Monday, February 2, 2009

Welcome

As we are in the process of fine tuning our socialenterprise business plan, expect to see more changes and modifications in our site as we seek guidance from the Lord and find our better fit into the current situation and needs of the youth in the islands. We welcome any suggestions from you.

Our former vision statement:

"One day, no youth is left alone to himself. Every youth of the islands is accounted, life-coached and is made accountable for his future, to his family, to his peers, to his community, to his country and to his faith." - YouthMatters (Philippines)

Our previous vision/mission statement will be changed and articulated even much better to make sure that we are aligned with our original calling.

Vision:

"Develop every youth of the islands as social change agents through their passion to share to others their passion for Jesus Christ!"

This blogsite is made in preparation for the launching of YouthMatters (Philippines) - a Christian Social Enterprise whose mission is to reach out to the youth generation of today, enlist them, provide life-coaching through self-discovery seminars and trainings and a sustainable continuous directed discipleship through active-learning activities with solid spiritual foundation that will usher each individual towards realizing his life's full potential and higher calling in a hope to make them change-agents in their families, their peers, their community and whatever subsequent profession or traditional livelihood industries they will focus their lives later on.

We still adhere to the original approach but we will add more to it to make the program even much better...

The outreach program entails 2 main major focus:

1. The establishment of a youth enlistment program - an avenue to develop quality bonding between the youth coach and his peers, a way of balancing resources from where there's much to areas where there's less; and, ...we are modifying this program slightly...

2. The establishment of a community of successful adults and organizations that they represent that will commit themselves to be as "life-coaches" to the youth companies (youth communities) that will be established.

The social enterprise is targetted to run its pilot phase in the Province of Siquijor. Target date to begin this school year 2009.

For further information and possible involvement, please contact:

Nerio J. Cloma
youthmatters@ymail.com
0929-3543228
Tagbilaran City, Bohol
3rd Social Entrepreneurship Laboratory Course
Ateneo de Manila University - School of Government
Rockwell - Makati

Problems and Opportunities

The Situation of the Filipino Youth, a report from the National Youth Commission

Definition: YOUTH = age 15 ~ 30 years old

Statistics: 2003 NYC Report

- 23.7 Million
- 1/3 of the population


Four Sub-sectors:

In-School Youth (ISY):

Elementary: SY 2004-2005*

  • Public: 12,089,365
  • Private: 926,122
  • Drop-out rate: 8.9 (SY2003-04)*

High School: SY 2004-2005*

  • Public: 5,043,776
  • Private: 1,268,255
  • Drop-out rate: 14.3 (SY2003-04)*

College: based on NYC Report for SY 2000-2001

  • 2,399,268

Out-of-School Youth (OSY):

  • 9.5 Million in 1999
  • with 62% in urban areas

Working Youth (WY)

  • 12 Million in population

Youth with Special Needs (YSN)*

  • 17,929 are abused
  • 60,000 pushed to prostituion, 3200 expected to be added every year
  • 1.5 Million are living on the streets increasing 6,400 per year
  • 20,000 in conflict with the law

* Source: Philippine Resource Center, 1997-1999

>Proportions per type of abuse:

  • Physical 9%
  • Sexual 71%
  • Both Physical and Sexual 4%
  • Neglect 1%
  • No validation 15%

In-Education Statistics:

  • Out of 100 school age kids
  • only 90 will enroll in Grade 1 (90%)
  • only 40 will graduate in Secondary Education (40%)
  • only 21 will enroll in Tertiary Education (21%)
  • only 12 will graduate (12%)
  • 1 will get employment immediately
  • 7 will take licensure exams
  • 3 out of 7 will pass the licensure exams

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The Situation of the Filipino Youth: A National Survey by the Social Weather Station

1996 / SWS Survey for the NYC

Selected Indicators:

Self-Rated Poverty: 47% said they are poor @ P5,000 median poverty level

Organizational Involvement:

  • 12% are involved in sports/recreational organizations
  • 12% are involved in church/religious organizations
  • 10% are involved in youth organizations

Filipino Male and Female Role Models for the Youth:

> Male Role Model:

  • Dr. Jose Rizal 24%
  • Father 10%
  • NONE 28%

> Female Role Model:

  • Mother 14%
  • Cory Aquino 5%
  • GMA 5%
  • Melchora Aquino 5%
  • NONE 36%

References:

National Youth Commission report from its website: http://www.youthnet.ph/

Social Weather Station Survey commissioned by NYC / 1996

IBON Facts & Figures Volume 29 Issue #15 dated August 15, 2006 by IBON Foundation, Inc.