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    YOUTH IN COMMUNITY ACTION

    The Youth
    Youth is defined differently by various groups. The Youth in Nation-Building Act of 1995
    (RA 8044) which establishes the National Comprehensive Youth Development, defines youth as
    the critical period in a person’s growth and development from the onset of adolescence toward
    the peak of mature, self-reliant and responsible adulthood comprising the considerable sector of
    the population from the age 15-30 year. He World Health Organization, on the other hand,
    defines youth to be those between 15 to 24 years old.
    The youth from the psychosocial perspective, defines youth as within the adolescence
    and early adulthood phase. Being part of the adolescence stage, the youth has already an
    integrated image of himself/herself as a unique person and is in the process of constructing is or
    her personal identity. This is also the stage when she/he clings to a peer group. In the early
    adulthood stage, the youth has already formed herself/himself to form close relationships.
    (Philippine Medium-Term Youth Development Plan (2005-2010)).
    In a study undertaken by YAPS, it was exposed that many young people have not gone
    through the expected youth life course as many get side tracked to family life. The youth are
    mostly concerned with issues related sexual risk behaviour and drugs. Often, this is connected
    to a dysfunctional family and society. Among the other issues of the youth are education and
    quality of education. (Philippine Medium-Term Youth Development Plan (2005-2010)).
    The other issues that youths face include: limited access to quality education and
    training, increasing number of out-of-school youth and the lack of educational and scholarship
    opportunities, low educational attainment, high cost of education, and limited government
    funding for education. Also included are the high incidence of poverty and the youth’s lack of
    knowledge on history and culture. (Philippine Medium-Term Youth Development Plan (2005-
    2010)).
    In the same study, the youth generally feel that they are adequately involved in decisions
    that affect their lives and have significant influence in key activities that affect their lives at
    home, in school and to the organization to which they belong. Yet according to them, what they
    lack in involvement and influence in community and local affairs. They may be involved in
    government programs and projects; they are not involved in the more crucial stages of project
    development. (Philippine Medium-Term Youth Development Plan (2005-2010)).
    The Importance and Role of Youth in Community Action
    The Philippine Constitution states that: “The State recognizes the vital role of the youth
    in nation-building and shall protect their physical, moral spiritual, intellectual, and social well-
    being (Article II, Section 13).
    The youth are a vital resource of the community. They are not only a dynamic foundation
    of community force but are also considered as community change agents. Moreover, the youths
    are the forerunners of social transformation and remains as n essential asset of the community
    because of creativity, resourcefulness, and keenness.
    Giving due recognition to the importance of the youth, it is necessary to provide them
    with the essential support for knowledge enhancement and capacity building. It is, however,
    more than just knowledge and skills. There are four integrated strategies that were formulated to
    protect their social well-being, namely: building youth caring communities, developing
    community caring youth, reengineering the mechanism through which youth services are
    delivered, and becoming more responsive to the specific needs of the youth.

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