Anjelou co-founded Team Dugong Bughaw to advocate for HIV awareness among Filipino youth in 2015. Their flagship programme, Project High Five turned what was meant to be a 6-month college project into a non-profit youth organisation. Project High Five creates awareness on HIV prevention, transmission, treatment, condom use, and HIV screening in higher education institutions. In 2023, Anjelou expanded the reach of Project High five with the launch of Project HAYI focused on youth empowerment, stigma reduction, and peer to peer education through establishing reproductive health corners called the Nook within higher education institutions. Additionally, Team Dugong Bughaw tackles a lack of adolescent health services, stigma around mental health, and builds a network of proactive youth advocates through various other projects.
In 2023, Anjelou attended the One Young World Summit in Belfast. The Summit gave her the opportunity to connect with young leaders across the world and build her global network. Through this network, Anjelou has been able to amplify her voice and advocate for her work with Team Dugong Bughaw at a global scale.
Team Dugong Bughaw has impacted more than 25,000 people with their HIV awareness and prevention education initiatives. Project HAYI has been able to provide community based screening services to 909 people, and train 29 youth leaders in HIV prevention and awareness. Through the Nook, Team Dugong Bughaw has also been able to distribute 97,969 condoms and 2,279 lubes to students in higher education institutions.
