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…
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Visiting Kiribati
Good Sams Foundation Executive Director Sonya Mears visited Kiribati, gaining cultural insights and confirming Foundation support for vital community projects. Click the heading above to read more.
Grants provide a pathway to learning
The Good Samaritan Foundation gives struggling students the chance to finish school, bringing hope, dignity, and brighter futures for families and communities. Click the heading above to read more.
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.
Making a Difference in Timor Leste
This program has had more than 100 tertiary graduates who have gone into teaching, nursing and other professions supporting the development of East Timor. Read about the difference it is making.
COVID-19 hits Kiribati
How do you earn a living or get food and water for your family when you are told to
stay in-doors? They had avoided COVID-19 until now. This year brings on new challenges......
Partners in Ministry Report
Our annual ‘Partners in Ministry Report’ is here! Over the past year, our programs reached over 1,000 women, children and families through 13 programs spanning four countries. We've been overwhelmed by the wonderful generosity of our supporters and donors.