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U.S. Announces Php20 Million in Grants to Support Out-of-School Youth in the Philippines

For Immediate Release

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On May 30, the United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced new grants worth over Php20 million ($370,000) for Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs) working on innovative programs to improve the lives of Filipino out-of-school youth.  

Administered through the USAID Opportunity 2.0 program, the announcement includes two types of grants: the “O2 GAIN Grants,” which will address local development priorities for out-of-school youth, and the “O2-ASPIRE Grants," which will support partnerships between Philippine and U.S. HEIs on out-of-school youth advancement.  The grants will help fund academic research, develop technological solutions, and enhance the quality of services for out-of-school youth.  

USAID Mission Director Ryan Washburn announced the new grants during the Opportunity 2.0 program’s Higher Education Learning Summit in Quezon City, which brought together more than 200 USAID partners from across the Philippines.  The summit highlighted the pivotal role of higher education partners in building a better future for out-of-school youth and provided stakeholders a space for further collaboration.   

“Working together, we have been able to make progress and open doors for thousands of out-of-school youth to better education, employment, and entrepreneurship opportunities,” said Director Washburn. 

To date, Opportunity 2.0 has supported around 35,000 Filipino youth by helping them gain employment, start their own businesses, or go back in school.   

“I am confident that this learning summit will facilitate meaningful exchanges, foster collaboration, inspire innovative approaches, and find common ground to address the complex needs of out-of-school youth,” said Commission on Higher Education Chairperson J. Prospero De Vera.  “I therefore express my gratitude to the USAID Opportunity 2.0 program and all the organizers for their vision and dedication for making this summit a reality.” 

“Education is the cornerstone of all progress, and higher education institutions play a pivotal role in order to accomplish this as they serve as homes for training the minds of the youth and preparing them for the challenges of the ever-evolving world,” said Quezon City Vice Mayor Gian Sotto.  “We view our higher education institutions as our beacon of hope.  We are confident that with your help and support we can make out-of-school Filipino return to studying and get the quality education that they deserve.” 

Interested grant applicants may contact [email protected] or follow USAID Opportunity 2.0 program’s Facebook account ( https://www.facebook.com/USAIDOpportunity2.0 ) and LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/company/usaid-opportunity-2-0/ ) for updates and additional information.

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Journal of Social and Political

Issn  2615-3718 (online), issn 2621-5675 (print).

Published: 14 September 2023

Out-of-School Youth Civic Engagement in the Microcosm of Society

Buddy m. castillo, vien rovic e. sierra, joanabeth p. tamondong, casandra m. siganay.

Saint Louis University, Philippines

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10.31014/aior.1991.06.03.439

Pages: 217-231

Keywords: Youth Sector, Out-of-School Youth, Civic Engagement, Digital Civic Engagement, Barangay

The youth sector is at the heart of society; they can inspire social change. Out-of-school youth leads the global crisis of declining youth engagement. Past investigations linked the problem to apathy and that the out-of-school youth is an underserved sector without the means to activate their agency effectively. The advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution put in place new platforms where typologies of civic engagement are carried out, and there are external and internal factors that influence these. As the barangay reflects the larger Philippine society, this study examined the typologies of civic engagement that Filipino out-of-school youth participate in both in the traditional and non-traditional settings, the factors that influence their civic engagement participation, and their perceived significance of civic engagement. The study operated on a mixed-method design, which combined quantitative and qualitative research design elements to answer the research questions. The findings show that the modern youth manifested their intense participation in diverse social activities through digital civic engagement; they value civic engagement; they have a comprehensive understanding of what is happening around them; and they are conscious of their role and willing to do what they can to enrich their communities. To enhance the brewing potentials of their transformative character, existing public and private institutional mechanisms, programs, and networks must be strengthened and/or new ones created and explored geared towards fostering a more inclusive and healthy development of the out-of-school youth. The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.

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The Hope of Out-of-School Youth in the Philippines

• December 22, 2020

The rate of out-of-school children and youth in the Philippines is growing. In fact, the Department of Education stated that this rate would reach four million in number this 2021 due to the pandemic. Apart from COVID-19, the most common reasons among youth for not attending school were the following:

• Family issues
• Natural disasters
• Lack of interest
• Financial problem
• Bad peer pressure
• Child labor
• Child marriage

Out-of-School Youth Programs by the Government

As per PSA, the out-of-school children (6 to 14 years old) are those who don’t attend school. On the contrary, out-of-school youth aged 15 to 24 years old are those who don’t attend school, have not finished a course, or are not working.

