National YDA Summit 2023 Event Report
On February 22 and 23, 2023, more than 200 youth champions from 15 cities in the Philippines participated in the first-ever National Youth Development Alliance (YDA) Summit hosted by the…
First ever National Youth Dev’t Alliance (YDA) Summit held
DAVAO CITY, February 22, 2023—More than 200 local leaders and youth champions from 15 cities in the Philippines participated in the first-ever National Youth Development Alliance Summit in Davao City…
Improved access to training helps young mom in Tagbilaran City find job
USAID-TESDA collaboration helps young mother get back on her feet in Tagbilaran City Leaving school to be a mom When Clarice found out she was pregnant at 19, she dropped…
Angeleño youth put their entrepreneurial skills to the test through USAID’s Design Thinking boot camp
Angeles City is home to nearly half a million people, ranking fifth among the most improved highly urbanized cities in the Philippines. The bustling city is also a known proponent…
DTI’s Youth Entrep Program enhanced with Be Your Own Boss content
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reps gathered for a three-day writeshop to streamline and update the country’s Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) curriculum. DTI’s YEP now adds life skills, business…
USAID, Iloilo City launch new program for out-of-school youth
ILOILO CITY, October 28—The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a new project that will support the education, employment, and livelihood needs of out-of-school…
Youth Access to TESDA Online Program Briefer
Part of the TESDA-USAID Opportunity 2.0 collaboration in response to the pandemic was the ‘Youth Access to TESDA Online Program (YATOP)’ initiative. YATOP supports ‘Oplan TESDA Abot Lahat: TVET in…
U.S. partners with DepEd, TESDA, Pasig City to support education, employability of Out-Of-School Youth
The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), recently launched the Opportunity 2.0 program in Pasig City to address the education, employment, and livelihood needs of…
U.S., Private Sector Highlight Upskilled Out-Of-School Youth As New Workforce For Economic Recovery
With the theme “ONE IN MOTION: Shaping a Shared Future with the New Generation of Workers and Entrepreneurs,” the USAID Opportunity 2.0 Private Sector Summit is the first nationwide face-to-face…
USAID is helping Cotabato City youth go back to school by bringing local actors together
It was a hot day in Davao City in 2019. Eighteen year old Wennelyn Bendol was on her first year of college in a city away from family poring over…