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SUGPAT 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…
Read MoreALS mobile teachers undergo training for Life Skills Modules for Zambo del Norte out-of-school youth
More than a hundred Alternative Learning System (ALS) Implementers gathered for a 6-day training at Top Plaza Hotel, Dipolog City on May 19 to 24, 2019. The training entitled “Power for Youth: A Training of ALS Implementers on the Delivery of Life Skills Modules” was participated by 120 ALS Implementers coming from different areas in…
Read MoreFourth cycle of expanded SUGPAT Program launched
To better address the adolescent programming in the city, SUGPAT officially launched its program last March 12 at Madrid Hall, Palacio del Sur, Zamboanga City. Now on its fourth cycle, the SUGPAT Program of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University’s Center for Culture and the Arts, fully funded and supported by UNICEF and ING was formally…
Read MoreOut-of-school youths and barangay leaders complete SUGPAT Programs
After almost a year of journeying together, the 70 fellows of the SUGPAT Barangay Leadership Program (BLP) and 28 fellows of the SUGPAT Alternative School for Peacebuilding and the Arts (ALSPA) finally completes programs of SUGPAT. The joint completion of the ALSPA and BLP Fellows were witnessed by partners from UNICEF, the city government, faculty…
Read MoreSUGPAT Power for Youth project engages Zambo del Norte ALS implementers
A total of 64 Alternative Learning System (ALS) implementers from the division of Zamboanga del Norte underwent the “Training of Trainers on Contextualization of Work-Readiness Modules” last March 12-15, 2018 at the C.T. Boulevard Hotel, Zamboanga City. Immediately after launching the fourth cycle of the SUGPAT Program, the program rolled out its first activity, a…
Read MoreSUGPAT conducts Technical Working Group with ALS Implementers in Dipolog City
To prepare for the upcoming training for Zamboanga del Norte ALS Implementers, a Technical Working Group Meeting and Writeshop on Contextualization of Life Skills Modules was conducted in the Division Office, Department of Education at Zamboanga del Norte last April 9 and 10, 2019. The two-day meeting was attended by the Zamboanga del Norte Assistant…
Read MoreSUGPAT-ALSPA Fellows lead in organizing community projects around Zamboanga City
Almost 30 out-of-school youth developed and implemented projects in different areas in Zamboanga City, addressing selected issues and problems of the target community as part of their 6-month curriculum under SUGPAT’s Alternative School for Peacebuilding the Arts (ALSPA). The SUGPAT-ALSPA fellows were grouped into five, and the groups identified concerns and problems in the community…
Read MoreSUGPAT unites fellows and their parents, guardians in family strengthening program
“Our family is important because they are our lives, they guide us every day and every time. When we fail, when we face trials, when we have disappointments, they give us strength, courage, and comfort us when we hurt inside.” These were the words that came straight from the heart of Jenny Samarinta, SUGPAT-ALSPA fellow,…
Read MoreSUGPAT-ALSPA president elected as sectoral representative in local youth council
The class president of the SUGPAT Alternative School for Peacebuilding and the Arts was elected as a representative of the out-of-school youth sector as part of the city’s youth development council last November 20. Omar Sharif Mohamad was among three sectoral representatives who will sit at the Consejo de Desarollo de Jovenes dela Ciudad de…
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