How it all began:
It st
arted as a mission in 1984 and catalyst was Sister Eva
Fidela Maamo, SPC, MD. of the community of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres.
By training, she was a medical surgeon who had just finished a 6-year stint
serving the minority groups of South Cotabato-Tibolis, Ubos, Manobos, and
others. She was sent by her superiors to Singalong to work in an existing clinic
for the poor. In a short time the clinic was expanded to enable her to perform
minor surgeries.
In January 1990 the mission was formally organized into the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission. Today it serves beyond Singalong to reach other depressed areas of Metro Manila. Since then, the Foundation has performed over 8,000 major surgeries and over 4,000 minor ones.
In our country, the poor hardly ever go to hospitals. The cost of hospitalization is simply beyond the means of the poor Filipinos. It is for this reason, the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission has embarked on a larger scale of mission...the construction of a Charity Hospital to care to the needs of the poor desolate people of Metro Manila. Construction has begun, and in a few more weeks, a 100-Bed Charity Hospital will be inaugurated along the coastal road. A charity hospital is all expense, and no income. The Hospital needs medicine, equipment, supplies to be operational. It is for this purpose that Fr. James B. Reuter and Sister Eva Maamo had visited us here in New York, and in other parts of the United States, to raise interest among the good people who will be generous enough to help maintain this hospital.
Last March 24, 2002, the dream of the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission, Inc. to build this "hospital for the poor" became a reality. The "Our Lady of Peace Hospital", built solely through the donations of benefactors, friends and volunteers of the foundation was blessed and inaugurated. The presence of Honorable Dr. Manuel Dayrit, Secretary of the Department of Health, graced the occasion.
UPDATE
The Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission, Inc. headed by Sr. Eva Fidela Maamo, SPC. M.D., President and Fr. James B. Reuter, SJ, Chairman of the Board, conducted a 3-week Community Health Workers Training for Tribal Natives, from January 17 to February 6, 2005, held at the Our Lady of Peace Hospital, Coastal Road, Paranaque City.
The Objectives of the program were to impart the essentials of primary health care to the tribal natives who will act as the key health providers in their areas, and to equip them with necessary knowledge and skills to aid them in addressing the common health problem in their communities.
Thirty (30) participants were invited from different regions of the country. The Foundation sponsored all their travel and accommodation expenses and were all housed at the Our Lady of Peace Hospital. The intensive 3-week course consisted of 4 workshop. The first was Introduction to Community Health Care. The Second covered Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology, Hygiene, Sanitation and Nutrition. The third focused on Maternal and Child Care and Family Life. The last was on Common Diseases and Injuries. The training also integrated topics on Herbal Medicine and Reflexology.
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