WELFARE SERVICES UNIT
The Welfare Services Unit, manned by Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) personnel works for the protection and promotion of the well-being of all OFWs and their families in job sites abroad and in the Philippines, upon return or even while at the job site.
OWWA MEMBERSHIP
With USD 25.00 or its Japanese Yen equivalent as membership fee, an OWWA Member is entitled to various benefits and services.
- Social Benefits (Death, Burial, Disability Benefits)
- Welfare Assistance (Calamity, Medical, Bereavement, Relief Assistance)
- Education and Training Assistance
- Workers Welfare Assistance
- Social and Family Welfare Services
- Reintegration and Livelihood Assistance
Membership validity is two (2) years. Employers and Agencies are encouraged to remind their workers to renew their membership.
Workers Welfare Assistance Program
- Conciliation/Mediation with Employers and Recruitment Agencies
- Referral Assistance to OFWs who wish to pursue labor/welfare case against their employers and/or recruitment agencies
- Psycho-social counseling
- Hospital / Jail / Detention / Work Campsite Visitation
- Repatriation Assistance to workers who are distressed, mentally or physically ill, and human remains
- Other assistance on whereabouts, personal/relationship problems
Reintegration-Preparedness Training Program
- Value Formation
- Financial Literacy
- Entrepreneurial Development
- Techno-skills and capacity building