DOLE Cordillera has P355,000 for 'Balik Pinay' program

Posted on | Wednesday 22 June 2011 | No Comments


 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) has an available P355,000 for the livelihood training of displaced women overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).




DOLE Regional Director Sixto Rodriguez said this is part of the nationwide reintegration program of at least two billion expatriates and those who decide not to go back to foreign countries to work.
He said the new program dubbed as "Balik Pinay" will assist interested women OFWs to develop their business and other skills for their respective livelihood in their own country.


The program was conceptualized after the recent First National Congress of OFWs where they addressed a manifesto to President Benigno Aquino III seeking the government's help in securing the future of displaced workers abroad.


According to Rodriguez, the identification of possible beneficiaries of the program will be done by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the training shall be done by the Technology Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). (PNA)
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