ACAY News
Toward Self-Sustainability (TSS) Challenge Week 1
11th April 2019As summer has begun, beneficiaries have started the vacation. To begin with April, the girls had their TSS Challenge for the first week. Series of trainings and exposures were given…
ACAY Meets French Ambassador and His Wife
10th April 2019Last Sunday, April 7, the ambassador’s wife invited ACAY for a “reception” to get to know ACAY youth, in the residence of the French Ambassador.It was a beautiful family time…
Congratulations! A well-deserved Success
2nd April 2019It was another year of proud moment for ACAY to see these four young ladies from School of Life program wearing their graduation suit and walking in the aisle as…
Sr. Laetitia and Julie An in France & Switzerland
24th March 2019Sister Laetitia and Julie An, a Filipino girl who graduated from the School of Life, were in Marseille, France and Jonschwil, Switzerland from March 5th to 19th. They have…
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 social responsibility for Asia.
Our Mission
ACAY offers holistic and creative approaches of restoration wherein youth and families in difficult circumstances will re-discover the dignity and meaning of life and take 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.
Marcel Van Second Chance
- Protection and rehabilitation of young people in prison.
- Reintegration.
- 90% of the youth do not go back to prison.
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.