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The Education and Livelihood Skills Alliance (ELSA) is a multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral partnership that seeks to create and expand school and community based learning and employment programs in the Philippines. Currently, as an alliance, it is focused on working together in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
ELSA is composed of highly-respected international and Philippine NGOs working together to improve access to quality education and livelihood skills among the youth. Established in 2004, the team is composed of the International Youth Foundation, Ayala Foundation, Consuelo Foundation, Philippine Business for Social Progress, Petron Foundation, and SEAMEO-INNOTECH. USAID Philippines provides funding support to the alliance through the Education Quality and Access for Learning and Livelihood Skills (EQuALLS) project.
With one love, we heal old wounds. With one heart, we create new hopes. We dream with them. We build with them. We work together. We win together.
Media Updates
200 Youth leaders find peace, solidarity in C.A.M.P.
213 youth leaders from all over Mindanao gathered for the Culture Across Mindanao Program (CAMP), a peace and understanding camp for the youth.
USAID reinforces capacity training for PTCA members of Sto. Niño, South Cotabato
Resource Mobilization Training kicked off at Sto. Niño, South Cotabato benefiting 38 PTCA members in town.
The ELSA Young Leaders Camps: Inspiring Youth Leaders in Mindanao
The Education and Livelihood Skills Alliance, or ELSA, kicked off its second phase of activities with a strong focus on developing the capacities of Mindanaoan youth.
EQuALLS2 Youth Civic Engagement program kicks off with a leadership camp in Tawi-Tawi
From October 6- 10, 2008, the ELSA Young Leaders Camp (EYLC) officially kicked off the EQuALLS2 youth civic engagement program with fifty- eight youth participants from the municipalities of Bongao and Panglima Sugala, Tawi- Tawi.
USAID reinforces capacity training for DepEd school heads
From October 2-3, 2008, USAID conducted a two- day administrator’s training activity at the Notre Dame of Marbel University, Koronadal City in South Cotabato.
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ELSA Stories
ELSA paves way for young dreams to come true
Instead of seeing children in schools and inside classrooms, the reality of poverty can be seen on the streets and remote towns in Tantangan, South Cotabato.
What is the ELSA Youth Civic Engagement Program
Youth Civic Engagement Program is a youth leadership development program developed by Ayala Foundation for public high school student leaders and youth community leaders in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and other conflict areas.
Young healers find meaning in touching lives
Twenty-three year old Jay Jannatin has a healing touch.
A young reflexologist in Basilan, Jay is a graduate of ELSA's Integrated Technical Education program in Basilan, Mindanao. A 10-month program for the out of school youth, courses include Reflexology, Hair Science, Garments, Electronics, Food Technology, and Welding. Consuelo Foundation's Alternative Learning System…
An ELSA Scholar's Story
Seven-year-old Daniel Abanil has always dreamed of being an engineer. His mother, Ana Lisa Abanil, encouraged him to think big and motivates him to value his education. "We encourage him to study hard, and use his talents," she said. "I remind him to always be thankful for the chance of being able to study, since our income is enough only for food everyday."
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Advocacies
A 2003 study of the Philippine Business for Social Progress reveals that barely half of Mindanao’s youngest students complete elementary school, and less than 35% finish secondary school. The countrywide unemployment rate for young people ages 15- 24 is already high at 45%, according to the Philippine National Statistics Office.
Being aware of these needs, and realizing the riches and potentials of Mindanao, ELSA is committed to contributing to the development of this region and its youth through its diverse education and livelihood programs.
With one love, we heal old wounds.
With one heart, we create new hopes.
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