The winners of the fifth Villar SIPAG Awards - Youth Poverty Reduction Challenge have been named.
The Villar SiPAG Awards is an annual search for empowered youth organizations trying to make a significant impact in society through their advocacies, and is now on its fifth year. It is a friendly competition among the Filipino youth whose social enterprises contribute in alleviating the poverty situation in their respective communities.
This is the Villar SIPAG founders’--spouses former Senate President Manuel ‘’Manny’’ and Senator Cynthia Villar--way of supporting youth empowerment in the hope of further encouraging more young people to significantly contribute to nation building. The award is a recognition of the youth’s efforts, passion, and self-less dedication in creating positive change in society.
For this year, 75 participating groups were nominated and submitted their documents for screening. Twenty went through rigorous final validation by a panel of judges using the following criteria: originality or uniqueness, adaptability, sustainability and community upliftment. Ultimately, 10 groups were named Most Outstanding Youth Social Enterprises while one was chosen for a special award.
This year's winning groups champion the promotion and preservation of the Filipino arts and culture, entrepreneurship in agriculture, environment preservation, as well as leadership development, together with social media and sports training.
The awarding ceremony is set on Aug. 5, 2022 at 9 a.m. where the winners shall each receive P150,000 and a trophy at the Villar SIPAG Center, in Las Piñas City. The special awardee also gets a trophy and P50,000 cash.
The 2022 winners are-
From the NCR:
1. GLORIA COMPOUND YOUTH ORGANIZATION, Pilar, Las Pinas city
2. TONDO YOUTH PATAAS COMMUNITY CARE, INC. (Tondo, Manila)
3. SIMEONA F. CHANYUNGCO LAHING KAYUMANGGI MANANAYAW NG MARIKINA INC., (Marikina city)
From Luzon:
4. SAN CARLOS CITY FEDERATION OF 4-H CLUB (San Carlos city, Pangasinan)
5. JCI DAGUPAN BANGUS, Dagupan city, Pangasinan)
6. MGA TALA AT TULA COMMUNITY, Candaba, Pampanga
7. KATOTO PROJECT, Paete, Laguna
From Visayas:
`8. YOUTH PROYEKTO PHILIPPINES INC., Iloilo city
From Mindanao:
9. MUSHROOM CITY, Malaybalay, MALAYBALAY CITY, BUKIDNON
10. BUTWA'AN ARTS CENTRE/BUTWA'AN DANCE ENSEMBLE, BUTUAN CITY, AGUSAN DEL NORTE
A special award is given to CANTOR'S LEAGUE from E. Aldana, Las Piñas City in recognition of their youthful passion and dedication to music.
Due to the observance of health and safety protocols, only five representatives per awardee are requested to attend the event.