Roots of Health

This Mothers Day, make your mom proud and enhance the freedom of women and girls in the Philippines.

The Roots of Health Board of Directors is pleased to invite you to the fourth annual Roots of Health Social. Please join us as we celebrate the completion of three years of work in the Philippines.

We recently hosted photographer/film-maker, Peter Carney, who travelled to Puerto Princesa to document our work. The resulting interviews highlighted the need for family planning and “flat stomachs”. If women want them.

Barclays Capital renews its commitment to funding work that improves women’s and children’s health and rights in the Philippines.

Susan and Ami recently travelled to India to attend the the Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit and accept the Asia 21 Public Service Award.

We believe that providing women and girls with information and access to family planning methods allows them to secure a sustainable future for themselves and their families. Watch this short video to see the impact of our efforts.

Roots of Health, a nonprofit organization working to improve the health of women and girls and their communities, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Asia 21 Young Leaders Public Service Award.

Amina Evangelista Swanepoel, founding Executive Director of Roots of Health, has been named among the 150 next generation leaders from 30 countries in the Asia Pacific region who will participate in the Asia Society’s sixth annual Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit.

An incident of abuse forces Marcus to examine the debate about reproductive health in terms of control and ownership of women and their reproductive and sexual lives.

You have to respect a woman who gives birth in a hut, far from a medical facility. Even more so when she does so with a smile. Roots of Health nurses and Lyn-Lyn were able to ensure that at least qualified medical personal were on hand.