
End of Life: Hard but Beautiful – Fiona C. Vasallo
During the pandemic, I still get to meet and chat with my hospice patient online. I delight in listening to her and hearing her stories. She used to tell me how her husband and kids never complain while taking care of her. How she wants to help doing the house chores, but they insist for […]

Cruising in the Life of Angels – Jenelyn A. Rualo, RN
Some people think that when one chose to be a nurse, the ultimate goal is to find work overseas, where opportunities for health professionals are great and the good life, as it is commonly perceived, reachable. But my dream is different. As a young girl, I already have visions of being a nurse who does […]

My Journey as a Hospice Doctor – Jeromel Lapitan, MD
My first year as a volunteer doctor for the Madre de Amor Hospice Foundation has been quite an experience. When I became a volunteer doctor, I knew that I would be facing a lot of challenging cases. It was after all, part of what I had trained for during my fellowship in PGH. But despite […]
A HOSPICE VOLUNTEER’S JOURNEY OF FAITH – Mercy P. Palad
A journey of faith is exactly what I am experiencing as a Hospice volunteer. Since I joined the Madre de Amor Hospice Foundation in 1994, all of the patients I was assigned to visit taught me lessons that helped me grow in my faith. Being a Hospice volunteer helped me a lot in cultivating a […]
Volun-Tourism
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” – Edwards Everett Hale In the broadest sense, Volun-Tourism represents voluntary service experiences that include travel to a destination in order to realize […]
Stories from our Donors – Arline, Anna, and Catalino
I feel blessed and fortunate for having a birthday party at Madre de Amor Hospice for the second time! Iba ang happiness pag survivors ang mga kasama!!!. – Arline – Thank you to Hospice Foundation for allowing me to celebrate my birthday with them. This is my first time and I feel blessed being with […]
Stories from our Donors – Rufina F Maderas
A few days before my family, friends and I went home to the Philippines for a holiday, I surfed the internet. I started with www.josemariascribainfo, and chanced upon the Madre de Amor Hospice Foundation. I was immediately attracted to it, as it is located in my country, the Philippines and because I am a nurse […]
Volunteers, the Heart of the Hospice
In 1998, when I was miraculously healed of terminal breast cancer, I made a vow with the Giver of Life to reach out to patients of the same predicament. To fulfill the spiritual commitment, there was my intense desire to work with a group dedicated to this sacred mission. My dream has become a reality […]
Stories from our Donors – Tiga Delmendo
The next best thing to creating a life is to save lives. It all started when my friend Hanna, invited me to host a thanksgiving party in the Madre de Amor Hospice Foundation in 2011. The said event was done in honor of our passing the national board exams for nurses. It was the first […]