expressions of impressions

hand of hope

“Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead  - Mother Teresa, A Simple Path: Mother Teresa

Dra. Mae gratefully receiving the donation

from Bobong Cutiongco

Last October 21, I was blessed to be part of a team of wonderful people from GRoUP Singapore (GRaduates of UP), Bobong Cutiongco, Joni Ferrier and Joyce Gicanal. 


Documenting their tour of  Southern Phils. Medical Center (SPMC) & turnover of the donation from GRoUP, Espesyal Pinoy, and Triskelion Singapore to the Kids of Hope in the SPMC was an amazing experience for me. 
 

What moved me were 1^st: the stories of Dra. Mae Dolando on the fortunate current condition of the cancer patients from the hospital’s private supporters compared to years before. 2^nd: on how slowly but surely her dream of improving the lives of the children and teen-agers living with cancer is coming. 3^rd: the children, their doting parents and relatives.  

Dra. Mae

Dra. Mae is the lead paediatric oncologist at Davao Medical Centre who is also the project leader of the funding programme to improve survival rates of children with cancer. She is one of the founding members of Kids of Hope. Not an easy task but her passion to make a difference in the lives of the children, parents, team and supporters propels her.

from left: Joyce Gicanal, Joni Ferrier
and Bobong Cutiongco

Yes, there is still a lot of funding and volunteer work that needs to be done but through collaboration with different supporters, we will get there faster. Kids of Hope is an information education project of the Davao Children’s cancer Fund Inc. Do contact them 

House of Hope
Southern Philippines Medical Center Cmpd
Bajada, Davao City, PHIL
Telefax: (+63)(82)305-9390
Email: admin@kidsofhope.net

Album 1 and 2 on the documentation shoot of the entire GRoUP and their interaction with Dra. Mae, the children, parents in the SPMC pedriatic specialty ward, and the House of Hope. I wanted to capture were expressions of impressions.