A total of 1,257 OFW members of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) had received over P800 million in financial aid since the establishment of the agency’s Reintegration Program in 2011.
Designed to give returning workers enough funds to establish businesses, the program approved loans amounting to P865,118,529.80 from June 2011 to December 2014, according to OWWA.
In a statement Wednesday, OWWA said majority of these projects came from Region 3, 4-A, 6, and 12, with 59 percent of them comprised of non-agricultural enterprises.
It said many of the beneficiaries invested their loans in groceries, real estate, water-refilling stations, and franchising stores, while popular agricultural endeavors include grains, fruits, and vegetable farming and livestock- and poultry-raising.
Filipinos, especially those working in conflict areas, are actively encouraged to avail of the reintegration package upon their return to the country.
In 2014, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz ordered OWWA to extend the Balik-Pilipinas Balik Hanapbuhay Program to all OFW’s from Libya and Iraq regardless of their membership status.
She said the plan, which has a P2 billion budget, was crucial for migrant workers forced to abandon their overseas jobs due to armed conflict. —Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News
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Anti-Graft and Corruption Awareness Month
“Corruption drains the nation
and victimizes workers who build the nation.
Accountability now!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
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May 1 – Labor Day
May 2 – World Freedom Day
May 12 – World Communication Day
May 15 – International Day of Families
May 16 – International Day of Living
Together in Peace
May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity
for Dialogue and Development
Monthly Observances:
The Month of the Ocean
Anti-Graft and Corruption Awareness Month
Volunteerism Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Safe Motherhood Week
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May 1: Labor Day
May 7: Health Worker’s Day
May 31: National Fisherfolks Day
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