Archive for November 2019
Learner to teacher: An ALS teacher’s journey
For Virgo, the Alternative Learning System (ALS) is not only the home of her profession; it has also been the tool for her to reach her dreams. Among nine siblings, Virgo Lumanao was the only child to step into high school, a milestone for their family. Although because of their family’s hardships and scarce resources,…
Read MoreLives changing through the Alternative Learning System: Myla Alid
“When you have a dream, you must not be shy to pursue it and make it happen,” Myla said. Myla Alid is a 19-year-old Alternative Learning System (ALS) Learner from Siocon District, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. Myla was an out-of-school youth for six years before she learned about the ALS Program. When she heard about…
Read MoreLives changing through the Alternative Learning System: Marinel Bation
“I realized that circumstances are not hindrances for me to pursue my dreams, because I believe that when there is life, there is still hope.” Marinel, a 19-year-old Alternative Learning System (ALS) Learner said. Marinel Bation is one of the ALS Learners of Farmington, Tampilisan Community Learning Center. For Marinel, the ALS program is a…
Read MoreInclusion, peacebuilding, and creativity for out-of-school youth of Zamboanga City
Arian Maui Estrellado (21 years old): “I never felt that I was discriminated. I felt at home. Everyone welcomed me regardless of my being a transgender.” “We cannot accept you in this school unless you cut your hair short.” These words traumatized the then 17-year old Maui when she tried, for the second time, to…
Read MoreA hero to his siblings, a hopeful dreamer to the world
In this season of graduation, it would be normal to see waves of people in black togas throwing their caps in the air. This speaks of a celebration of reaching a new milestone. Out-of-school learner Franuel Follosco, 24, has found satisfaction in simply being a mere spectator to this time of festivity—for three times now. …
Read MoreHow a teen mom carries the weight of the world, but carries on for the dream
For 22-year-old Diane Besino Alberto, life never went around the way she had expected it to. Diane had to stop schooling at the age of 16 because of financial problems within the family. She had to constantly transfer households between her separated mother and father, with the former get into a new marriage, and the…
Read MoreAdZU SUGPAT visits community learning centers
Last September, the team of AdZU-SUGPAT conducted its first and second round of monitoring visits in the Community Learning Centers (CLC) of Zamboanga del Norte to check on the progress on the Power for Youth Worksheets. “This monitoring will allow us to track the progress of the project by getting information on-ground first hand,” explained…
Read MoreYouth talks forum focus on youth civic engagement
Aiming to involve and mobilize the youth towards meaningful civic engagement, SUGPAT Youth Talks #5 was organized last September 28. More than 70 young people from all over Zamboanga City gathered for SUGPAT Youth Talks #5 “Sana All: Mobilizing the Youth Towards Meaningful Civic Engagement” at the Multipurpose Hall, Fr. Faustino Saavedra Building, Ateneo de…
Read MoreSUGPAT celebrates fourth founding anniversary
“In everything we do, we do it with all our hearts, sweat and tears. All of these are for the dream of every out-of-school youth, of every youth in Zamboanga City” SUGPAT Program Director Kiko Miranda said in his opening message during the gathering organized by SUGPAT. The month of September marks the founding anniversary…
Read More180 contextualized worksheets turned over to ALS Implementers
One hundred eighty (180) contextualized worksheets were officially turned over to the Alternative Learning System (ALS) Implementers last July 5, 2019, at Westend Court Hotel, Dipolog City. The turnover ceremony was witnessed by a crowd of more than 90. Among them were the Provincial Vice Governor of Zamboanga del Norte, Senen Angeles, Director of DepEd…
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