Proposed Sangguniang Kabataan Activities

Proposed SK Activities
(Based on Identified Youth Issues and Concerns - MTYDP)

GREEN BRIGADE
� Organize youth groups for environmental awareness and conservation/ protection
� Implement programs and activities for environmental conservation/ protectionT

LIVELIHOOD
� Provide computer literacy training for residents and community members
� Conduct job application seminars, workshops, tours (job fairs)
� Conduct awareness campaigns on workers� rights through symposia and other
information dissemination activities
� Organize youth cooperatives
� Provide income-generating projects, especially those focused on agriculture

CAPABILITY-BUILDING
� Conduct capability-building activities for SK officers and KK members

ANTI-DRUG ABUSE CAMPAIGN

� Conduct forums that address drug abuse

HEALTH SERVICES AND ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM

� Mobilize SK funds for reproductive health/ basic health programs for the youth
� Promote abstinence and safe sex among the youth
� Enable access to family planning methods and contraceptives among the youth
� Implement tighter measures to prohibit tobacco, alcohol, illegal substance use
among youth
� Pull out cigarette stalls from school canteens and school premises (in
coordination with LGUs)
� Strictly implement the no-smoking policy in public places, especially near
schools and other areas frequented by young people
� Provide more opportunities for recreation and personal development
� Conduct orientations, training seminars/ workshops, and forums that address the
identified issues
� Provide community-based peer-counseling services regarding the identified issues,
especially for youth at risk

EDUCATION SERVICES AND MORAL RECOVERY

� Create and implement educational programs that are student-led, teacher-
facilitated
� Implement a functional literacy program
� Conduct advocacy campaign on human rights education
� Conduct a public advocacy campaign emphasizing the cost of ignorance
� Promote entertaining and educational activities such as: essay contest to invite
young people to express in their own words what they value
� Organize extension services � conduct seminars and workshops that provide non-
formal education (e.g. peer counseling, home visitation programs)
� Conduct recollections, retreats, and family workshops that strengthen values
within and among families

DISASTER COORDINATION AND CALAMITY MANAGEMENT

� Organize youth volunteers
� Recognize/ award volunteer youth organizations

SPORTS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

� Hold/ organize sports activities
COMMUNITY IMMERSION
� Organize community immersion activities to promote youth development

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
� Implement infrastructure projects vital for youth development

LEGISLATIVE WORK AND INVOLVEMENT

� Obtain pertinent legislations affecting the Local Government and the youth
� Formulate proposed legislations, resolutions and the like
� Advocate for and institutionalize youth rights in schools
� Award Outstanding SKs
� Publish youth-related materials to inspire and motivate young people
� Strengthen existing programs that promote youth participation
� Organize an evaluation committee to recognize the achievements of young
individuals and groups
� Coordinate the activities of out-of-school and in-school youths within
communities through schools, churches, and other organizations