Wish Eligibility

The mission of Make-A-Wish Foundation® is to create hope and happiness for children with life threatening illnesses around the world.

Make-A-Wish® Philippines grants wishes to children in their territory, whatever economic status, gender and religion. Children who have been diagnosed by their physician as having an illness that is life-threatening, not necessarily terminal, and who are between three and eighteen years of age at the time of referral, are eligible for a wish. They must be referred to the Foundation and determined to be medically eligible for a wish grant by their physician based on the Foundation’s list of medical illnesses that are life-threatening. The child must clearly express what they wish for. Then the child’s treating physician along with the Foundation make the final determination whether a child’s medical condition qualifies him or her to be a wishchild. More detailed guidelines on eligibility are provided to medical professionals upon request.

Make-A-Wish® does not give out cash donations to its beneficiaries. The Foundation does not give any medical assistance in any form as well.