As our health systems continue the fight against COVID-19, young people remain vulnerable to increased reproductive health risks such as teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Unfortunately, schools are still closed and we are still unable to reach young people through their classrooms. Despite limitations on physical movement, Roots of Health remains committed to providing high-quality, non-judgmental comprehensive sexuality education to young people.

That’s why we recently launched our new Ugat ng Kalusugan YouTube channel. In this channel, young people can watch short videos in Tagalog about sexual and reproductive health. By providing them with information they need in a language that is easier to understand, we can empower young people  them avoid unplanned early pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. We converted our age-appropriate, comprehensive sexuality education curriculum into videos that we will be releasing in the weeks and months to come, starting with and “Introduction to Contraceptives and Condoms” and “All About IUDs.”

The production of these videos were made possible by the support of the Embassy of Canada in the Philippines through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI).

As it’s much easier to keep young people engaged through multimedia content that is not only informative, but also entertaining, we also produced animated videos on sexual health topics such as “Why the Withdrawal Method Doesn’t Work” and “Being LGBT is not an Illness.”