DTI trains to deliver enhanced YEP modules

Manila, March 8, 2023–Trainers from select regional offices of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) gathered in Makati to learn about the content and how to deliver the enhanced…
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…
Innovations summit on second-chance education in PH held

As part of strengthening second-chance education in the Philippines, USAID—through its Opportunity 2.0 program—supported a summit led by the Department of Education’s Bureau of Alternative Education (DepEd BAE), Education Development…
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…
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…
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…
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…