Who were our Filipino leaders, trailblazers, and innovators before we looked up to them? A student working as a bus mechanic. A child with a stutter, bullied by her peers. A resistance fighter against the Japanese, who was captured and tortured.
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Who were our Filipino leaders, trailblazers, and innovators before we looked up to them? A student working as a bus mechanic. A child with a stutter, bullied by her peers. A resistance fighter against the Japanese, who was captured and tortured.
We hear their stories in Bago Ang Lahat. A podcast by Youth Leadership for Democracy, or YouthLed, a program implemented by the United States Agency for International Development and The Asia Foundation. Powered by PumaPodcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Senator Juan Flavier was a doctor to the barrios at a time when many Filipinos died before ever seeing a health worker, and when other doctors found prestige in working abroad. He implemented mass vaccination campaigns and promoted reproductive health—even earning the ire of the Catholic Church. But before all that, he was a boy whose playground was the mountains, who excelled in school despite childhood bullying. Listen to his children Jondi and Joy share funny anecdotes about the late Health Secretary.
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