Friday Session for the Philippines
In Hong Kong and feeling like you need a release? Join us for an evening of fun or a good cause.
Last week Hong Kong Development Committee members participated in a bartending competition at Play nightclub on our behalf. It was a great turnout for all us and the two other charities involved, with old acquaintances and new friends of Roots of Health coming together to drink for a good cause.
Voter Education: Notes from the Field
“I don’t have a right to vote.” I stood in the hot, meeting area in Aplaya, our community by the sea, in the middle of an education seminar, surrounded by 30 women and a few men and stared in disbelief.
When our midwife was alerted to an issue with a newborn’s cord, she soon discovered that it was not the newborn that was in need to critical medical attention, but the mother.
RH Bill Voting: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Reproductive Health Bill that has been languishing in the House of Representatives for the last 15 years has finally been voted on!
In May this year, the Asia 21 Fellows Class of 2011 visited Roots of Health – winners of the Asia Society 2011 PSA award – at their facility in the Philippines. From strategic planning and meeting rural community members to discussions on outreach… the trip was an inspiring one
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.
The Roots of Health Board of Directors is pleased to invite you to the third annual Roots of Health Social. Please join us as we celebrate the completion of two years of work in the Philippines. This year, Roots of Health co-founders Amina Evangelista Swanepoel and Marcus Swanepoel will be in New York to join the festivities. Buy your tickets now!
Shirene recounts the inspiring Storytelling Workshop with Gcina Mhlophe-Becker at Museo Pambata and how it has affected her in her work in Palawan as a ROH teacher.
How did you celebrate International Women’s Day? Marcus steps back and takes a look at what we do for women and how we celebrated the ladies of our community.