Oliver Samson

Oliver Samson is a freelance writer based in Manila, Philippines. He has written for CBCPNews, Radio Veritas Asia, Business Mirror, and local magazines.

Under the leadership of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, students collect trash at what remains of the small building of the homeowners' association, in the park they are rehabilitating in the city of Bacolod, in Negros Occidental, the Philippines. (Courtesy of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan)

Jan 19, 2023

Nuns, students and locals revive neglected park in Philippines

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.

Sr. Eva Fidela Maamo, a member of Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres, in the conference room at the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission in Paranaque City, Philippines (Oliver Samson)

Jan 10, 2023

Q & A with Sr. Eva Fidela Maamo, training Indigenous 'barefoot doctors'

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.