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…
Young mom leads solid waste initiative after design thinking training with USAID
Solid waste management has been a continuing problem in Cebu City for the past few years. In Barangay Talamban, piled up garbage blocked narrow drainage and caused flooding. Mae Ann…
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…
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…
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…
Donors’ Forum conducted to harmonize, sustain educ dev’t projects in PH
USAID, through the Opportunity 2.0 program implemented by the Education Development Center, organized a Donors’ Forum with agencies working in the Philippine education sector. This is part of USAID’s commitment…
Sustaining success by championing young men and women in business
Yolly dela Cruz, President of NISCO Philippines Enterprise, found success in business by investing in Valenzuelano youth and empowering women in the workplace. Valenzuela City can be an intimidating place…