Amina Evangelista Swanepoel's guest appearances

Amina Evangelista Swanepoel

Meaningful

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This episode of Meaningful was recorded and produced in collaboration with FieldWorks. FieldWorks is a cooperative information platform that helps funders and local NGOs to connect, build trust and form strong partnerships for sustainable social change. They are the first platform that helps local NGOs develop an online profile to grow their credentials and legitimacy so that they can achieve their missions faster by building the right partnerships more easily. To learn more about FieldWorks, visit fieldworks.info Amina Evangelista Swanepoel is the Founding Executive Director of Roots of Health. Roots of Health is a non-governmental organisation that works to empower women, young people and families in the Philippines to lead healthy reproductive lives by providing rights- and results-based educational and clinical services. Ami started Roots of Health with her mother and husband in 2009 and over the past ten years grew it into a successful venture that positively impacts the lives of hundreds of people in the Philippines. In this episode we talk about:  Sexual and reproductive rights and health in the Philippines; Adapting the services you offer to the needs of your target population; Dealing with financial mismanagement as a startup; Aha! moments; Being selected as an Ashoka Fellow; and What it takes to take an NGO start up to scale.  To learn more about Ami and her work, visit Roots of Health website and Ami’s Ashoka Fellow page. If you liked this week’s episode, please take a moment to rate and review Meaningful on iTunes – this helps more people to discover Meaningful! And don’t forget to subscribe via your favourite podcast app to get weekly episodes straight to your device. Thanks for listening! Music used in this episode is by Lee Rosevere and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.

This episode of Meaningful was recorded and produced in collaboration with FieldWorks. FieldWorks is a cooperative information platform that helps funders and local NGOs to connect, build trust and form strong partnerships for sustainable social change. They are the first platform that helps local NGOs develop an online profile to grow their credentials and legitimacy so that they can achieve their missions faster by building the right partnerships more easily. To learn more about FieldWorks, visit <a href="http://fieldworks.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fieldworks.info</a> Amina Evangelista Swanepoel is the Founding Executive Director of Roots of Health. Roots of Health is a non-governmental organisation that works to empower women, young people and families in the Philippines to lead healthy reproductive lives by providing rights- and results-based educational and clinical services. Ami started Roots of Health with her mother and husband in 2009 and over the past ten years grew it into a successful venture that positively impacts the lives of hundreds of people in the Philippines. In this episode we talk about: <ul> <li>Sexual and reproductive rights and health in the Philippines;</li> <li>Adapting the services you offer to the needs of your target population;</li> <li>Dealing with financial mismanagement as a startup;</li> <li>Aha! moments;</li> <li>Being selected as an Ashoka Fellow; and</li> <li>What it takes to take an NGO start up to scale.</li> </ul> To learn more about Ami and her work, visit <a href="https://rootsofhealth.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roots of Health website</a> and <a href="https://www.ashoka.org/en-US/fellow/amina-evangelista-swanepoel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ami’s Ashoka Fellow page</a>. If you liked this week’s episode, please take a moment to <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/meaningful/id1345635988" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rate and review Meaningful on iTunes</a> – this helps more people to discover Meaningful! And don’t forget to subscribe via your favourite podcast app to get weekly episodes straight to your device. Thanks for listening! Music used in this episode is by <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lee Rosevere</a> and is licensed under the Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Attribution License</a>.

Episode 12. Amina Evangelista Swanepoel: Growing Roots of Health.