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Apr 2025
Breaking New Ground on our 15th Year!
Fifteen years ago, Roots of Health set out to transform lives through access to reproductive health care. Today, because of your unwavering support, we’re reaching more marginalized communities, expanding beyond Palawan, and pioneering new ways to serve. Your generosity pushes this progress, ensuring no one is left behind. Reaching the Marginalized In 2024, we focused on bringing our programs to new communities and populations: Indigenous Communities: During Indigenous Peoples (IP)
Roots of Health is seeking a Finance & Administration Director. Reporting to the Deputy Director, the Director of Finance & Administration provides strategic leadership in financial planning, compliance, and administration. This role ensures financial integrity, risk management, and long-term sustainability while aligning financial strategies with organizational goals. Key responsibilities include overseeing financial governance, investment strategies, and budget management, ensuring compliance with donor and regulatory requirements, and strengthening internal controls. The
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Mar 2025
13-Year-Olds with HIV are not the Problem
Roots of Health Statement March 25, 2025 Recent reports of a 13-year-old diagnosed with HIV in Palawan have sparked urgent concern, prompting increased screenings over the weekend. Yet public discourse has been clouded with misinformation and misplaced blame. Social media comment sections are replete with condemnations of adolescent promiscuity. People completely miss the fact that most sexual relationships involving minors are with adults – indeed, cases of statutory rape. The
A powerful photo exhibit, Sulyap: Katotohanan sa Mata ng Kabataan, was staged on March 14 at the NCCC Mall, showcasing realities faced by young Palaweños – including early pregnancy, child labor, poverty, and mental health struggles. Organized by Roots of Health in collaboration with Photovoices International, JCI Puerto Princesa Oil, and the Puerto Princesa City Youth Development Office, the one-day event featured the work of 13 youth advocates who used
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Mar 2025
JOB OPENING: HR Director
Roots of Health is seeking a Human Resources (HR) Director. The HR Director will be responsible for overseeing the organization’s Human Resources. This role will ensure smooth day-to-day operations and implement strategies to enhance organizational efficiency. The HR Director will work closely with the Executive Team and department heads to align HR functions with organizational goals, ensuring compliance with policies and regulatory standards. This position is Palawan-based and the organization
Pasig City; February 27, 2025 – Students at Rizal High School (RHS), the second largest high school in the Philippines, marked the end of the Valentine’s season today with PAD-Ibig Diaries, an innovative initiative that embeds reproductive health education into menstrual pad packaging. A collaboration between advertising agency Black Pencil Manila of the Leo Burnett Group and reproductive health NGO Roots of Health, PAD-Ibig Diaries uses illustrated diary entries on menstrual
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Feb 2025
JOB OPENING: Finance Manager
Roots of Health is seeking a Finance Manager who will be responsible for overseeing the organization’s financial operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting functions, compliance, internal controls, and efficient transaction reporting. This role ensures that financial policies and procedures are effectively implemented to support strategic decision-making while maintaining regulatory compliance and operational efficiency. This is a full-time position in Puerto Princesa City with a probation period up to six months, depending
If we’re honest, our society sexualizes children from an early age—sexy dances at events, skimpy outfits on noon-time shows, online porn, sexting. In the absence of proper education, all that young people have, in this already hypersexualized world, are unreliable sources for information: peers, myths, or unvetted internet content. For example, myths such as “jumping after sex prevents pregnancy” offer a false sense of security and put young lives at
Puerto Princesa City, Palawan – Roots of Health (Ugat ng Kalusugan), a Palawan-based organization dedicated to empowering women and young people through sexual and reproductive health education and services, calls for the full implementation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) nationwide. This appeal comes in response to ongoing campaigns by groups such as Project Dalisay, which, according to Roots of Health, misrepresents the content and goals of CSE. “Without
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Dec 2024
Lighting the Path in the Fight Against HIV
In a world where stigma and misunderstanding often overshadow compassion, Jap stands as a beacon of hope. As the HIV Program Coordinator at Roots of Health (ROH), Jap has dedicated his time to educating communities, conducting screenings, and providing support to people living with HIV (PWH). His journey is not only a testament to the power of empathy and persistence, it also highlights the crucial role HIV workers play in
