OSYs championed in Valenzuela City employment services

Valenzuela City’s Public Employment Services Office (PESO) is known to be an effective employment catalyst in the city, catering to the needs of Valenzuelano job seekers. They have been recognized…
USAID concludes training of 80 DTI regional staff, strengthens youth entrepreneurship programs

MANILA, July 23, 2021—USAID Opportunity 2.0, in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry, recently trained over 80 DTI regional staff to strengthen entrepreneur preparation programs for the Philippines’…
USAID donates Php12M in equipment to DepEd in support of OSY education

On July 14, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over Php12 million ($240,000) worth of distance learning equipment to the Department of Education (DepEd) for its Alternative…
Private Sector Voices: Lord Dalinas, CEO of Custard Apple Outsourcing

Custard Apple Outsourcing is a business process outsourcing firm based in General Santos City whose CEO is a former out-of-school youth himself. He’s now making efforts to make opportunities to…
Private Sector Voices: Imelda Dagus, Founder of Dennis Coffee Garden

Dennis Coffee Garden is a restaurant and coffee shop in Davao City that is championing Sulu coffee in the Philippines and the world through its young team of former out-of-school…
Private Sector Voices: Carl Bryan Pontillas, Assistant Vice President of Syntactics, Inc.

Syntactics is based in Cagayan De Oro City, Philippines. It is an outsourcing company that offers digital services such as marketing as well as software and web design development. Syntactics…
Quezon City crafts plan to boost support for out-of-school youth with USAID

QUEZON CITY, June 29, 2021—More than 30 members of the Quezon City Youth Development Alliance (YDA) convened to craft a plan specifically catering to the out-of-school youth of Quezon City….
Young, stay-at-home mom learns agribusiness online

“Para po sa kagaya kong out-of-school youth, mahirap po talaga na makahanap ng trabaho o makapagsimula ng kahit maliit lang na pagkakakitaan. Hindi po talaga namin alam kung paano magsisimula,”…
60 more OSY complete second run of USAID-supported TESDA Online Program

On May 18, 2021, Sixty (60) more out-of-school youth have graduated after completing the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Online Program, through the support of the United States…
USAID, DTI ink partnership to strengthen entrepreneurship training for OSY

The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), signed a partnership with the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to enhance entrepreneurship training programs for…