Our Story
CMP is a community of dedicated Christians sharing a common vision, enthusiasm, and commitment; jointly pursuing a common goal of helping the poor, the sick and the needy. The countless abandoned and neglected children given new lease on life and hope for a better future, the hundreds of poor families liberated from their hardships and sufferings, and the improved quality of life in the poorest of the poor communities, are living testimonies to the success of the programs and services of CMP made possible through the collaborative efforts of all engaged in the Mission.
The founder of the organization was Mr. Sigvard Wallenberg from Sweden. His son Bo Wallenberg is now the president of the funding organization Scandinavian Children´s Mission (Sweden). Mr. S. Wallenberg was born in 1929. At an early age he entered into the entertainment business and was for many years an acclaimed artist in the Scandinavian countries. In the late 70-ties – early 80-ties he became a professing Christian and started to tour also in churches. When visiting the Philippines in the beginning of 1980-ies, he was greatly touched by seeing the sufferings and hardships of the people, especially the children, which resulted in a burning desire to do something to help. In this way the Scandinavian Children`s Mission Phil. Inc. was founded as a funding organization with the purpose of raising the needed funds. Likewise he established Leto Christian Center Inc. as a mission organization which directly was involved in providing holistic ministry to the poor and needy.
SCM first opened an orphanage 1985 in San Juan, Metro Manila, to temporarily house abandoned and neglected children. Other programs and services were also opened in addition to the orphanage such as: feeding, day care and medical/dental services, house building programs, schools and relief operations etc. During the years the work expanded to also include the Visayas and Mindanao with a local workforce of well over 100 persons. In 1999 it was though decided that the Mission should concentrate its activities to the NCR and Region 4 but after the super tyfon, Youlanda, in November 2013, the Mission established a livelihood project close to Scandinavian Village, Tacloban, Leyte. .
Since the end of 2011, the Administration was transferred from San Juan City to San Jose, Rodriguez, Rizal. The change of location gave impetus to the change of name – from Leto Christian Center Inc. to Children´s Mission Philippines Hills of Grace Foundation, Inc (CMP).
At present CMP is working within three major areas: Education, Development and Child Welfare. We have four centers within NCR and one in Tacloban.
