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The Abra Youth Organizations Society (AYOS) is a non-profit youth organization based in Abra Province, Philippines that was founded in 2013. AYOS envisions becoming a premier leadership development organization for young people in Abra. It works on advocacy around civil society and governance, health and education, employment and entrepreneurship, and environment and climate change. AYOS offers leadership training programs and has been instrumental in supporting clean elections in Abra Province.

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AYOS

The Abra Youth Organizations Society (AYOS) is a non-profit youth organization based in Abra Province, Philippines that was founded in 2013. AYOS envisions becoming a premier leadership development organization for young people in Abra. It works on advocacy around civil society and governance, health and education, employment and entrepreneurship, and environment and climate change. AYOS offers leadership training programs and has been instrumental in supporting clean elections in Abra Province.

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{{Infobox organization

|name = '''Abra Youth Organizations Society (AYOS)'''


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|abbreviation = AYOS
|motto =
|formation = May 4, 2013
|extinction =
|type = [[Youth organization]]
|status = [[Non-profit organization]]
|purpose =
|headquarters = Bangued, Abra
|location ={{flag|Philippines|civil}}
|region_served = [[Abra (province)]]
|membership = Young people ages 15-35
|language =
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Kevin Haji F. Aguinaldo
| leader_title2 = Executive Director
| leader_name2 = Jan Lazfer D. Yao
|leader_title3 = Chairman of the Board
|leader_name3 = Valentine B. Agaloos
|leader_title4 = Chairman [[Emeritus]]
|leader_name4 = Darren C. Cariño
|main_organ =
|parent_organization =
|num_staff =
|affiliations = Sigaw ng Kabataan Coalition, United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions
Network - Youth Initiative, TACSO CSO Database
|board_of_directors = Clifford D. Claor, Fernalyn D. Santos, Von Ameri J. Escobar, Marvin V.
Beroña, Alvin Kei B. Barga
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'''Abra Youth Organizations Society''', or AYOS, is a group of youth leaders and youth
organizations in the [[Republic of the Philippines]] that envisions to be the premier leadership
development organization for young men and women in [[Abra (province)]].
AYOS is an accredited [[non-government organization]] of the [[International Youth
Federation]] (Fédération Internationale de la Jeunesse), an international non-profit youth
organizations network governed by the present Statutes and the Swiss Civil Code and is a part
of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Youth Network.<ref
name="International Youth Federation - Accredited Organizations">{{cite web |
title=International Youth Federation - Accredited Organizations |
url=https://www.iyfweb.org/p/member-organizations.html |publisher=[[International Youth
Federation]] |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>
==History==

'''The Abra Youth Organization''' (AYO)

Abra Youth Organization (AYO) was founded in the 1970 and was known as the apathy breakers
of Abra. Carmelita Bersalona was the chair of the youth group. Later in the 1980, members of
AYO became volunteers of the [[National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections]] and, later,
founded the Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government, Inc.<ref name="Princeton
University - Innovations for Successful Societies - Power at the Grass Roots: Monitoring Public
Works in Abra, Philippines, 1986-1990">{{cite web |last1=Majeed |first1=Rushda |title=Power
at the Grass Roots: Monitoring Public Works in Abra, Philippines, 1986-1990 |
url=https://successfulsocieties.princeton.edu/sites/successfulsocieties/files/Philippines
%20Abra%20ToU.txt |website=[[Innovations for Successful Societies]] |publisher=[[Princeton
University]] |access-date=3 February 2021 |date=2013}}</ref>

'''The Abra Youth Organizations Society''' (AYOS)

Inspired by AYO, the organization started during the May 2013 local and national elections.
About 500 young people of Abra assembled for a Walk for Good Governance on May 4, 2013.
Four days later, 22 young leaders gathered in a meeting and signed the manifesto calling for
clean, honest, accurate, meaningful and peaceful elections in Abra.

The organization was formally named as the Abra Youth Organizations Society on June 2013
and was subsequently, registered to the Youth Organizations Registration Program of the
[[National Youth Commission (Philippines)]].

==Programs and Services==

AYOS works in four (4) advocacies, as follows:


* Participation on Civil Society and Governance
* Health and Education.<ref name="Presidential Communications Group - Philippine
Information Agency - 27 November 2017 - International Students day celebrated in Bangued,
Abra">{{cite web |title=International Students day celebrated in Bangued, Abra |
url=https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1002544 |website=[[Philippine Information Agency]] |
publisher=[[Presidential Communications Group]] |access-date=3 February 2021 |date=27
November 2017}}</ref> AYOS is a member of the Universal Health Coverage, a coalition of
leading health and development organizations urging governments to accelerate universal
health coverage.<ref>[http://healthforall.org/partners/]</ref>
* Employment and Entrepreneurship<ref>[http://baguiomidlandcourier.com.ph/life.asp?
mode=archives/2014/august/8-31-2014/life6.txt]</ref>
* Environment and Climate Change
Adaptation<ref>[http://baguiomidlandcourier.com.ph/environment.asp?
mode=archives/2017/july/7-16-2017/env7-CENRO-personnel-plant-narra-seedlings.txt]</ref>
<ref>[https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/12592/Business/Bamboo-charcoal-briquette-as-
tools-to-combat-climate-change]</ref>

Leadership Training Institute, or LTI, is a three-day camp that combines advocacy, leadership,
and citizenship skills.

The role of AYOS reflected the youth sector's ability to shape and reflect larger struggles for
social and political change in Abra. AYOS have been very instrumental to the success of General
[[Benjamin Magalong]]’s campaign against election violence in 2013 and in the succeeding
elections.<ref>[http://www.ugnayan.com/ph/gov/PIA/Article/3DUE]</ref>

==Leadership and Governance==


Building a youth society of equals, AYOS is now under the leadership of a trustee board with the
Chairperson functioning as ''primus inter pares'', and with the President functioning as ''primus
inter pares'' for the youth members.

== References ==
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[[Category:Youth organizations based in the Philippines]]


[[Category:Youth empowerment organizations]]

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