Beleaguered overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who will be returning home from hostilities in the Middle East will be greeted with a financial aid from the Balik Pinay program and a list of job offers and trainings in Bulacan.
Under the joint program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the displaced OFWs could avail of the starter kit with P10,000 as aid in putting up business.
The financial assistance could increase depending on the business proposal of the OWF and the result of the ensuing interview.
DOLE-Region III Director Leopoldo De Jesus said the OFWs could train under seminars from health care like reflexology, massage, production of bath soap, to household repairs such as plumbing, welding, electrical servicing, and appliance restore.
According to DOLE provincial director Lanie Reynoso, the bulk of business proposals they receive from OFWs were putting up of stores and nego-carts which sell various merchandise.
But during the granting yesterday of the P3 million financial assistance to OFWs in the province who have returned from Libya, the repatriates said they would still like to work abroad to support their families.
With this, Elizabeth Alonzo, chief of the Provincial Youth, Sports, Employment, Arts, Culture and Tourism Office, said that the government would still support them. In particular, they would be protected from illegal recruiters.
Alonzo said the Bulacan government had held talks with the Ministry of Employment in Taiwan to discuss a tie-up program in removing the placement fees for overseas employment.
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