ABOUT FOLPMI

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The Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission, Inc. (FOLPMI) is a non–stock, non–profit, charitable organization registered with SEC under Section 30(E)and(G)of the Tax Code .

OBJECTIVE

The goal of the foundation is to utilize the skills of the beneficiaries. It phases the development plans of the gradual growth of the community by a sustained monitoring of its programs. The foundation initially provides the imperative need of food, medicine, shelter and clothing. But the ultimate goal is the transformation of the beneficiaries, be it an individual or a community group, into a self-reliant, productive segment of society. FOLPMI makes available to the hard-to-reach poor and indigenous minorities easy access to:

VISION

That families, children and youth in urban slum communities and indigenous settlements realize their human potential through education, health care and self-sustaining livelihood.

MISSION

Enable the hard-to-reach poor of the urban slums and indigenous settlements to discover and develop social and economic opportunities in their communities. 

BRIEF HISTORY

FOLPMI (The Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission, Inc.), has its beginnings with the 1974 medical mission to the indigenous minorities headed by Sr.Eva Fidela Maamo, a medical surgeon by profession. Her 7-year apostolate serving the minorities of Cotabato where the T’bolis, Ubos, Manobos, and Muslim-Manobos live, exposed her to the debilitating impact of poverty and diseases on the poor. In Lake Sebu, South Cotabato she began training the tribal minorities as community health workers, later to be known as Barefoot Doctors. When the program formally rolled out the the incidence of the diseases within a year was greatly reduced due to the medical service rendered by the the Barefoot Doctors. FOLPMI is now training community health workers among the 118 tribes in the country. Sr. Eva continued her medical mission and in 1984 she was assigned by the Congregation of St. Paul de Chartres, her religious order, to serve the poor in the slums of Metro Manila. FOLPMI gained a foothold in these urban poor communities which became an easy entry to setting up Day Care and Feeding centers when the need came in 1997. In 1986 FOLPMI was formally organized and registered as a non-stock, non-profit organization. In 1995 FOLPMI launched the idea of a “Hospital for the Poor” spearheaded by Fr. James Reuter and Sr. Eva. Under President Estrada, the government approved a 25-year lease at P1/year, for a 1.2 hectare for the hospital while Ambassador Alfonso Yuchengo donated P50MM to construct the building. The hospital opened to the public in 2002 and is now a fully functioning charity hospital with equipment and beds donated from overseas Filipinos and foreign foundations. In 2001, the government requested Sr. Eva to assist the Aeta minority displaced by the Mt. Pinatubo eruption. The Ateneo Scholastics raised P300,000 to purchase a 33-hectare land to resettle some 92 Aeta families. The land is adjacent to an existing 26-hectare of less than 10 Aeta family-settlers donated by the local government. With all the settlers now integrated the FOLPMI set about the infrastructure development and construction of living facilities so families can settle and conduct a daily life routine. Programs were established to equip the settlers with skills and learning abilities to jumpstart their entry into community living. Feeding centers, health care prevention service, formal and non-formal education system, training in self-governance and livelihood programs were opened for the settlers. Private donations from domestic and overseas Filipinos and project grants from international charitable agencies made possible the Aeta resettlement and rehabilitation.

25th YEAR CELEBRATION

This 2010-2011, FOLMPI celebrates its 25th founding year with a whole calendar lined up for events. We welcome everyone to be part of our celebration. CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR UPCOMING ACTIVITIES