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Be a Philippine Youth Ambassador to the 39th SSEAYP and have the chance to travel South East Asia ALL FOR FREE!

The National Youth Commission announced Wednesday the opening of applications for the 39th Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program or SSEAYP.

The Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP) is an annual cultural exchange program that started in 1974 as a joint statement between ASEAN member States and Japan. Participated by young people from these countries, the program’s objective is to promote friendship and mutual understanding among them and the local youth in their respective countries. Now on its 39th year, SSEAYP has been instrumental in forging stronger relations among the youth of Southeast Asia and Japan. Application forms for SSEAYP are available the NYC’s website – www.nyc.gov.ph. The Application form with the requirements may be submitted through sseayp39@nyc.gov.ph on or before April 13, 2012. Download Application Forms Here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzSiujf706ecMkx1LUt1ZFBTd0dVU2xaeU5YWkJPUQ You're just a click away from achieving your dreams!

The Parliament of Youth Leaders is a biennial congress of youth leaders that serve as a platform to ventilate issues and concerns affecting the youth sector. The selection of delegates and the implementation of the activity is undertaken by the National Youth Commission as provided under Section 13 of RA 8044 otherwise known as The Youth in Nation Building Act of 1995.

Delegates to the parliament must be Filipino citizens who are between 15-30 years old as of February 29, 2012; Residing at the place of representation for at least six (6) months at the time of submission of application forms; A member of an organization; Able to contribute to the objectives of the 9th Parliament of Youth Leaders

FOR OTHER INQUIRIES, PLEASE CALL TELEPHONE NUMBERS (02) 416-2833; 416-3415; 413-5603 OR 416-3570 Visit our website at www.nyc.gov.ph

For application forms, please download it at this link:

The acceptance of application for Government Internship Program (GIP) will start on March 05, 2012 (Monday) until March 09, 2012 (Friday). The applicants must be 18 – 25 years old and should not be previous beneficiaries of the program from NYC or other GIP implementing government agencies.

The applicants who will be accepted will be assigned in NYC head office located at 4th Floor Bookman Building # 373 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City.

You may apply by:

Sending your resume to this email address:

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Write in the subject line following this format – Subject: GIP APPLICATION – FULL NAME OF APPLICANT (Example: GIP APPLICATION – JUAN ABRICO DELA CRUZ)

Personally visiting the National Youth Commission (NYC) head office.

For queries, you may contact 411-0384 / 416-3415 / 413-5503 / 448-7669 and look for Mr. Richard Ravanera of HR Unit and the Office of Commissioner Earl P. Saavedra.

The Global Youth Cultural Summit (GYCS) is an international forum for youth to contribute their ideas to the fulfillment of the UN Millennium Development Goals due for 2015.

GYCS aims at fostering better understanding across various cultures, facilitating international relations between countries and strengthening international cooperation focusing on youth and culture.

The summit will gather 400 youth, selected from all over the world through a YouTube video / essay competition (see Website for more details). Young people applying to GYCS are challenged to present a creative idea to help the fulfillment of one of the MDGs, leveraging their own cultural background and perspective in the process. The 8 best ideas will be presented at GYCS 2012 in Jakarta.

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October 26, 2011--After arriving at Narita Airport, we took a two-hour bus ride to New Otani Hotel, Tokyo. We had all day to go around Tokyo. It was indeed a very nice experience with the cold weather, bento, japanese food, and other stuffs.

At night, we had the opening ceremony as well as the inauguration ceremony which marks the official start of the program.



My very first Shinkansen (bullet train) ride!

It was a very nice experience riding the shinkansen with my newly found friend. I enjoyed trip, the view outside the windows, the food, and most specially the conversations we had. It was a really nice first time for me.

October 25, 2011-- We were all so eager and excited to start our SSEAYP journey. We didn't go to sleep. Instead, we packed our bags and prepared for a journey in a lifetime. After days and nights of stress and hard work finally this most awaited day has come.

And so, the journey begins.....