Young Minds Academy open for applications

FOLLOWING the launching of the sixth season of Young Minds Academy (YMA) last Jan. 21, the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. is now accepting applications for the program.

YMA is a youth leadership and citizenship development program of the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center of RAFI that aims to develop the youth to become future leaders and proactive citizens ready to serve the public and its interests. It is done through experiential education, immersion and open discourse, among others.

It is open to young people aged 12 to 20 years old.

YMA was launched in October 2006.

“Through this program, I have discovered what kind of leader I want to be. The change has started in me already. Now it’s my time to be a role model to others,” said 15-year old Jessica Therese Vestil, a scholar of last season’s YMA.

For Sean Timothy Salvador, 18, another YMA season 5 scholar, he said that YMA taught him to help other people change their lives for the better.

To join the sixth season of YMA, interested applicants must form a team of five members under one of the following categories: Generation A (17-20 years old) and Generation B (12-16 years old).

The list of team and individual requirements and application forms may be obtained from the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center, or downloaded at www.rafi.org.ph.

The deadline for the submission of application is on Feb. 20.

YMA is sponsored by UnionBank of the Philippines.

For more information about YMA, please call 418-7234 loc 110 and look for Mel Yan, or email [email protected], or visit www.rafi.org.ph or www.facebook.com/rafi.org.ph.