This upward trend of out of school is detrimental to these youth. Some of its effects are increase in child maltreatment, crime rate, pregnancy, and exposure to illegal drugs. Thankfully, the government brings solutions for out-of-school youth in the country.

A Project Launched by USAID

First, in collaboration with government efforts, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) started a project that aims to help at least 180,000 out-of-school youth across the country, providing schooling, work, and business assistance. This tie-up between USAID, DedEd, and TESDA is called the Opportunity 2.0: Second-chance Opportunities for Out-of-school Youth project. Through this five-year project that costs PhP1.9 billion, they believe to bring hope and future to the youth.

“Through this new partnership, we can leverage a range of resources to maximize the potential of the Filipino youth, particularly those who are out-of-school or unemployed. With the right knowledge, attitudes, and skills, they will play a pivotal role in this great country’s growth and success over the long-term,” Philippine-US Ambassador Sung Kim said. Their heart to provide support to the vulnerable out-of-school youth will surely help these kids overcome their school and work challenges during this crisis.

A Learning System Developed by DepEd

Another project launched by DepEd that brought light to out-of-school youth is ALS, or the Alternative Learning System . It is a parallel learning system that boosts learning chances not only for out-of-school youth, but also for adults and children.

Since many Filipinos do not have the privilege to attend and complete basic education, ALS is a powerful option for them. How does it work? DepEd through BALS provides two major programs: Basic Literacy Program and the Continuing Education Program. Both programs are modular and flexible, which means learners can take them up anytime and anywhere.

The Heart of Childhope Philippines Toward Out-of-School Youth

We at Childhope value the right to protection and fulfillment of the Filipino street children. We believe that just like other children, our out-of-school youth should also be given a chance to maximize their potentials and secure their future through our programs. For them to achieve holistic growth, we organize programs related in education and health. We call this the Street Education and Protection (STEP) Program. Guided by the Caring Healing Teaching framework, the STEP Program has 4 major components.

• Education. In our KalyEskwela, we use mobile van with audiovisual equipment to conduct substitute education sessions and basic literacy and numeracy classes. Also, we conduct trade and tech skills training called Youth Empowerment Project to help them gain income to support themselves and their families.
• Psychosocial Interventions. We provide psychosocial aid and counseling for kids and parents to cope up with stress while learning. In addition, we provide assistance to shelters, especially to completely neglected and abandoned children.
• Health and Medical Services. Through our KliniKalye, we ensure children that they are healthy and able to learn. We provide primary preventive medical care, consultations, and treatments to them.
• Skills Development. Our training helps street children and out-of-school youth in leadership, computer literacy, sports, arts, and other skills and apply them in life. These are vital in honing themselves into the person they want to be.

For more details, read our programs and projects .

Our Very Own #DeliveringHope Project

In addition, this December 2020, Childhope has blessed more than 500 street children and their families through the #DeliveringHope Project – Christmas Special program with the help of these people and donors:

• Mission Inclusion – 500 assorted groceries
• International School Manila – bread and pastries
• Gloria Dy Foundation – 800 bottles of Yakult
• Ms. Helena Ty – 80 kiddie loot bags
• CommTech Asia Philippines – 30 food packs
• Yamamoto Corporation and Dear Me – 500 rubber or latex face shield

Our Partners Who Serve Out-of-School Youth

There are a handful of groups and persons that help us achieve our goals for our out-of-school youth. They provide resources which bring joy and hope for the children.

• First, Commtech Asia Philippines shared their holiday blessings by stopping by our office to drop off assorted groceries and big smiles for the street children.
• Second, International School Manila donated 100 boxes of bread and pastries to 100 street children and families.
• Third, TELUS International Philippines provided Christmas Noche Buena bags that contain two kilos of rice, spaghetti noodles and sauce (1 kg), cheese, spam luncheon meat, corned beef, fruit cocktail, and all-purpose cream to 175 street children under our wing. They also helped prevent the spread of any infectious disease by giving a hygiene kit to 300 street children and youth under our wing.
• Last, Ms. Helena Ty prepared early Christmas gifts for our street children.

ChildHope is truly grateful to serve street children in several areas with the help of these donors.

Be the Hope of the Out-of-School Youth in the Philippines

Our out-of-school youth have a hope and a future. Through our partners’ kindness, we were able to bring aid, security, and education to these kids. In light of COVID-19, the out-of-school youth is surely facing trials. We are expecting over four million youth in the next school year. Many children and youth do not have the access to online learning. They don’t have the means, resources, gadgets to use for their school and learning.

