August 03, 2023

Education, Economic Empowerment, Social Inclusion and Equity, Governance, Environment

The Pag-asa Youth Association of the Phillipines, Inc. or PYAP is a duly constituted barangay based organization of the out-of school-youth between 15-24 years old who are clientele of the DSWD. The PYAP was first incorporated on July 29, 1974 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the name of Pag-asa Youth Movement Inc. (PYM) and thus become an affiliate organization of the DSWD. As a 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 Number 01328, approved on April 12, 1996. The PYAP is organized nationwide and is federated from the Municipal, City/Provincial, Regional and National Levels. The PYAP Federation of different levels serves as a strategy that provides forum to discuss youth issues and concerns related to their projects and come up with solutions/recommendations addressed to both the youth and other system involved in program planning and implementation. The PYAP Inc. utilizes the DSWD’s youth program called Unlad Kabataan Program formerly known as integrated human resource development program for youth to carry out the goal of providing opportunities for PYAP members in order to actualize their potentials and aspirations, experience, self fulfillment, contribute to the growth of his/her community and participate in the task of nation building. DSWD’s Unlad Kabataan program for youth is geared towards the total development of the disadvantaged youth in terms of his/her economic, social, physical, psychological, cultural and spiritual development. It promotes the development of the out-of–school youths and other disadvantaged youth to become self-reliant, economically productive and socially responsible citizen’s able to contribute to the development of their family and community.