ZAMBOANGA CITY - The National
Youth Commission (NYC) encourages local youth groups to join the 11th
Search for the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) and let the
exceptional achievements of their group be recognized.
Vangie
Olandag of NYC 9 said most youth
organizations spend their summer doing projects to help their communities and this is one opportunity where they can choose
their best project and submit it as entry for the 11th TAYO search.
Started
in 2002, TAYO is the only award given to group achievements among
youth. It aims to discover and laud exceptional youth organizations that
have contributed to the development of their communities, schools, or work
places through innovative projects.
Changing
the nation one community at a time, is what TAYO Awards Foundation Inc. is
doing. It encourages the replication of noteworthy and unconventional projects
to solve basic problems in the communities.
Olandag
said the annual search and recognition is given to 10 outstanding Filipino
organizations with at least 15 members aged 15 to 39 working towards national
growth and development.
It
is open to all youth organizations who have implemented projects for their
communities from June 2012 up to the present.
Interested applicants may get in touch with TAYO
Secretariat at tayo.secretariat@gmail.com or at its Facebook Fan
Page, Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations or inquire through: (0917) 898 8296
(txtTAYO); (02) 687 5917; or (02) 416 2833.
For
more information about the awards and the organizations it has recognized, you
may visit www.nyc.gov.ph and www.tayoawards.net.
(PIA9)