Youth for YOUth

20/04/2026

All rise… it’s Madame Chair’s birthday. 🎉

Happy Birthday to our Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, Rie Apolinar — the only person who can run a meeting, inspire a movement, and still have us laughing in between agenda items.

From big decisions to bold visions, you lead Youth for YOUth with both brilliance and a touch of iconic energy (as expected from our Madame Chair). Thank you for keeping us grounded, driven, and occasionally entertained.

Today, we adjourn all seriousness and celebrate YOU. May your year ahead be filled with wins, well-deserved breaks, and fewer “urgent” messages (we’ll try 😌).

With love and a little bit of chaos,
Your Youth for YOUth family 💙

12/04/2026

Happy 24th birthday to our inspiring Executive Director, Alex! 🌸🌿

Like a garden in full bloom, your leadership nurtures growth, courage, and hope among the youth of Abra. Your passion for advancing SRHR, HIV awareness, and LGBTQ+ rights plants seeds of change that continue to blossom into empowered voices and inclusive spaces. 🌼🌈

May this new year of your life be filled with flourishing opportunities, vibrant victories, and the same warmth you share with everyone around you. Keep growing, keep blooming, and keep inspiring—because the world is brighter with you in it. 🌷✨

10/04/2026

✨ 2 months to go!

The deadline for research abstract submissions to the 10th International Workshop on Adolescence, SRHR & HIV 2026 is approaching fast — 5 June 2026.

This workshop is a unique global platform bringing together multidisciplinary experts working with and for adolescents living with and affected by HIV. After nine impactful years in Africa, we’re excited to bring this important conversation to Asia for the first time.

Why submit?

Share your work with a truly global, multidisciplinary audience
Contribute to shaping better health and SRHR outcomes for adolescents
Be part of a movement ensuring no young person is left behind
Let’s advance adolescent health together.
🔗 Link: https://amededu.co/4kpuqcJ

Submit your abstract and join us in driving meaningful change.



Academic Medical Education

10/04/2026

The countdown has begun! The 10th International Workshop on Adolescence, SRHR & 2026 is around the corner. 🇹🇭

The deadline to submit a research abstract is approaching fast — 5 June 2026. This workshop is a unique global platform bringing together multidisciplinary experts working with and for adolescents living with and affected by HIV. After nine impactful years in Africa, this important conversation is going to Asia for the first time.

Why submit your work? Share your insights with a truly global audience, help shape better health and SRHR outcomes for adolescents, and join a movement that ensures no young person is left behind.

Submit your abstracts 👉🏼 https://amededu.co/4kpuqcJ

12/02/2026

The Adolescent & HIV Workshop is heading to Bangkok! 🇹🇭

Are you passionate about adolescent health? Working in , , or youth-focused research, advocacy, or clinical care?

The 10th International Workshop on Adolescence, SRHR & HIV 2026 is now accepting (research) abstract submissions. The deadline to submit abstracts is 5 June 2026.

Learn more 👉🏼 https://amededu.co/4kpuqcJ

01/12/2025

A place where I belong, where I’m valued, and where I know I’m making a difference. 🤞✨

Seven years ago, we dreamed of creating a safe space where children, adolescents, and young key populations could feel empowered. We held on to the belief that “YOU for youth, youth for YOU!”—our way of reminding ourselves that real change happens when young people lift each other up. Our peer-to-peer advocacy became our heartbeat, grounded in courage, passion, and compassion.

From being the pioneering Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights youth organization, we’ve grown into a team taking the lead in human rights, humanitarian action, mental health, inclusive education, and building a true community of care.

For seven years, Youth for YOUth has been all about making every child, adolescent, and young person feel that they belong, that they matter, and that together we can create real change in our communities.

Seven years down, and we know there’s still so much more ahead; more milestones, more stories, more victories. And we’re excited because we know the YOUth is with us all the way.

These amazing years wouldn’t have been possible without you—our volunteers, community partners, LGUs, agencies, institutions, and NGO partners. Thank you for believing in us and in the community of care we’re building together. 💛✨

30/11/2025

Maligayang Araw ni G*t Andres Bonifacio!✊

Bonifacio reminds us: we are never “too young” to lead.
He was young, brave, and unafraid to call out injustice—kaya tayo rin dapat.

Ngayon, habang may katiwaliang sumisira sa hinaharap natin, tayo namang kabataan ang dapat tumindig. We’re not “too young” para magsabi ng totoo, maningil ng pananagutan, at tumindig laban sa mali.

Kung nagawa ni Bonifacio noon, kaya natin ngayon—lalo kung sama-sama.
Kabataan, kapit-bisig. Ipaglaban natin ang bayan. ✊🔥🇵🇭

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03/11/2025

16/10/2025

10/10/2025

🌿 It’s okay not to be okay. 💚

Some days feel heavier than others, and that’s perfectly human. You don’t have to have it all figured out, and you don’t always have to wear a smile. Healing takes time—so allow yourself to pause, to breathe, to cry, and to rest. Strength isn’t about being okay all the time; it’s about finding the courage to face the days when you’re not.

Remember: your feelings are valid, your struggles are real, and your story matters. Reaching out for help doesn’t make you weak—it means you’re brave enough to care for yourself.

Let’s break the stigma and remind one another that we’re never alone in this journey. 💚