Raphael's Graduation Testimony at Concentrix

Below is the graduation speech of Raphael Logares, a testament to resilience shared at the Concentrix Taguig campus during the latest LP4Y commencement in December 2025.

Raphael's Testimony during his Graduation

"Good day, everyone. Thank you, Concentrix team, for conducting this event and also allowing me to share my testimony.

If someone had told me I’d be writing a testimony one day, I would’ve laughed and said, ‘Who would want to hear that? Yet here I am in front of you, ready to share with you all my experience and how it has shaped who I am today.

My name is Raphael Logares - but you can just call me Raph. I’m 19 years old and currently training with Life Project for Youth (LP4Y) in Western Bicutan, Taguig City. And this is my journey in LP4Y.

Before entering LP4Y, I graduated from Senior High School in ICT(Information and Communication Technology). After school, I tried to apply for college, but sadly, I didn’t pass, and I decided to find work. I got hired at SM City Bicutan as a sales clerk for 6 months: my experience there was fun and stressful at the same time. I had to check all the stocks in the cold room while also making merienda (snacks) to sell to the customers - “Turon” to be exact. My contract ended so I tried to apply for another job, but I didn’t find any until September 2, 2025 when my friend Kim told me about LP4Y.

I got interested because he told me what things they were doing in the training, like computer literacy training. He explained to me the 4 Micro-Company (MC) departments that they had during that time.

At first, I was hesitating to continue because I was not confident enough, and I doubted if I could continue it. I still continued because after interacting with the other Youths that time, I got comfortable and I got confident: I gained a lot of friends and learned a lot.

The challenges I had in this training were speaking in front of crowds and communicating in English with the Coaches. I didn’t regret joining because I improved a lot while training: I got confident speaking in front of people, my English and my basic computer literacy improved a lot.

My dream is to get a degree and to become an IT executive.

This has been my dream since I was 16 years old because I’m amazed by how my uncle became the breadwinner of the family as an IT executive.

My journey with LP4Y is fun, interactive, and I learn a lot during this training. I like doing company visits, mobilizations near our place to discover and persuade new Youths to join the training, doing community training for kids, teaching basic English, and other things they need to learn.

Raphael's Life Project Plan (LPP) Presentation

After this training, I will try to apply for college again and graduate so that I can get the degree I want: a BSIT (Bachelor of Science in Information Technology). And if I don’t get lucky, I will apply for a call center/ Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).

I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to the Concentrix team that conducted the training to Youths from different branches of LP4Y. All the knowledge that they shared, such as 'How to cultivate creativity', 'Cultivating a resilient spirit', 'Cultivating meaningful work', and many more.

Before ending this testimony, I want to give you a simple quote:

'If others can do it, let them do it.'"