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Barriers to formal employment for poor Filipino youth are “plenty,” as was recently described to me by a community leader in Tondo,Manila. If your economic situation is tight,expenses incurred in the job search process (i.e. transportation costs,appropriate clothing for the interview,and mandatory medical checks and police reports) can make employment out [...] What are the options for youth who have grown up on the streets of Manila and want to become independent,productive,and self-sustaining adults? I won’t venture to exhaust the possible answers to this question here,but point out that two options are entrepreneurship and employment. Traditionally,Street Kids International has focused on entrepreneurship. In [...] First I should translate:opo means yes,with respect,in Tagalog. Today marks exactly one month since departing from Canada and arriving in the Philippines. Time has flown by and a big part of me feels like I am still establishing my first impressions. I suppose this is all relative – when you are prepared [...] | |||||
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