OWWA allocates P15 million for OFW children’s welfare program

An overseas Filipino worker has her temperature taken prior to checking in at the counters of the NAIA-1 departure area on May 29, 2021.

Krizjohn Rosales, file

MANILA, Philippines — The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is allocating a P15-million budget for the initial implementation of a program to help children left behind by migrant Filipino workers.

The OWWA is launching the OFW Children’s Circle (OCC), which seeks to “address the societal impact of labor migration.” 

"OCC programs and activities aim to help children cope with the negative effects and social costs of migration, not to mention the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and other global emergencies,” the OWWA said in a statement on Tuesday. 

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