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Enroll children of OFWs in programs

SECTOR: Social Services SONA YEAR: 2022 Enroll children of OFWs in programs PROMISE STATUS - DATE: In progress as of 07/17/2023 The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration formed the OFW Children’s Circle (OCC) program 10 days before Marcos’ 2022 SONA, following his directive as president-elect. The program’s activities aim to help kids “cope with the negative

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Jul 2, 2024

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SECTOR: Social Services

SONA YEAR: 2022

Enroll children of OFWs in programs

PROMISE STATUS - DATE: In progress as of 07/17/2023

  • The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration formed the OFW Children’s Circle (OCC) program 10 days before Marcos’ 2022 SONA, following his directive as president-elect.
  • The program’s activities aim to help kids “cope with the negative effects and social costs of migration”. A total of 13,339 children of OFWs have registered in the program as of May 2023 in its pilot areas: Metro Manila, Ilocos region, the Southern Tagalog region, Central Visayas, and Southern Mindanao.
  • OWWA continues to offer three educational and social assistance programs for children and siblings of OFWs, started by previous administrations, with 20,104 individuals availing of the programs in 2022.
  • There were 259 beneficiaries from January to May 2023 of the Education and Livelihood Assistance program for dependents of the deceased, based on data OWWA sent to VERA Files.
  • Applications are on-going for the Education for Development Scholarship Program (for college students; P60,000 maximum per school year) and OFW Dependent Scholarship Program (for college students; P20,000 per school year).

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