An Online Birthday Fundraiser

We honor the life, legacy, and birthday of an extraordinary woman—our beloved Rowena. On June 16th, 2025, what would have been her 46th birthday, we come together not in sorrow—but in deep love, remembrance, and purpose. 

Rowena helped build the foundation of HHH. She traveled to Haiti, held the hands of the dying, fed newborns at Mother Teresa’s clinics, brought desserts and art to children who had never seen a paintbrush or tasted a croissant. She stayed past visiting hours—not because she had to, but because she couldn’t leave a child or mother in need. Her love was boundless. 

Rowena later wrote a book titled Cancer Heroes—a powerful testament to her journey. In it, she described her time in Haiti as one of the most life-changing experiences of her life. 

One of her greatest wishes was to leave a legacy—to ensure that her love, her passion, and her spirit would continue to shape lives, long after she was gone. Though she never became a biological mother, she became a mother in spirit, a guiding light, and a source of endless hope to the children supported by our HHH Student Sponsorship Program. Through her legacy, her love endures.

On October 19, 2023, Rowena’s brave journey with cancer came to an end. At her Celebration of Life, in lieu of flowers, we chose to honour her in the way she would have wanted – through giving and hope. In her name, we raised enough funds to sponsor 10 children for an entire school year. Now, as her legacy fund reaches its end, we turn to you—her loved ones, her community—to help keep these 10 students in school for another year, on the path she paved for them. Let’s make sure that in Rowena’s name, their dreams stay within their reach.

Let us unite to keep her light shining, her dream alive, and her love spreading across the world—just as she would have wanted.