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By: Jamie Titan Ang lahat ng mga detalyeng matatagpuan sa sumusunod na kuwento ay kathang isip lamang ng manunulat. Ang mga personal na karanasan ng manunulat bilang isang volunteer counselor sa LoveYourself ang nagsilbing inspirasyon para sa kwentong inyong mababasa. Ginagalang ng LoveYourself ang non-disclosure agreement sa pagitan ng client at ng counselor, at tinitiyak ng manunulat at ng mga patnugot ng website ng LoveYourself na sa pamamagitan ng paglathala ng mga taalarawang personal ay walang nalalabag sa kasunduang ito. Nilalayon ng manunulat at ng mga patnugot na maliwanagan at mabigyan ng perspektibo ang mga mambabasa ukol sa realidad ng HIV. Aligaga. Kung hindi tensyonado, kabado. Punong-puno ng emosyon. Ganito ko mailalarawan ang pakiramdam ng isang newbie tulad ko, lalo na at first time sasabak sa counseling session matapos ang mahaba-habang training ng Love Yourself, Inc. sa mga bago nitong volunteer counselors . Ang training na ito’y tinatawag na “Change Agent Prog

By Gian Geronimo Government employee, LoveYourself volunteer, and all-around woman Jane Alumbro talks about rising above challenges and fighting for what one believes in. "Call me idealistic. When you are in the right, you stand up for what's right." I have barely settled in my seat in the milk tea shop where I am about to interview Jane when she starts talking animatedly about how she's been addressing several work-related challenges lately. It is funny in a way, because although I see how annoyed Jane is as she recounts her story, I can sense the confidence exuding from her person. I feel how she knows things are going to be better in the end, despite currently being infuriated with the situation. And my feelings are apparently correct, because though she's lost hours of sleep, though she's way over her head with work, though Jane acknowledges how ridiculous her whole predicament is, she also knows things will fall into place. Though her round eyes and r

By Raybert Domingo Thousands flock to Boracay every summer for leisurely vacation, and in this time of the year, fun and play runs around among strangers and even familiar faces. Thus, LoveYourself, Inc., an HIV awareness and testing organization, earnestly supports the Red Whistle's #SaveSexy Campaign even before the gun fires on 29 April-01 May in the world renowned island beach resort. The #SaveSexy campaign, which is on its second year now, is a race where individuals from various youth organizations are invited to volunteer as “Lifeguards” to promote HIV awareness and prevention measures among the most vulnerable sectors of the society, such as, the youth and males-who-have-sex-with-males. "We are in charge of conducting HIV 101 to all #SaveSexy Lifeguards who will then explain the information to tourists and locals in Boracay,” said Loveyourself Executive Director Ronivin G. Pagtakhan. LoveYourself and The Red Whistle also wanted to take advantage of the number of peopl

ISEAN-Hivos Program (IHP) – Global Fund Round 10 – Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Grant Expression of Interest (EOI) Number:  TLY-31 Issuance Date:  April 26, 2016 (Tuesday) Deadline of Submission:  May 8, 2016 (Sunday) Call for Expression of Interest for a  TRANS PROGRAM OFFICER (full-time position based in Metro Manila)  under LoveYourself for the ISEAN-Hivos Program Phase 2, Year 3 in the Philippines – “Strengthening Community Systems to Reduce the Vulnerability to and the Impact of HIV Infection among MSM and TG in the Islands of Southeast Asia “Infection among MSM and TG in the Islands of Southeast Asia” CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST In 2010, the Islands of Southeast Asia Network on Male and Transgender Sexual Health (ISEAN) and the Humanist Institute for Co-operation with Developing Countries (Hivos) jointly submitted a regional proposal to the Global Fund for AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis (GFATM) Round 10. The programme, entitled ‘Strengthening Community Systems to Reduce Vulnerabil