Oliver Samson is a freelance writer based in Manila, Philippines. He has written for CBCPNews, Radio Veritas Asia, Business Mirror, and local magazines.
Since 2020, volunteers have collected more than 100 bags of waste cleaning up an abandoned park in Bacolod. Under the leadership of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, locals have been working to rehabilitate the park.
St. Paul de Chartres Sr. Eva Fidela Maamo and her Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission have worked with Indigenous Aetas — including community health "barefoot doctors" — since a volcanic eruption displaced them in 1991.