Mariquita Salimbangon-Yeung

Chairperson, MSY Charitable Foundation Inc.

 

Mariquita “Kit” Salimbangon Yeung is the founder and chairperson of Mariquita Salimbangon Yeung Charitable Foundation Inc. or MSYCFI. The organisation seeks to provide free reconstructive surgery for impoverished people with facial malformations.

Mariquira Salimbangon Yeung grew up in northern Cebu town, she is the founder of the humanitarian organisation Mariquita Salimbangon Yeung Charitable Foundation Inc. which provides free reconstructive operations for people who suffer from cleft palate, cleft lip, and all other sorts of facial deformities. Yeung’s project would later be dubbed ‘Operation Smile.’

When MSYCFI first Operation Smile to Cebu, doctors were able to operate on about 400 children. For her dedication to social work, Yeung, together with nine other Cebuanas, was conferred the title Dame of the Order of St. Sylvester on May 25, 2011. This recognition is one of the five Papal Awards of Chivalry.

In addition to her charity work, Yeung is also the hands-on leader of the Cebu Beautification Movement and the Osmeña Boulevard Beautification Project.

Impacted Industries


Awards


2019

Socially Responsible Entrepreneur of the Year; Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (CCCI)

2019

100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World;  Global Filipina Women’s Network (FWN)

Did You Know?


Mariquita Salimbangon Yeung’s close friends fondly call her “Dame Mariquita,” a reference to the recognition Papal title Dame of the Order of St. Sylvester, for her socio-civic service.

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