Rafi turns over programs to youth group

Believing in the youth’s capability to lead, Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (Rafi) turned over the management of its Multi-city Youth eXchange (MYX) and Young Minds on Xplore (YMX) programs to the Young Heroes for Cebu (YHC).

YHC is a youth organization composed of alumni of the third run of YMX, an immersion program in Europe for Cebuano youth organized by Rafi in partnership with the Vriendschapsband Haarlemmermeer–Cebu (VHC), the City of Kortrijk, and the City of Cebu.

The activity was sealed with a memorandum of agreement (MOA) last July 10 at the Sinulog Hall of the Rizal Library and Museum in Cebu City.

The MOA signing was one of the highlights of the welcome dinner for the delegates of the second run of MYX, the counterpart immersion program in Cebu for Dutch and Belgian youth, which YHC would be anchoring starting this year.

MYX 2 adult leaders Nanda van Dijk and Kim Walgraeve representing VHC and the City of Kortrijk, respectively, witnessed the signing together with Cebu City Councilor James Cuenco, Chair of the Committee on International Relations.

Under the agreement, Rafi will guide the YHC in organizing the exchange programs in three to five years time before the latter gains full control of both programs.

“After their trip in Europe, YMX 3 delegates, who now call themselves the Young Heroes for Cebu, decided to take on the challenge of sharing the MYX-YMX opportunity to more young people,” Mel Yan, program officer of Rafi–Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center (EADSC), said.

For more information about MYX-YMX, call Argelyn Adlawon at (0922) 8159728 or email [email protected].