Connecting Voices

It has been a long and difficult journey for everyone involved in YGOAL but the organization persisted. They made Linking and Learning possible despite hardships brought by society and even by the pandemic. Righsholders and grantees came from reaching small communities to making significant changes nationwide. And YGOAL is continually growing in numbers, furthering their ability to reach other marginalized populations. With all these strengths, YGOAL is poised to stop at nothing with achieving their goals. And as a new chapter begins to unfold for YGOAL, some leaders and members would like to share a few thoughts for everyone. In this episode, we will be talking about the improvements, expectations, and hopes the people in YGOAL aim to achieve for the next steps in their journey. Songs Used In This Podcast: Pagpili ng Pinuno Lyrics by Gold Villar-Lim Music by Kabaitan Bautista   Song from Pagsibol Ng Halimaw a deviced musical adapted from the novel Lord of the Flies. Mga Hinabing Pangarap (Woven Dreams) Lyrics: John Moran and Ada Tayao Music: Csai Habla & Ada Tayao

The pandemic brought about big changes that caused trouble for all members of YGOAL and Linking and Learning. It disconnected people and caused priorities and goals to shift among the members of Linking and Learning. Everyone faced financial, technological, and social problems relevant to the pandemic.  Learn about their struggles and how they made it possible to stay connected in the online setting in this episode.

YGOAL has been hard at work to break the barriers that hinder opportunities for indigenous people, age-discriminated individuals, and persons with disabilities. In this episode, their stories are revealed and their aspirations are voiced out.    VOICE aims to amplify and enable the voices of indigenous people, age-discriminated individuals, and persons with disabilities. In this episode, the people representing these rightsholders groups share their stories of hardships and victories on their journey with YGOAL.

For decades, women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and persons with disabilities are facing social and political barriers in today’s society. Inclusivity and equality was greatly needed, so YGOAL decided to take action to empower the voices of these people facing injustices and inequalities.

No one left behind. Voice is a grant facility for diversity and inclusion that aims to empower and amplify the voices of their grantees. In the Philippines, Voice chose YGOAL to spearhead Voice’s actions and motives for the grantees in the country. Discover who they are, what they do, and how they make everyone heard in this episode.