April 03, 2025

Health, Education, Economic Empowerment, Social Inclusion and Equity, Peace-Building and Security, Governance, Active Citizenship, Environment, Global Mobility

The Pag-Asa Youth Association of the Philippines Incorporation is a duly constituted barangay based organization of the out-of-school youth between 15 to 24 years old who are clienteles of the Department of Social welfare and Development (DSWD). The PYAP was first incorporated on July 29, 1974 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the name of Pag-asa Youth Movement, Inc. or PYM, Inc. and thus become an affiliate organization of DSWD. As result of innovative programs and services and further strengthening the capabilities of the youth program, the PYM,Inc. changed its name to PYAP, Inc. based on its new SEC Registration No. 01328 approved on April 12, 1996.The PYAP, Inc. is organized nationwide and is federated from the Municipal / City, Provincial, Regional and National levels. The PYAP federation of different levels serves as strategy that provides forum to discuss youth issues and concerns related to their projects and come up with solution addressed to both youth and other system involved in program, planning and implementation. PYAP OBJECTIVES: • To encourage, facilitate and create opportunities for self-expression and attainment of proper attitudes and behavior among the youth for self-fulfillment and social awareness; • To engage the youth in various activities that will promote their social and economic development such as food production, volunteer community service, health and nutrition, population awareness, protection and conservation of natural environment; • To strengthen basic social. Moral and cultural values, enhance social functioning, develop human responsibility of the youth for the betterment of his/ her family and community; • To provide special services for the protection, rehabilitation and training of youth with special needs as those who are alienated, delinquent, neglected, abused, exploited, those with disabilities, and those in cultural communities, etc. and; • To maintain a program of collaboration and cooperation with government and non-government agencies for the youth in all sectors and at all levels in the community.