TACLOBAN CITY– President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s continuing support for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) strengthens their reintegration into local communities by providing livelihood assistance that help them turn their skills and overseas experience into sustainable income opportunities and rebuild financially secure lives with their families back home.
The Marcos administration’s continuing support for returning OFWs is helping workers rebuild their livelihoods at home, with OWWA Regional Office VIII releasing Balik Pinas, Balik Hanapbuhay checks to 29 beneficiaries in Ormoc City, providing them with resources to establish sources of oncome and become more financially self-reliant.
In Ormoc City, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Office VIII (OWWA-8) recently released Balik Pinas, Balik Hanapbuhay (BPBH) livelihood assistance checks to two returning OFW beneficiaries.
The BPBH Program provides livelihood assistance to eligible returning OFWs to help them rebuild their sources of income and establish sustainable livelihood opportunities upon their return to the Philippines.
The assistance serves as a means of support for beneficiaries as they transition from overseas empioyment to livelihood activities in their locai communities. It also provides an opportunity for returning OFWs to utilize their skills, experience, and resources in developing or rebuilding their means of livelihood.
OWWA-8 also recently conducted an Information Technology (IT) Training in Ormoc City designed to equip OFWs and their families with practical digital skills that can help them adapt to an increasingly technology-driven workplace and economy.
The two-day training held this August featured sessions on Virtual Assistance (VA) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Skills, Computer Literacy, and Canva Design Essentials, providing participants with practical knowledge and foundational digital competencies applicable to various employment, freelance, and livelihood opportunities.
The training provides participants with knowledge and skills that can be applied to various employment and livelihood opportunities, including technology-based work, online services, and digital entrepreneurship.
For OFWs returning home, developing digital competencies can help bridge the transition from overseas employment to local income-generating opportunities. It also gives them additional tools to explore alternative sources of income while remaining close to their families.
The Marcos administration’s continuing support for returning OFWs is helping workers rebuild their livelihoods at home. Rather than viewing their return as the end of their economic journey, the program helps returning workers see it as an opportunity to begin anew—this time as entrepreneurs, livelihood partners, and contributors to their communities.
(AHLETTE C. REYES, PIA-LEYTE)
