Good Men are Not Hard to Find

Success Stories

  • Good Men are Not Hard to Find

    Every year almost 20 women die due to complications related to pregnancy and childbirth in the Province of Albay, where 1.2 million Filipinos reside. While traditionally pregnancy and childbirth...

  • Midwife Changes the Standard

    In the province of Bohol, Philippines, a weary mother watched as a midwife approached the rickety hospital bed where she sat. Her newborn lay feverish in a small corner at the edge of the bed...

  • The Longest Journey Starts with a Single Step

    For some politicians, being a mayor is just another job; others take it personally, like Mayor Valente Yap of Bindoy, Negros Oriental. Bindoy is a poor municipality of over 38,000 people –...

  • From Personal Gains to Advocate

    Many young couples in Maragusan, a municipality in the province of Compostela Valley in the Philippines had limited opportunities to learn about different family planning options available to them...

  • Stopping TB Among the Subanen Tribe

    Daylinda Sulong, a Mathematics teacher by training, is on her second term as mayor of Lapuyan Municipality, a poor coastal town in Zamboanga del Sur, Mindanao. Most of Mayor Daylinda’s...

  • Lone Midwife in a Conflict-Prone Village

    In Virgie Cadano’s 26 years as the sole midwife of Barangay Limo-ok, a small village in Basilan, southern Philippines, she only had one wish: to be able to keep mothers and babies alive. In...

  • A Healthier Ride with Tricycle Drivers

    Tricycle, a motorcycle with a sidecar (passenger-cabin), is a popular and inexpensive form of public transportation in the Philippines, mostly plying short distances on smaller roads....

  • Providing Safer Options for Women

    Like many mothers before her, Arsenia Tagaro put her life and that of her baby’s in the hands of a hilot (traditional birth attendant) when she gave birth to her firstborn at home. In...

  • Empowering Workers as Health Educators

    Most Filipinos rely on neighbors, family members and friends, as their main sources of interpersonal communication about family planning. Unfortunately, these practices lead to decisions based...

  • Ensuring Access to Affordable Contraceptives

    For the past 36 years, many low-income Filipino women relied on contraceptive supplies provided for free from government facilities in order to delay or space their pregnancies. When the...