OVERSEAS Filipino workers (OFW) will be granted access to affordable housing, skills training, and job opportunities under three new agreements signed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) with other government agencies on Monday.
One of the accords is with the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa), which allows OFWs to secure socialized and low-cost housing program.
DOLE also forged a partnership with the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos to review and enhance the OWWA manual on Culture Familiarization and Language Training for Household Service Workers bound for the Middle East.
The improved manual is expected to help OFWs cope with their working conditions in Arab countries.
DOLE earlier inked a similar accord with Owwa and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to provide employment opportunities to displaced OFWs in transportation-related projects under the government’s Build, Build, Build infrastructure program.
The three agreements were signed by Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III on Monday during the celebration of the Migrant Worker’s Day to provide new programs beneficial to OFWs.
“With the leadership of President Duterte, this is our gift to our beloved OFWs,” Bello said in his online speech addressing migrant stakeholders.
“You can be rest assured we will find more ways to ensure a safer employment for you [OFWs] and a productive repatriation,” he added.
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