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OWWA Programs and Services

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.

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