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Visit to the Philippines

Dear friends, I’ve recently returned from a visit with Sisters Anne, Grace, Leonie and Donna (sgs) in the Philippines and I was reminded once again of the extraordinary strength and dignity within the communities we serve. Seeing our programs in…

A New Year’s Message

Our Patron, Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC Governor of New South Wales, has delivered a special New Year’s message to the donors and supporters of the Good Sams Foundation.

FIRST WEEK OF ADVENT: CALL TO JUSTICE Introduction The season of Advent, in our southern hemisphere, has a strong appeal to many of us. It has something to do with the warmth and light of the summer sun, the end…

Positions Vacant

Company Secretary Sisters of the Good Samaritan Foundation About Us: The Sisters of the Good Samaritan Foundation’s ministries provide refuge, education, and hope to vulnerable women and children in the Philippines, Kiribati, Timor Leste, and Australia. Our mission is to…

The Philippines Christmas Toy Drive

$5 gives a Christmas gift to a child in need    Natural disasters in the Philippines – fire, flood, and typhoons – have left entire communities in financial hardship.  Living in shanty dwellings, the children in these communities live without…

Timor Leste SGS Scholarship Program

Sr Rita Hayes returned this month to Timor Leste to meet students from the SGS Scholarship Program. “I am in awe of their ambition and their resilience." Please click the heading above to read Sr Rita Hayes update.

Creating hope in the Philippines

The challenges of Covid, no internet access and no computers would have stopped most students from completing their studies. Read more about our amazing scholarship recipients in Bacolod, the Philippines and the hardships they overcame to complete their schooling.