Why We Exist

Benedict Anderson said that a nation is an imagined community. And that in this imagined community, we will never be able to meet all of its inhabitants, but we will always be conscious of their existence.

This is why YTRIP exists. We want to make the Filipino imagined community a bit more real. We want to have more faces, more stories, more shapes in our imaginings. We want to meet as many Filipinos as we can and listen to them as they share their stories so they will not be forgotten. We want every Filipino to be more than conscious of the existence of the other. We want more Filipinos to know the mysteries underneath the places, the stories woven into history, the dreams beneath the smiles. We want Filipinos to converse. We want them to ask more questions and understand each other better, value each place more.

Photo: Jason Tengco ©

A nation is an imagined community. It rests well in our imaginations, in our memories. And because it is so, now is the time for us to re-imagine the nation we want to be. Now is the time to create new memories of a Filipino nation that lives in dignity and progress. We hope to be the generation that is rarely confused and lost in their identity, rarely constrained to dream and to create the opportunities to attain them.

Ang lawak ng pagtulong ay nahuhugot sa paglawak ng mundo. Inaanyayahan namin kayong palawakin ang Pilipinas sa inyong imahinasyon, sa inyong isipan upang lumawak lalo ang inyong mundo ng pagtulong.

Discover our home. Together.

YTRIP supports the UN Millennium Development Goals and responds to MDGs (1) Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger; (3) Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women; (7) Ensure environmental sustainability; (8) Develop Global Partnership for Development We are with RockEd Philippines in the No More Excuses, Philippines! campaign (www.rockedphilippines.org) and Futbol sa Kalye (www.futkalista.blogspot.com)