Be a part of this family and leave a mark to these children’s lives. Support our initiative to provide quality education and together, let’s bring hope and a better life to them. Donate to Childhope Philippines now .

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It is observed that after about 55 years post independence and secondary education (having been reformed to be goals oriented), majority of Nigerian youths are idle while some are involved in various vices due to unemployment. A good number of students who have completed their secondary education but failed to secure admission into institutions of higher learning are in dilemma because they are not equipped with requisite skills for self or paid employment. However, if a nation fails to develop (or educate) its citizenry and make them efficient in carrying out some of the activities of life effectively, then that nation is doomed to weakness, destruction and obscurity. Education, therefore, is important to the growth and development of the society because of its power to fashion an individual to be integrated into his society, and to become a promoter of his societal culture, and development. Eight main sources of vices in the lives of youth identified were: peer pressure, lack of proper parenting/home training, curriculum deficiency, unemployment, economic instability, law enforcement/judicial inconsistency, undue emphasis on certificate and corruption. At the moment a good percentage of the youths is either not in school or trained but not employable; either under employed or have become school drop outs owing to high cost of education. The training of the youths especially at the secondary school level must be a top priority if the nation must get to the top also. We must begin to explore ways of harnessing the skills and talents of young people. The more we frown at extra-curricular activities, the more we give away the youth to these vices.

Franco Gil Vega

By adopting Sen's capability approach this study explores certain problem with prominent interpretations of the concepts and how Amartya Sen’s capability approach can provide a conceptual framework that can overcome problems encountered by the youth. Sen's capability approach provides a framework for why it is important to foster the capabilities of youth in poverty and what is required to help these youth to improve their capabilities for life. It is argued that the capability approach can reflect the many ways that human lives are blighted and that it thus offers a promising framework for poverty analysis. This study suggests that the issue of poverty and its impact on youth and education equality can be better tackled from the perspective of capability enhancement.

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Reasons for Being an Out-of-School Youth

• Joshua Mahinay

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The youth form an important part of machinery that shape the country's destiny. It is them who help to bring about the desirable change in society. History has many examples that justify the greatness of the contribution of the youth towards the progress and uplift of the country. Here in the Philippines, half of the population constitutes the youth and there vast energies and enthusiasm must not go untapped. In this study, we determined the reasons behind dropping out that leads to being out-of-school youth.

Using a quasi-experimental design, respondents were given structured survey questionnaires to provide the data needed. Interviews were also conducted to validate reasons of being out-of-school youth. Using a stratified random sample method, we randomly selected out of school youth as the respondents from the different school year where they dropped from school-2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2016-2017 and 2018-2018.

The study revealed that the first reason of being out-of-school is lack of interest with 43.18%. Second, laziness which is 33.18% due to no regular transportation from their house to the school that they need to walk kilometers every day, due to over lapping of school projects and requirements and lack of parents support. Third, lack of financial support or poverty with 30.45%, work to have their own money with percentage of 22.27%, and because they have failed subjects which is 22.27%.

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Parents must support their children in school financially, emotionally, and physically. Parents must be very sensitive towards their children's performance and behavior in school so that problem will be addressed right then. Parents should always guide and encourage their sons or daughter to do their best in school in order to pass all the subjects. Importance of education must be instilled to the young minds and this must be instilled by their parents.

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Two student researchers earn prestigious 2024 Goldwater scholarships

Sara Alsaifi and Jasmine Baclig are the latest Boise State students selected for Goldwater scholarships – the country’s most historic and prestigious national scholarships in natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. Alsaifi and Baclig were chosen for their potential to become the next generation of research leaders in these fields, and they join nine other Boise State students who have received Goldwater scholarships dating back to 1991.

“I am so proud of Sara and Jasmine,” said Kate Huebschmann, Honors College assistant director and fellowships advisor. “Throughout their Goldwater application process, I was impressed at their ability to synthesize information, work proactively towards their goals and persevere through difficulty – all the same qualities that have made them fantastic researchers during their time here.”

This is the third time in Boise State history that two students have won in a given year. They are among 438 fellow Goldwater Scholars out of a pool of 1,353 science, engineering and mathematics students (nominated by 446 academic institutions).

“They will have an incredible impact on the fields of drug discovery and disease treatment, and I look forward to celebrating their future successes,” Huebschmann added.

Sara Alsaifi

Sara Alsaifi, majoring in biology with minors in chemistry and psychology, was born in Baghdad during the Iraq War. Her parents left their families and occupations as physicians to seek refuge in Syria before fleeing to the U.S. When she arrived in America, Alsaifi struggled with the language barrier and keeping up with the pace of her classmates. She had to relocate to three different schools for better support.

