ACAY News
MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
6th November 2020Our world is changing and subjecting us to the challenging apprenticeship of learning how to navigate in chaos. This pandemic has plunged us into it. Battered by dissonant statements, submerged…
STUDYING IN THE TIME OF NEW NORMAL
6th November 2020It is true that Pandemic has greatly affected the whole world. Not only has it caused employees to adjust their 8am to 5pm work bringing it at home, it has…
YOUTH COPING WITH LIFE IN QUARANTINE
6th November 2020The Philippines won the championship of the longest length of confinement. Until now after 7 months, people age 15 to 65 years old are still not permitted to leave their…
TESTIMONY OF A FORMER BENEFICIARY FROM FRANCE
6th November 2020A testimony of hope for the youth of the Penitentiary Establishment for Minors (EPM) of Marseille. Since 2015, alumni of the ACAY Philippines programs come to France annually to share…
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.