ACAY News
ACAY’s 25th anniversary: We did it!
22nd April 2022This coming October 1st, ACAY will be celebrating 25 years of transformation and success in fulfilling its mission and beyond. We look back to our roots, remembering how it began…
Metamorphosis: Change starts from within
15th April 2022For every youth-at-risk in ACAY, we have seen countless incredible experiences of restoration and transformation. That is why in the foundation’s 25th year, the way forward is clear: Promoting the…
Launching the Skills Hub: A brighter future to thrive (and not just survive!)
15th April 2022Community Quarantine, online classes, webinars, Facebook marketplace– these are the main words that have been trending in the past months. The pandemic has brought us to face many vulnerabilities, especially…
Restorer of breaches
14th April 2022This is one of the various Old Testament titles for all those who desire to work for justice and peace. It resonates so well with our mission that it went…
About us
Since 1997, ACAY offers a second chance to youth at risk aged 15 to 23 years old through creative and innovative pedagogical methods which lead them to recover their dignity and find meaning for their lives.
Our Vision
We envision of becoming a model of compassion which will develop into a sense of responsibility.
Our Mission
ACAY offers holistic and innovative approaches of restoration wherein youth and families in difficult circumstances will re-discover the dignity and meaning of life and take the lead in becoming agents of change.
Our Programs
Five programs serve to offer in depth support in every dimension of the lives of the youth as well as victims of natural disasters trough creative and innovative approaches.
Second Chance Program
- Protection and rehabilitation of young people in detention center.
- Reintegration.
- Coaching and training.
School of Life
- Familial and therapeuthic environment for young girls aged 14 to 21 years.
- Rebulild their diginity, their self esteem.
- Empower them to find back the meaning of their lives.
Family Program
- Involving parents of School of Life and Second Chance beneficiaries.
- Support parents in a deeper knowledge of themselves.
- Bridging the gaps in the domain of education.
Mission Tacloban
- Psychosocial intervention for all classes of Society.
- For young people: Formation about peer to peer approaches.
- Building up a Resource Center that people can easily access.
Mission Aetas
- Opportunity for the beneficiaries to develop their leadership and facilitating skills by conducting recreational, educative and educational activities for the children and youth of the tribes in Bataan.
- Promote the development of friendship and understanding between the people from the mountains and the Filipinos from the lowlands.