“ Protect the Goal ” kicks off in the Philippines

Global football-based HIV prevention campaign headlined by the Philippine football national team, Azkals, targets youth at risk.

The campaign was officially be launched in the country on June 22, 2014 during the opening of the LoveYourself Anglo, a new free HIV testing community center along Shaw Boulevard near Ortigas.

Protect the Goal, the football-based HIV prevention campaign that has swept the world with its sports-oriented approach to promoting HIV testing and safer sex behavior, has kicked off in the Philippines.

The campaign ultimately seeks to help lower the risk of HIV transmission among the Filipino youth, specifically among young Filipino men. In the Philippines, 71% of new infections since 1984 were in young people and that two-thirds of high risk young people actually do not know their HIV status.

ART IS A BANG: “ HOW DO I LOVE THEE II ” Photo-Exhibit Set To Open June 22

LoveYourself, a volunteer advocacy organization proudly presents “ How Do I Love Thee II ”- a fund raising photo-exhibit featuring the maiden works of self-taught photographer Kraus Estanislao.

The theme of “ How Do I Love Thee II ” focuses on the ideals of Love Yourself by propagating ideas and practices that encourage loving one's self -- to DARE to be oneself, to CARE for oneself, and to SHARE oneself as a way to multiplying joy.