Feeding for the Under Nourished Children​

Alternative Learning System

The ALS is a community based Department of Education program. An out of school youth who dropped out of high school and who is now too old to go back to high school has the option or alternative to do a summary course, be accelerated and qualify for college or a vocational school. 

ALS is a 10-month program that helps school drop-outs and unemployed adults prepare to take high school accreditation and equivalency exam. Passers will receive a diploma certifying them as comparable to graduates of formal schools and eligible to enroll in the country’s formal education system or in skills training programs offered by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). They also become eligible for government employment.

The goal of CWTP is to have 5 staff trained to become master instructors or Instructional Managers (IM), certified to teach teachers in the ALS program. Their main role is to train local instructors in the slum community. The trainees they will train should be local people, living in that community and who will become ALS teachers and continue the program in that community for at least the next five years. Each year from 100 to 200 out of school youths will be taught by these teachers and not less than 20% of those who finish must successfully pass the government examination to go to college or take a vocational degree. 

CWTP desires to see more youths of our communities transformed and educated, thus, we are extending our program to more places, especially in unreached urban poor areas.

(Baras, Rizal)

(Kawit, Cavite)

Companion with the Poor, Inc.
College Scholarship Program

COMPANION WITH THE POOR, INC. (CWTP) partners with Foundations and Patrons who have a shared vision of providing qualified but financially challenged young men and women the opportunity to obtain quality College education. The College Scholarship Program also aims to complement the Community Development Program of CWTP as it primarily serves those in the urban poor areas CWTP is actively working in or has just recently finished. The College Scholarship Fund provides for Tuition
Fees & Allowances and is awarded per semester to as many individuals as the funds allow. 

Livelihood Programs

Youth Mobilization

“The youth is the hope of our future.”
– Jose Rizal, national hero of the Philippines

Companion With The Poor sees the potential of our youth to become leaders of this country. We do not want the poor youth to be left behind. We want them to be educated and trained so that they can contribute to their betterment, and that of their family and community.

How the Vision for the Youth Started

Companion With The Poor sees the potential of our youth to become leaders of this country. We do not want the poor youth to be left behind. We want them to be educated and trained so that they can contribute to their betterment, and that of their family and community.
It begain in July 2008 with a visit to when a team of CWTP missionaries visited the University of Rizal System (URS) in Montalban, Rizal. It was a relatively new campus built by the local government that at that time held a student prpopulation of over 1,500 college students. Majority of the population were taking up Business and Education course studies. The survey revealed that of the total student population, 70-80% of the students belong to the poorest of the poor families. The campus is surrounded by different relocation houseing areas for the ppoor.
For three (3) years of campus work of the CWTP missionary team, not less than 1,500 were evangelized though Medical & Dental Missions, Social Fellowships, One-on-One Evangelism, Classroom Evangelism, Small Group Bible Studies. Late, we had discipled and trained 45 Student Leaders on how to share the gospel using different tools like  “the Bridge” illustration, the “Four Spiritual Law” and on how to lead Small Group Bible Studies. Since that time, we also have provided educational scholarships to 12 deserving students coming from the area.
Companion With The Poor sees the potential of our youth to become leaders of this country. We do not want the poor youth to be left behind. We want them to be educated and trained so that they can contribute to their betterment, and that of their family and community.

Current Youth  Mobilization Programs

Evangelistic Summer Youth Camp

Conference, Workshop & Training for Student Leaders

Alternative Learning System (ALS) Department of Education project that seeks to provide a practical alternative to the existing formal instruction for those who have limited or no access to formal education.

Scholarship Program

Medical & Dental Mission

Small Group Bible Studies

Group Prayer

Sports Evangelism

Counseling & Consultation

Small scale livelihood projects

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