A Global Peace Foundation project in:
GlobALS stands for Global Peace Foundation Alternative Learning System.
GlobALS works with the Department of Education as a service provider of the Alternative Learning System (ALS), to extend education opportunitities to out-of-school children, youths and adults. The program has reached out the remote villages, indigenous communitities and religious minorities to give these underserved populations a chance to achieve their life goals, improve the quality of their lives, and become effective contributors to their societies.
Impact: To date the Globals Program has reached 38 villages and 3880 learners.
Project Details
Target areas for the GlobALS program are communities with a low literacy rate, a large population of out-of-school youths, indigenous peoples, and Muslim communities – predominantly coming from depressed, disadvantaged and underserved communities.
GlobALS learning centers and learning sites are situated in three regions of the country: Navotas City in Metro Manila (two sites); Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon (11 sites of the Alllights Village project); and Davao Del Norte in Mindanao (14 sites). The program has instructed more than 1300 learners since its inception in 2011. Every class has a minimum of 30 students and is instructed over a ten-month learning period. Among the learners, 60% are women and 80% are youths.
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