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  • Friday Session for the Philippines

    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.

  • Play for a Cause

    Play for a 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

    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.

  • How To Save a Life

    How To Save a Life

    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

    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!

Planting Seeds for Tomorrow (Town and Country Article)

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Oct 182012
 
Planting Seeds for Tomorrow (Town and Country Article)

We are featured in the October issue of Town and Country! Love that the article focuses on our first client, Lyn-Lyn Paliza becoming our Assistant Director.

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Roots of Health Featured on Catapult

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Oct 112012
 
Roots of Health Featured on Catapult

Roots of Health will be featured on Catapult, the first online funding platform dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and women worldwide. Roots of Health’s work is being highlighted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Family Health Division Director.

 Posted by Roots of Health

Why Our Work Matters [video]

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Aug 252012
 
Why Our Work Matters [video]

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.

 Posted by Roots of Health

Unheard Voices: What Do Filipino Mothers Think About the RH Bill?

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Aug 222012
 
Unheard Voices: What Do Filipino Mothers Think About the RH Bill?

We asked some of Palawan’s underserved and lower-income women why the RH Bill is important to them. We wanted their opinions included in the debates since they will be directly impacted by the passage of the Bill.

 Posted by Roots of Health

A UP Freshman’s Letter to the Government (and the Filipino People)

 Maternal Health, Reproductive Health  1 Response »
Jul 262012
 
A UP Freshman's Letter to the Government (and the Filipino People)

A University of the Philippines freshman student makes all the debates and drama surrounding the Reproductive Health Bill moot. It’s really all about empathy for the Filipinas who are dying every day and urgency to make these avoidable deaths stop.

 Posted by Roots of Health

A Healthy Start: ROH Nurses Now Deliver Babies As Well

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Oct 102011
 
A Healthy Start: ROH Nurses Now Deliver Babies As Well

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.

 Posted by Lyn

Medical Experts’ Declaration on the Action of Contraceptives

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Sep 012011
 
Medical Experts' Declaration on the Action of Contraceptives

If you have heard any of the RH Bill debates you’ll have heard many contradictory arguments. The University of the Philippines recently brought together experts from a range of fields to debate the subjects of cancer, conception and contraceptives. Here are there findings.

 Posted by Roots of Health

Reproductive Health Issues in Palawan

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Mar 012011
 
Reproductive Health Issues in Palawan

Lyn-Lyn attended a Maternal Health Seminar and discovered some disturbing information about the health of mothers in Palawan. She wasn’t the only one.

 Posted by Lyn

Investment Bank Awards 1.38 million Pesos to Promote Healthy Women and Children in Rural Philippines

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Nov 182010
 
Investment Bank Awards 1.38 million Pesos to Promote Healthy Women and Children in Rural Philippines

Thank you, Barclays Capital Charitable Donations Committee.

 Posted by Roots of Health
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