Mei he tokanga fakafaito’o ki he ngaahi sevesi poupou, ‘oku tokoni ‘a e fatongia kotoa pe ‘i he Mercy Hospice ki hono ‘oatu ‘o e tokanga manava’ofa mo tu’unga ma’olunga ki he kau mahaki mo honau ngaahi famili.
‘I ho’o kau mai ki he Mercy Hospice, ‘oku ke hoko ai ko ha konga ‘o ha timi mateaki ‘oku nau poupou’i ‘a e kakai ‘oku nau ma’u ‘a e mahaki fakangatangata ‘o e mo’ui ‘i he komiuniti pea ‘i loto ‘i he ‘iuniti ‘o e kau mahaki. Ko e ngāue ko ʻení ʻoku poupouʻi ia ʻe he ngaahi timi Poupou ki he Fāmilí, Ngāue Fakasōsialé, Puleʻangá, mo ha netiueka lahi ʻo e kau ngāue tokoni ʻoku nau mahuʻinga ki hono ʻoatu ʻo e tokangaʻí.
‘Oku ngāue fakataha ‘a e kau ngāue ‘o e Mercy Hospice ke ‘oatu ‘a e tokanga‘i fakafaito‘o ‘oku fakatefito ‘i he kau mahakí ‘i he kotoa ‘o ‘Aokalani. Kuo laka hake he taʻu ʻe 40 ʻa hono fakahoko ʻe he kautahá ʻa e tokangaʻi makehé, ʻo poupouʻi ʻa e kau mahakí, ngaahi fāmilí, mo e whānau ʻi he mahakí, ʻosi ʻa e moʻuí, mo e mamahí.
Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ho fatongiá, ʻoku tokoni hoʻo ngāué ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kakaí ʻa e lāngilangí, fakafiemālié, mo e poupoú lolotonga e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi momeniti mahuʻinga taha ʻo ʻenau moʻuí.
ʻOku tataki ʻa e Mercy Hospice ʻe he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻulungaanga mahuʻinga ʻo e Kau Fineʻofa ʻo e ʻAloʻofá, ʻa ia naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Catherine McAuley. ʻOku faʻu ʻe he tukufakaholo ko ʻení ha tukupā ki he manavaʻofá, fakaʻapaʻapá, mo e ngāue tokoni ki he kakai ʻo e ngaahi anga fakafonua, puipuituʻa, mo e tui kotoa pē.
ʻOku talitali lelei ʻe he kautahá ʻa e kehekehe pea ʻoku nau ngāue fakataha mo e niʻihi fakafoʻituituí mo e ngaahi komiunitií mei he ngaahi tafaʻaki kehekehe ʻo e moʻuí.
Ko hono fakamahu‘inga‘i ‘a e mo‘ui kotoa ‘a e tangatá ‘okú ne poupou‘i ‘a e lāngilangi ‘oku fai ki ai ‘a e kakaí mo honau fāmilí ‘i he falemahakí pea ‘i he koló.
Ko e tokanga mo e faka'apa'apa ki he kehekehe koloa'ia 'o e whakapapa 'a e tokotaha takitaha 'oku ne fakamatala'i 'a e founga 'oku 'omi ai 'a Aroha ki he mo'ui 'i he Mercy Hospice.
‘Oku a’usia ‘a e faka’apa’apa ‘i he natula talitali lelei mo fakakau ‘o e tokanga’i ‘o e tokotaha takitaha mo honau whānau.
Ko e lea mo poleʻi ʻa e taʻefaitotonu ʻi hotau koló ʻoku mahino ia ʻi heʻetau ngaahi filí mo ʻetau ngaahi ngāué.
Ko e Te Tiriti o Waitangi mo e fengaue'aki makehe 'a e Mercy mo e kau Māori, 'a ia na'a nau fakaafe'i 'a e kau Sisitā 'o e Mercy ki Aotearoa Nu'u Sila, 'oku tefito ia ki hono fakahoko 'o 'etau misiona.
Ko e ngaue fakataha mo e mo'ui lelei 'a e kau ngaue 'oku tefito ia ki he a'usia 'o e ngaue 'i he Mercy Hospice. ‘Oku poupou’i ‘a e kau ngaue mo e kau ngaue tokoni ke nau ngaue fakataha, ‘o fakapapau’i ‘oku fakahoko ‘a e tokanga’i ‘i he tu’uma’u mo e manava’ofa.
‘Oku malava ‘a e ngāue ‘a e Mercy Hospice ‘i he tokoni fakataha ‘a e kau ngāué, kau ngāue tokoní, mo e kau poupou ‘o e koló, ‘o tokoni ke fakapapau‘i ‘oku ma‘u ‘a e tokanga‘i fakafaito‘o ‘oku tu‘unga mā‘olunga ‘i he vahefonuá kotoa.