The Challenge Initiative-Philippines Webinar Series Day 3: Reaching Adolescents through Youth-Friendly Services (Las Piñas, Iloilo)
Day 3 of the The Challenge Initiative (TCI)-Philippines Webinar Series (May 30, 2025) featured Las Piñas and Iloilo’s efforts to make health services more responsive to adolescents. Speakers highlighted referral networks, safe spaces, and youth participation. Invited reactors from the Commission on Population and Development emphasized that cities must sustain progress and ensure services remain engaging, respectful, and youth-centered.
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The Challenge Initiative-Philippines Webinar Series Day 2: Expanding Family Planning through Outreach (Biñan, Mandaue, Manila)
Day 2 of the The Challenge Initiative (TCI)-Philippines Webinar Series (May 28, 2025) focused on how the cities of Biñan, Mandaue, and Manila are reaching more women through community-based family planning. Speakers emphasized shared leadership, house-to-house services, and mobile health caravans. Dr. Manuel Dayrit of the Zuellig Family Foundation pointed to leadership, technical skills, resources, and community engagement as key success drivers.
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The Challenge Initiative-Philippines Webinar Series Day 1: Cities at the Forefront (Iligan, Naga, Santiago)
Day 1 of the The Challenge Initiative (TCI)-Philippines Webinar Series (May 26, 2025) featured Iligan, Naga, and Santiago Cities showing how strong leadership drives systems change. Mayors prioritized family planning, youth empowerment, and community collaboration to tackle teen pregnancy. “Our cities aren’t just predicting change; they’re creating it,” said Dr. Anthony Faraon, Chief of Party of TCI-Philippines at Zuellig Family Foundation, urging everyone to move beyond BEST practices and toward NEXT practices.
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The Challenge Initiative Colloquium: Maximizing Responsive Leadership and Strengthening Systems
The Zuellig Family Foundation (ZFF), through The Challenge Initiative (TCI)-Philippines, proudly celebrates the graduation of five cities from the TCI program.
On November 28, 2024, during the TCI Graduation Colloquium, Cagayan de Oro, Dipolog, Puerto Princesa (Batch 1), Baguio, and San Jose (Batch 2) shared their success stories, innovations, and lessons learned in addressing challenges related to adolescent health and family planning.
Since 2020, these cities have collaborated with TCI-Philippines, co-managed by the William S. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health and ZFF, along with the Department of Health and Commission on Population Development. Together, they have worked to create adolescent and youth-friendly communities by empowering local leaders, city teams, master coaches, and youth leaders in bridging leadership and governance. Here’s to their continued success in transforming communities!
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Five Cities Celebrate Milestone in Adolescent Health and Family Planning Efforts