EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL SUPPORT. To assist the Overseas Filipino Workers and their families, the local government of Davao City has created an office that will attend to their welfare and concerns. Since it started operating on May 2, 2022 the center has already catered to 18 clients. (Photo courtesy of CSWDO)
DAVAO CITY – The newly-opened Overseas Filipino Workers' (OFW) Family Welfare and Crisis Center here has so far served 18 clients, some of whom are non-residents.
The center, manned by the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), opened on May 2. It aims to provide various forms of assistance and psychosocial interventions for families left behind by OFWs.
"We are offering the families of OFWs with psychosocial attention. It is not something that an average family here can think of as a factor that needed to be addressed. It only becomes noticeable when it gets worse," CSWDO chief Marissa Gallo said Tuesday.
Of the 18 clients, 15 are Davao City residents while the others are from outside the city.
Gallo said the center also aims to assure OFWs that their families are being taken care of to spare them of the worries while working abroad.
The center was created by a city ordinance that institutionalized the protection of rights, interests, welfare, and development of the families of the Dabawenyos who leave for work abroad.
CSWDO has started creating a database of Dabawenyo OFWs to offer seamless service and accurate demographics of Dabawenyo OFWs all over the world.
The Family Welfare and Crisis Center also acts as a coordinating office between Davao City-based OFWs and the various national government agencies that covers OFW interests, she added.
The OFW Family Welfare and Crisis Center is located within the CSWDO main office on Magallanes Street. To avail of their service, the office can be reached through their phone numbers: 0999-994-3577 and 0822-256214. Their e-mail address is: [email protected]. (PNA)
