Every Dream Matters

SUGPAT is a local term which generally means to connect, merge, and bring together, and is understood by the different ethno-linguistic groups present in the Zamboanga Peninsula. We seek to connect the out-of-school youth of Zamboanga to opportunities that will help them achieve their dreams.

About SUGPAT

The SUGPAT believes in the importance of creating better experiences and opportunities for out-of-school youth during their “second decade of life” - a crucial period of opportunity, growth, exploration, and creativity and at the same time a period of greater risks and vulnerabilities.

The program, established in 2015, saw the emerging need for programs to address the concern of the growing number of out-of-school youth in Zamboanga City. Through the initiative of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University Center for Culture and the Arts, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and ING, the SUGPAT Program was born.

BE A PARTNER!

We are constantly partnering with organizations who believe in the same dreams as ours. If you would like to become partners in adolescent development and participation, please reach out to us and we’ll respond as soon as we can. We’d be more than willing to listen to you and your organization over coffee, tea, or milk! Your choice!

CALL US AT

Tel: (63)(62) 993-8534 loc. 608

VOLUNTEER AT SUGPAT!

With the many activities we have lined up for our adolescents and their community, we wish to take in as many volunteers as we can. SUGPAT believes in in the power of participation at all levels when it comes to our events and activities. So share a space with us and volunteer now! The experience is priceless!

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SUGPAT awarded as one of Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations in the Philippines

Out of more than 300 applicants, Ateneo de Zamboanga University’s SUGPAT
Program is recognized as one of the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO)
in the Philippines in 2020.

AYOS at Ayudahan, Inc: Empowering the Youth for a Sustainable Future

By Diane Lim | June 24, 2023

Learning to Earning Pathways officially launched at the LEaP! YOUTH EXPO 2023

By Diane Lim | June 23, 2023

SUGPAT team flies to Northern Samar for project management workshop

By Lawrence Agustin | January 7, 2022

SUGPAT monitors Power for Youth initiatives through community field visits in Zambo del Norte

By Shekinah Benitez | December 22, 2021

ALS implementers complete specialized trainings under Power for Youth Project

By Shekinah Benitez | December 21, 2021

SUGPAT handovers ZNYDA Strategic Plan to Zambo del Norte Governor Uy

By Shekinah Benitez | September 12, 2021

IYD 2021 spotlights youth innovations in transforming food systems

By Shekinah Benitez | September 12, 2021

Q&A with our ELMC Fellow, Ms. Rorich Saura

By Shekinah Benitez | July 22, 2021

R9 ALS supervisors undergo training on Academic Leadership and Supervision

By Lawrence Agustin | July 22, 2021

Zamboanga del Norte ALS learners participate in entrepreneurship program

By Shekinah Benitez | July 10, 2021

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Our Core Components

UNICEF Philippines and SAP, in partnership with Ateneo Learning and Teaching
Excellence Center (ALTEC) of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU)
through the SUGPAT

LEaP! aims to help young Filipinos improve their employability by oering
courses on skills development through these global initiatives:

SAP Educate to Employ

Youth Agency Marketplace (YOMA)