Cebu city youth finds pathway after pandemic
USAID introduce work-based learning in Philippine tech-voc to support marginalized Filipino youth In early 2020, Melbert Sesante, Jr. was a 20-year-old who was just beginning his sophomore year in a…
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…
US launches new project for out-of-school youth in Iligan City
ILIGAN CITY, Philippines—The United States Government launched a new program that will support the education, employment, and livelihood needs of the out-of-school youth in the City of Iligan through a…
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…
USAID helps youth with disability upskill through the TESDA Online Program
USAID’s support to enhancing technical vocational education and training (TVET) in the Philippines is helping more marginalized youth have access to upskilling opportunities. Wilson Godinez, 20, has always wanted to…
LGBT youth finds success in construction
USAID’s support to strengthen training institutions is including marginalized youth in local growth As the second largest metropolitan area in the Philippines, Cebu is a fast-growing city with international air…