Amber Garma talks about the SRH landscape in the Philippines and how USAID ReachHealth Accelerator plays a key role in supporting innovations that address the gaps in family planning and teenage pregnancy in the Philippines. A decade ago, the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, or the ‘RH…

Nicole Paterno takes a deep dive into what we can expect in funding this year. Economists, analysts, and investors themselves are heaving a sigh of relief as the markets exit 2022 bidding the year, “Good riddance!” Understandably, the world’s stock markets were not spared from the shocks of the war…

AC Alyzsa DY, a passionate advocate for the environment, asks difficult questions about eco-conscious consumerism and how Greenwashing is sweeping into our daily lives. We’ve all heard some version of it before. 100% Natural. Saves trees. Less water is used in manufacturing. But truly, how sustainable are the items we’re…

Maroushka Lu takes a look at the dependence on plastic products in everyday life in the Philippines and how feasible it is to live a sustainable lifestyle. Plastic. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “plastic”? Could it be an urban term for…

It takes a village to raise an impact enterprise. To thrive and be able to create genuine impact, an enterprise needs an ecosystem that supports it from ideation to scaling up. This is the ethos of the Davao Startup Week 2022: a week-long celebration of the start-up community in the…

Establishing a collaborative platform for family planning practitioners and stakeholders to ideate, prototype and test solutions that can transform into feasible actionable steps. A November 2020 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found that Filipinos think teenage pregnancy is the “most important problem of women today” in the Philippines. With one…

Villgro Philippines and Creatella Impact joined forces to launch WE Rise x SheDisrupts Philippines 2022 — a Venture Competition, Mentorship, and Pre-Acceleration Program for women-led early-stage social impact startups earlier this year. WE Rise x SheDisrupts Philippines was a fully remote program that offered tools, resources, and opportunities to help…

A significant part of my fellowship was spent on the Gender Smart Incubation Training and Support program run by Villgro Philippines, in collaboration with ygap and Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), to develop the capacities of intermediaries in the Philippine ecosystem in adopting a gender lens approach, ultimately advancing gender equality…

One of the most anticipated events of the year, 🍸 Impact Happy Hours — Year End Special🍸, was a grand success where members of the Impact Entrepreneurship community in the Philippines got together for some light hearted fun and frolic. Read Raffy’s account of what went down at the event! …