Livelihood Assistance for OFW Returnees
Olongapo City –Another batch of OFW returnees each received P10,000 livelihood assistance from the National Reintegration Center for OFW (NRCO).
The Olongapo City Public Employment Service Office (PESO), the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) Region III office and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) turned over the cash grants to the five OFW returnees, namely: Ronald Alan Dayao, Erlinda Sioson, Caridad Guiang, Venus Andaya and George Movilla.
The turnover of the livelihood assistance was witnessed by Olongapo Mayor James “Bong” Gordon, Jr. and city government employees at the city government’s flag raising ceremony last May 7, 2012. “Gamitin ninyo ang natanggap ninyong livelihood assistance upang mapaganda ang kinabukasan ng inyong pamilya, “ Mayor Gordon told the beneficiaries, as he advised them to take advantage of the city’s free livelihood training programs.
It can be recalled that early this year, a batch of Olongapeno OFWs also received cash grants from the NRCO. NRCO promotes the delivery of responsive, productive and sustainable reintegration services to OFW returnees that will enable them to maximizee the gains of overseas employment mitigate the social costs of migration and cushion the impact of forced repatriation due to unexpected events.
Under Republic Act 10022 or “An Act Amending RA 8042 Otherwise Known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 2005,” the NRCO is created in DOLE for returning Filipino migrants which shall provide a mechanism for their reintegration into the Philippine society, serve as a promotion house for their local employment, and tap their skills and potentials for national development.”
Meanwhile, Mayor Gordon also encouraged OFWs-turned-entrepreneurs to promote their business and products at the Gawang Gapo trade exhibit at the lobby of Olongapo City Hall.
