(Journal Online) According to Fr. Tito Caluag, Caritas Philippines consultant for development programs, “the program aims to respond to the growing unemployment and underemployment problems in the country, hurting more the impoverished families.”
He further underscored that the program “will capacitate the scholars on industry-standard technical and soft skills to prepare for internship and gainful employment.”
“It is important for us at Caritas Philippines to concretely put into practice the advocacies that we espouse like advancing labor rights in the country,” stressed Fr. Tony Labiao, the national Caritas’ executive secretary.
Aside from the community schooling program, Caritas Philippines is also implementing an educational assistance program for academically challenged students, family feeding program, and the capacity-building programs at the Caritas Philippines Academy.
Overall, Caritas Philippines has allotted 44 million pesos this year for the programs to upscale the capacities of the youth and young adults, through the various Alay Kapwa Legacy Stewardship Programs… Read More