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JOIN US IF YOU THINK THE FOLLOWING ISSUES ARE ALARMING:
  • 23% of Filipino aged 13 –24 agree with premarital sex. (2nd International Congress on Education in Love, Sex and Life)
  • 35% of female college graduates in urban areas exercising their liberal roles, 40% were more likely to employ contraception. (1994 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Survey)
  • 30% of Filipino women become mothers before reaching their 21st birthday. 1 of every 10 babies is born to a teenage mother. (National Statistics Office, 2004)
  • 2 of every 5 teenage pregnancies are unwanted, more than 46% resort to induced abortion. (Kiko dela Tonga, of Likhaan Foundation)
  • In the country, 2 abortions happened every single minute. (Josefina Cabigon of the University of the Philippines Population Institute)   
  • In 1986 alone, Abortion was 3rd in the top 10 causes of hospitalization. (Statistics compiled by the Department of Health Hospital Development Plan for 1988 to 1992)
  • 33% of HIV positives in the country were within the age bracket of 15—24 years. (A Review of the Youth Situation and National Policies and Programmes: UNITED NATIONS, New York, 2000)
  • Youth are particularly vulnerable to STDs, with 24.4 percent of female and 24.3 percent of male surveyed in 1994.
  • In Caraga Region, 39 cases were found HIV positive. (DOH-Caraga).
  • In SY 2009 - 2010, 26 students got pregnant from the 18 public high schools in Butuan City, cases started as young as 13 years old. (DepEd - Butuan City Division).


JOIN US IF YOU BELIEVE THAT PRESERVING CHASTITY WILL:
  • Please God. Sex is designed for procreation not for pleasure. It is a precious gift vested only to a married couple.
  • Heighten a person's dignity and integrity.
  • Facilitate a person to become discipline and be the master of his/her emotions and desires.
  • Allow a person free of doubts and worries thus becomes objective in making great decisions in life.
  • In this modern age,  will serve as the greatest gift you can give to your future husband or wife.
  • Protect you from any sexually transmitted diseases and HIV - AIDS.
  • Lessen the cases of teenage pregnancies and motherhood, and abortions.
JOIN US NOW


 

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