“Despite these hardships, my parents taught me to never limit my dreams and to relentlessly pursue them no matter the circumstances,” she said.

She sought mentorship from teachers, studied over summers and improved her writing by borrowing literature from a public library. By high school, she excelled in her classes – including nine advanced placement courses – and scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT. She independently studied pathology and competed at regional and international medical conferences. Alsaifi arrived at Boise State with 40 college credits already completed.

“This could not have been accomplished without the unending support of my teachers, parents and community who pushed me beyond the limits I once put on myself,” she said. “I hope to serve as a support system for others throughout my career. This investment can change the trajectory of a student’s life as it did for me.”

Alsaifi will pursue a master’s and Ph.D. in molecular biology after she completes her undergraduate degree next year. She aspires to conduct research that better understands the mechanisms of neurological diseases, finding more effective treatments for these ailments. She is a recipient of the Dream Award, American Chemical Society and Governor’s Cup scholarships. She is a Chemistry Club member, a statistics tutor and a volunteer at Saint Alphonsus for the last five years. She also knits blankets for the Humane Society in her spare time.

Jasmine Baclig

Jasmine Baclig is a chemistry major, minoring in computer science with a certificate in Spanish. Baclig’s family moved from the Philippines to the U.S. when she was in the eighth grade, and she became the first in her family to study in America.

She credits her family’s inquisitive nature for helping her ask the right questions and seek constant advice throughout high school.

“My journey to college was not easy, but the resourcefulness and perseverance instilled by my Filipino upbringing aided me,” she said.

During her first year at Boise State, Baclig became passionate about research.

“Though I was elated to start my first research project, I was also anxious and nervous about messing up,” she said. “But upon doing my first experiment, a postdoc said I was the first to purify RNA in the lab, which boosted my confidence. So I thought, ‘Maybe I’m cut out for research.'”

She is a Best Undergraduate Summer Research awardee from the 2023 INBRE conference, an NSF EPSCoR GEM3 Fellowship recipient, an NIH-INBRE Summer Research fellowship recipient, a content writer for the STEM-inclined Filipino youth-led organization Siyensiya, an organic chemistry tutor, an assistant to a chemistry lab instructor and an Honors College Social Committee member.

Baclig intends to pursue a Ph.D. in biomolecular science. She hopes to explore ways nucleic acids can be utilized in drug discovery to provide long-lasting, curative therapy for various diseases.

“I realized that it was my perseverance, not necessarily my technical skills, that made the difference in my success. And this perseverance was fueled by my love for problem-solving, which I have found ubiquitous in research,” she said. “I am eager to see what research problems lie ahead of me and how I will be a part of solving them in the future.”

About the Goldwater Scholarship

The Goldwater program was established by Congress in 1986 to honor the lifetime work of Senator Barry Goldwater, who served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman. Goldwater Scholarships help ensure that the U.S. continues to produce highly qualified professionals in critical STEM fields. Today, Goldwater alumni can be found conducting research that benefits the nation, finding cures for catastrophic diseases and teaching future generations of scientists, mathematicians and engineers.

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Philippine Protesters Trample on Xi Effigy, Condemn China's Maritime 'Aggression'

Philippine Protesters Trample on Xi Effigy, Condemn China's Maritime 'Aggression'

Filipino activists hold a protest condemning China's actions during an encounter in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, outside of the Chinese Consulate in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

MANILA (Reuters) - Protesters in Manila trampled on an effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday as they condemned China's "aggression" against the Philippines in the South China Sea.

The protesters marched towards the Chinese consulate in Manila, chanting "China leave!" while others called out China's "aggression" against Filipino people in the South China Sea.

The Philippines and China have had a series of maritime run-ins, including an incident last month where China used water cannon to disrupt a Philippine supply mission to soldiers stationed on a grounded warship in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal.

"Our message is addressed to the Chinese government: move out of the West Philippine Sea, dismantle its illegal structures ... recognise the 2016 arbitral tribunal ruling, and stop the harassment of Filipino fisher folk and ... Philippine supply missions," said Mong Palatino, one of the protest leaders.

China claims almost the entire South China Sea as its territory, policed by an armada of coastguard vessels, some more than 1,000 km (620 miles) away from its mainland.

A 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration concluded that Beijing's claim to almost the entire South China Sea was groundless, but China rejects that ruling.

(Reporting by Jay Ereno; Editing by Kim Coghill)

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