2020 TAYO Awards opens digital search for youth groups with COVID-19 response programs

MANILA, Philippines — The Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) Awards Foundation, together with its partner Coca-Cola Foundation, is now calling for entries. The special digital edition of the annual TAYO Awards will recognize youth groups that mobilized responses to COVID-19.

This year, instead of accepting nominations for multiple categories, the 18th TAYO Awards will have one distinct category in honor and recognition of the bayanihan spirit of youth organizations whose programs and projects have responded to the pandemic and the enhanced community quarantine.

Interested clubs, groups, organizations, and societies may accomplish the online registration form for the TAYO 18: Bayanihan Run and submit their digital entries on or before August 18.

The screening and selection processes will also be done online in keeping with social distancing measures and quarantine protocols.

The TAYO Awards is open to formal and non-formal youth organizations which consist of at least five members under 30 years old and has been active since April 2020. Application is free and organizations can submit multiple entries so long as they are of different projects or programs.

For the past 18 years, the TAYO Awards has recognized and supported youth organizations that go beyond empowering communities. Its awardees and finalists receive P50,000 and P20,000 seed grants, respectively, to help fund their ongoing projects or start new ones.

In partnership with Coca-Cola Philippines, the TAYO Awards Foundation also bestows the Coke Barkada Award to youth groups whose projects are geared towards environmental and educational stewardship.

A beacon of the company’s vision of building a better-shared future, this year’s Coke Barkada Award recipient will get an additional P30,000 grant to be used for sustainable project implementation.

To learn more about the 2020 TAYO awards, visit tiny.cc/TAYO18primer.