 5568x3712
• Size: 1.42 MB
• Location: QUEZON CITY, PH