learning, face-to-face training sessions are conducted. They are also referred to TESDA-accredited schools upon graduation from high school. On the other hand, an employers’ forum and orientation are organized to capacitate different stakeholders such as organizations and private companies. 79. Different youth organizations push forward different advocacies by conducting seminars and values formation integrated with education advocacies, cultural sensitivity, current pressing issues for the youth, or working with a national organization to document and study different cases of discrimination and violence against members of the LGBTQIA+ community. 80. Financial assistance is also given, either in the form of cash to be given to the parents of youth members of an organization or as a scholarship and school allowance. 81. Several initiatives to address the learning gaps in modular and online learning are also launched by different organizations, such as through a mobile classroom that will go to far-flung areas in Central Visayas, partnering with Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) learning sites, public school training on online learning, building a computer room or learning hub in a Dumagat community, and transcribing of modules into accessible formats. 82. An organization started a small business in a community where local people are employed. The same model can also be used to create employment and promote advocacy, for instance, by building a business enterprise that employs members of the vulnerable sector, such as persons with disabilities and IPs. 83. Continuous monitoring of career progression and status of student beneficiaries or youth members of the organizations is conducted to provide them with their needed intervention. 84. International youth organizations have programs that focus on gathering and giving young people training to encourage becoming changemakers or to be trained to expand their business and their entrepreneurship skills. They also conduct career fairs and internship programs to link students to local companies and stakeholders and offer one-year internships in their organization as well to teach students the skills needed in the workplace. 85. CSOs and advocacy groups forge partnerships with academic institutions like Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), UST, or DLSU to conduct a much better online learning environment for the youth. Employers 86. Employers hold internship programs for students, either virtual or face-toface, in which students must go through all the work processes and help them develop soft skills and technical skills. An employer also prioritizes 40

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