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OWWA releases P329-K scholarship for OFW kids in Caraga

By Alexander Lopez

March 8, 2022, 7:38 pm

<p><strong>SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION.</strong> Five of the 12 children of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Caraga Region receive their share in the PHP329,149 worth of scholarship grants from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration on Monday (March 7, 2022) at the OWWA- Region 13 office in Butuan City. The grant is part of the agency's Education for Development Scholarship Program. <em>(Photo courtesy of OWWA-13)</em></p>

SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION. Five of the 12 children of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Caraga Region receive their share in the PHP329,149 worth of scholarship grants from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration on Monday (March 7, 2022) at the OWWA- Region 13 office in Butuan City. The grant is part of the agency's Education for Development Scholarship Program. (Photo courtesy of OWWA-13)

BUTUAN CITY – Twelve children of active overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Caraga Region were provided with scholarship grants by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Caraga (OWWA-13).

In a statement Tuesday, the OWWA-13 said of the 12 OFW children, 11 were from Butuan City while one came from Barobo, Surigao del Sur.

On Monday, a total of PHP329,149 worth of scholarship grants were released to the OFW children under OWWA’s Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP).

“EDSP is a scholarship grant offered to qualified college dependents of active OWWA-members who are enrolled in a four to five-year baccalaureate course at any preferred colleges or universities,” the OWWA-13 said.

It added that the released amount was for the first semester of the 2021-2022 school year.

It pointed out that each OFW child who is granted a scholarship under the program has a total allocation of PHP60,000 per year divided into two semesters.

“Interested applicants to the EDSP may communicate with our office, particularly with the Education and Training Unit of OWWA-Caraga,” the OWWA-13 said. (PNA)

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