Special Programme/Activities for the Youth and Prisoners

Earthspring International carries out a reentry and recovery program developed by for the youth and the prisoners, otherwise known as Take them Out and Keep them Out (T.O.K.O.) The objective is to promote and cultivate through information, training, education for behavioral modification, skill acquisition, empowerment and reintegration of the ex-prisoners. About 1,300 prison inmates have graduated from this program and reintegrated in their communities and contributing to their families and their communities. The activities include information technology as tools to cope with life outside prison, communication skills, counseling and offender-victim reconciliation, gang recovery strategies , cognitive processes for thought recovery to roll back criminal thought patterns and behaviors, talent developments, how to break the vicious circle of negative influences and emotions, Domestic Violence prevention Strategies (DVP), psychosocial therapy. They are also exposed to basic skills on how to write resume for job application , career choices, how to apply for a job, entrepreneurship, leadership and management skills, culinary art, job training and job interview, courtesy and etiquettes principle, basic legal knowledge, survival strategies (health, housing, job, accidents etc.), anger management, treatment for substance abuse disorders and other aftercare services available and where they could be located.