Meaningful Partnerships: USAID Philippines Awards BCPD Another Grant for Female OSY

Cebu City --- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded another grant to the Banilad Center for Professional Development (BCPD) last February 16, 2023, Thursday, to train 110  more marginalized youth and to prepare them for new jobs, businesses, or higher-level education. BCPD, a project of the Foundation for Professional Training, Inc. (FPTI), is a technical-vocational school committed to women-in-development programs and has been a partner of the USAID in furthering education and work opportunities for the poor and marginalized in Cebu City for two years now. Shown in the photo above are Mrs. Beth Lopez, BCPD School Director (middle), Mr. Ryan Washburn (right), Mission Director of USAID Philippines, and Dr. Maria Theresa C. Mokamad (left), Deputy Chief of Party for Technical Programs, USAID Opportunity 2.0. 

On their first year of partnership, BCPD had a hundred scholars, all female out-of-school youths (OSY) who reside in Cebu City. The school is happy to note that everyone is gainfully employed now in different restaurants, cafes, and hotels in the city after receiving ample training in cookery, bread and pasrty production, and food and beverage service.

This year, the USAID will be giving another set of 110 female  in Cebu City an opportunity to improve their economic condition through the Grant for Work Readiness and Continuing Education Training Program for Out-of-School Youth under the USAID Opportunity 2.0 Program.

USAID, a leading international development agency, has awarded grants to enable youth-serving organizations, higher education institutions, and training service providers across the Philippines to serve OSY in their communities better.