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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.

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...

Apr 2011

Risky Behavior

Brown University health researcher, Margeaux Berroth conducted a two-month intensive assessment of the health needs of the students of Palawan State University, Puerto Princesa. She found that many young people are having sex against the wishes of a church, family or other affiliated community, and that many are engaging in unprotected sex.

Feb 2011

Go To the People

Martha Dewees, a social worker, professor and Roots of Health Board member examines our sites from a different perspective.

2011 has gotten off to a great start for Roots of Health and we are all very excited about our plans for the coming year.

Alex Secora describes his interactions with the community of Pulang Lupa. Alex accompanied Roots of Health in a volunteer capacity.