TARO ROOTS FOUNDATION Competitors

Community Roots Charter School is a rigorous learning community where education is embedded in meaningful real-world contexts and children are deliberately taught to see the connections between school and the world. Community Roots students will meet or exceed the New York State standards and be prepared to excel in the 21st century by becoming independent thinkers and working productively within a diverse group of learners. At Community Roots, students learn to combine curiosity with appropriate application, which leads to deep understanding and the confidence to become who they want to be.

Roots of Health (Ugat ng Kalusugan) is a nonprofit organization focused on improving the health of women and girls, and their communities, in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, in the Philippines. We foster self reliant women, young people, and families in Palawan to lead healthy lives by providing education and services to change attitudes and behaviors. Roots of Health empowers women and girls to secure their right to health and freedom from violence, and to support and protect the health and well-being of their families. Our target communities are young people and poor women who are particularly vulnerable to the negative effects associated with a lack of reproductive health education – unemployment, education disruption, abuse, illness, and malnutrition, etc. We seek opportunities to break this negative cycle and have created a community-centered multi-pronged approach that utilizes educational outreach as the cornerstone to build trust and share knowledge and life skills. Our aim is to improve the reproductive health of women and girls and to help reduce the incidence of maternal mortality. We also recognize the importance of girls delaying pregnancy and staying in school. Therefore we provide health education and clinical services in communities and in the local university and high school populations. Roots of Health works by fostering self-reliance, providing scientifically-based, accurate information on health, and improving both health-seeking behavior and access to Reproductive Health services. Programming is community or classroom-based, and utilizes a human rights framework, which includes the core belief that health is a human right.

Rooted Food, Inc. provides consultation to food-focused organizations and businesses, universities, and healthcare on many different aspects of the food system. Founder Kristen Rasmussen de Vasquez is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who has consulted for organizations including The Culinary Institute of America, Cal Dining, and Bon Appétit Management Company in addition to having extensive experience in nutrition education. With plant-forward ideals that are rooted in place, time, and deliciousness, let Rooted Food bring your project to the next level. If interested, contact kristen@rootedfood.com.