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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
"I’ll never forget meeting women who said they only wanted two or three children, but had gone through seven or eight pregnancies.”
Ami was recently interviewed by Celebrity Living regarding maternal health in Palawan, her family and the RH Bill. Here's what she had to say.
Feb 2012
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.
Dec 2011
Barclays Capital renews its commitment to funding work that improves women’s and children’s health and rights in the Philippines.
Dec 2011
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.
Aug 2011
We have redesigned our Annual Report. We've included more photographs and information. We hope that you enjoy reading about our work as much as we enjoyed doing it.
Roots of Health was recently visited by Molly Theobald, a former researcher for Nourishing the Planet. She was so impressed by the Vertical Gardens at Little Tondo that she decided to write about it. Here's why...
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