SOCIAL INITIATIVES

Foundation hones tourism service skills

The Banilad Center for Professional Development in Cebu City has produced over 2,000 graduates for hotels and tourism establishments in the country. It is a project of members of Opus Dei in the Visayas. 

From Public High School Girls To Able Women of Virtue

Values education and life-coaching are the key elements that distinguish this club that prepares public high school girls in the Philippines for a productive and meaningful work life. 

Training for the tourism industry

For more than 20 years, the Foundation for Professional Training, Inc. continues to contribute to the efforts of nation-building through its projects for women-in-development education. 

The UA&P Tambuli Awards 2010: Effectivity is key

The Tambuli Awards gives equal measure to profitable integrated marketing communications campaigns and the promotion of societal values. The event is organized by the University of Asia and the Pacific, a corporate undertaking of members of Opus Dei. 

Turning women into more than just workers

Since 1982, the Foundation for Professional Training Inc. (FPTI), a duly-accredited private NGO, has been providing scholarships for a two-year vocational-technical course to young women in the country. 

Buy a gift, help a young graduate

Punlaan students get employed in prestigious hotels and restaurants immediately after graduation. The school gives young women food and beverage services training, work values and spiritual formation through the Prelature of Opus Dei. 

CITE: Quality Technical Education for Youth

The Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE) was established in Cebu City, Philippines in February 1990. It is an institution committed to provide training in technical skills and entrepreneurship, values formation, and social services to the less privileged youth, their families, the local community and the industrial sector of Visayas and Mindanao. 

Exemplary virtues in ordinary work

Last month, Anihan graduated 60 professionally-trained young women into the local hotel and restaurant industry. 

Spirit behind efforts to help the less fortunate

Punlaan School and Talon Family Farm School help to uplift the living standards of the students and their families, always guided by Christian values. 

University of Asia & the Pacific

In its institutional programs and activities, UA&P puts due emphasis on the individual; the family; the community; and the world. Each unit of the University thus strives to be a center of excellence, particularly in three areas: values formation, people development, and research and communication. These are the hallmarks of UA&P as an educational institution. 

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