Overseas Workers Welfare Administration

What are OWWA’s mandates and objectives?

The agency has a two-fold mandate:
a. Delivery of welfare services and benefits; and
b. Ensuring capital build-up and fund viability
Objectives:
a. Protect the interest and promote the welfare of OFWs in recognition of their valuable contribution to the overall development effort;
b. Facilitate the implementation of the provisions of the Labor Code concerning the responsibility of the government to promote the well-being of OFWs;
c. Provide social and welfare services to OFWs, including insurance, social work assistance, legal assistance, cultural services, and remittance services;
d. Ensure the efficiency of collection and the viability and sustainability of the fund through sound and judicious investment and fund management policies;
e. Undertake studies and researches for the enhancement of their social, economic and cultural well-being; and
f. Develop, support and finance specific projects for the welfare of OFWs.


What workers assistance and on-site services are available?
The OWWA provides and sustains assistance to all its members in all its regional and overseas offices.
Services that may be availed of on-site include:
1. Locating missing OFWs;
2. Providing information and guidance;
3. Psycho-social counseling and conciliation services;
4. Medical and legal assistance, outreach missions, and training, among others.
On behalf of the OFW, the OWWA may provide appropriate representation with employers, agents and host authorities. visit the OWWA site to read more http://www.owwa.gov.ph/news/2009/07/faq/