Our History

In 1991, a small group of Filipino-Americans informally organized to support medical missions in the Philippines. Two of the original volunteers, Maricel Bretault and Celia Coronado, spearheaded the organization of the Philippine Medical Mission (PMM). With the support and encouragement of Reverend Father Gerry Creedon and the Social Justice Ministry of St. Charles Church, PMM was born on August 15, 1999. To date PMM has 10 members in its core committee and 30 active support members.

From the beginning, PMM has worked towards realizing its vision and mission by supporting the health and medical service projects of the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission, Inc. (FOLPMI). These projects include medical, surgical and dental missions in remote villages, feeding centers for malnourished children in Manila, immunizations, primary care centers, and a recently built hospital for the poor.

This year, PMM has adopted another partner two new partners, The Religious of Notre Dame of the Missions (RNDM) and Childhope Asia Philippines (CHAP).

• The Religious of Notre Dame of the Missions provides basic health services in the remote village of Kulaman in the Cotabato province. In Kulaman, RNDM has built wells, trained mobile health workers, provided scholarships in nursing for high school graduates, brought medical missions to the community, provided community health education, and provided immunization.
• Childhope Asia Philippines Childhope Asia Philippines is an outreach and protection/education on the streets program to advocate the rights of street children. It provides various services to streetchildren with the vision of helping them become responsible and productive members of society. It is in the provision of health services to streetchildren that PMM has focused its partnership with CHAP.