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“This is really something -- the kids never get the opportunity to ask questions like these.” A teacher leaned over and whispered to me.

We invited renowned sex psychologist, Dr. Margie Holmes to come to Palawan to work with students to talk about their concerns and develop a reproductive health curriculum.

When you make a donation to Roots of Health, you’re not just supporting the organization. You’re also supporting hundreds of women and young people in Palawan who benefit directly from our programming. To see what kind of impact we’ve made, please read our 2012 Annual Report.

July was a very interesting and busy month for Roots of Health. Our Board of Directors held successful events in New York, and the month was full of happy welcomes to guests, visitors, and volunteers here in Palawan.

May 2013

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.

"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.

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.

The Reproductive Health Bill that has been languishing in the House of Representatives for the last 15 years has finally been voted on!

Young people are more comfortable talking with their peers than adult, especially when it comes to sex. That is why a peer support system is so important in Palawan where teen pregnancy rates are high and reproductive health knowledge is low.

Ami Evangelista Swanepoel is Cosmo Philippines' "Fun, Fearless Female" for the month of October. The "RH Freedom Fighter" is being featured for her work with Roots of Health and her advocacy for the Reproductive Health Bill.