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OWWA Programs and Services

Social Benefits

An OWWA Member is provided with the following social benefits provided that their OWWA membership is valid at the time of accident or death:

Up to maximum of PHP 100,000.00 for injuries sustained due to accident while working abroad.

PHP 100,000.00 for natural cause

PHP 20,000.00 for accidential cause

PHP 20,000.00 for the funeral expenses

Education and Training Assistance

  1. Pre-Departure Education Program
  2. Training Programs for Filipino Seafarers
  3. Scholarships for Dependents
  4. Short-Term Training Programs for OFWs

A one-day compulsory orientation to OFWs consisting of modules on employment contract, country of destination, stages of the OFW's life abroad, health and safety, financial literacy, travel tips and airport procedures, and government programs and services.

A two to six-day orientation seminar attended by domestic workers (DWs) consisting of language training, culture familiarization, and stress management.

Training assistance for short-term courses of up to PHP 7,500.00 per course.

***Succeeding availments every after three (3) recorded membership contributions.

A Scholarship grant for prospective seafarers who are graduates of BS Mechanical Engineering (BSME) who wish to pursue BS Marine Engineering (BSMarE) course.

Scholarship grant offered to qualified dependents of active OWWA members who intended to pursue a 4-5 year baccalaureate course in preferred colleges/universities.

Financial assistance of PHP 60,000.00 per school year.

Educational assistance of PHP 20,000.00 per year to qualified dependents of an active OWWA member-OFW whose salary is not more than USD 600.00.

Education and Livelihood Assistance for dependents of deceased member-OFW.

Educational assistance to qualified dependent per school year:

  • PHP 5,000 - allowance for elementary
  • PHP 8,000 - allowance for high school
  • PHP 10,000 - allowance for college

The surviving spouse shall receive a livelihood assistance of PHP 15,000.00

Provides technical-vocational training assistance up to a maximum of PHP 14,500.00 per course to qualified active member-OFWs and their dependents at any TESDA-accredited training center.

Basic computer literacy program to upgrade the IT skills of OFWs and their families.

Workers Welfare Assistance Program

  • Assistance on location OFW's whereabouts
  • Psycho-social counseling
  • Mediation/conciliation with employer
  • Airport assistance
  • Hospital/prison/work camp visitations
  • Legal assistance to OFWs who wish to pursue labor/welfare case against their employer in the host country. 
  • Post-repatriation assistance
  • Counseling, referral, and other concerns

Social Services and Family Welfare Services

  • Bringing back of distressed OFWs and human remains
  • Emergency repatriation is carried out in the event of any political unrest or natural calamities.
  • Workers are accorded with:
    • airport assistance
    • temporary shelter at the Migrant Workers Resource Center
    • psycho-social counseling
    • stress debriefing; and
    • transport services or fares for their onward travel to their respective provinces.

Reintegration Program

Mainstreaming returning OFWs into Philippine society.

  • value formation training
  • financial literacy
  • entrepreneurship
  • techno-skills & capacity building
  • job referrals (local and overseas)
  • business counseling
  • community organizing 
  • financial literacy seminar
  • networking with support institution
  • social preparation implemented by the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) and OWWA Regional Welfare Offices (RWOs)
  • A package of livelihood support / assistance intended to provide immediate relief to distressed / displaced member-OFWs.
  • Financial assistance of up to PHP 20,000.00 as start-up or additional capital for the livelihood project.
  • An enterprise development intervention and loan facility of OWWA in partnership with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) & Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) with business loans amounting to PHP 100,000.00 up to a maximum of PHP 2 million for individual borrowers and up to a maximum of PHP 5 million for group borrowers.