08/14/2010 | 12:52 AM Original Story: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/198523/dole-embassy-centers-to-offer-care-and-services-for-ofws
Resource centers of Philippine embassies will be "transformed" to offer a wider range of "care and services" for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) instead of simply being sites for skills enhancement.
This was announced by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday, citing President Benigno Aquino III’s agenda to further strengthen OFWs.
Under the agenda, Filipino Workers Resource Centers (FWRCs) — subsumed under the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs) of embassies — will offer expanded onsite services for Filipinos working abroad.
As a result, "full psychosocial assistance will be provided by the POLO and its network of reputable social workers and faith-based non-government organizations," a statement issued by the DOLE said, quoting Labor secretary Rosalinda Baldoz.
The FWRCs’ new role will complement the “wholistic approach" in providing welfare and protection as well as “reintegration assistance" to OFWs, the statement said.
Economic and reintegration assistance will include placement services, skills retraining, assessment and certification, and livelihood education assistance for dependents.
Skills training and upgrading will be offered to OFWs as soon as they arrive at their overseas destination to prepare them for their reintegration upon returning to the country, the statement said.
Reintegration planning will now be part of the Pre-Departure Orientation Services (PDOS) and Post Arrival Orientation Seminars (PAOS), which OFWs routinely undergo before they go abroad and after they arrive back.
“The FWRCs as onsite centers for expanded protection will play an important part in the reintegration process," Baldoz said.
The DOLE secretary cited the FWRC in Malaysia, which has been offering various skills training programs for OFWs.
For instance, it offers courses such as arts and crafts, Bahasa language, basic accounting, arnis, cosmetology, hair culture, nursing home care, business management, computer courses, culinary arts, dressmaking, English, financial management, reflexology, tailoring, voice lesson, and orientation on Philippine and Malasyian laws.
These courses, Baldoz said, will equip OFWs with appropriate skills that would enable them to find better jobs or embark on livelihood projects that will help them sustain their overseas earnings and improve their economic chances upon their return to the country.
She said the conduct of various skills training will be replicated in other FWRCs in other parts of the world where there is a high concentration of OFWs.
Baldoz said these initiatives are in line with RA 10022, the law which amends RA 8042, or the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act of 1995.
“We are now full blast in redesigning our onsite protection and reintegration programs in accordance with the provisions of R.A. 10022 and its implementing rules and regulations," Baldoz said in the same statement.
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, International Labor Affairs Bureau, Philippine Overseas Labor Offices, and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority are the DOLE agencies tasked by Baldoz to implement this agenda in coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs.—Robert JA Basilio/JV, GMANews.TV
Original Story: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/198523/dole-embassy-centers-to-offer-care-and-services-for-ofws
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ReplyDelete* Para sa proteksyon at pangangalaga sa mga HSWs - Proteksyon kaino? Di bam as kelangan ata ng proteksyon sa inyo kasi kayo ang nagapapahirap sa mga HSW? Bago pa man nagpadala ng mga skilled workers ang Pilipinas sa ibang bansa nangunguna na nag HSW or DH mangibang bansa. We do not see the relevance of all these changes since ganun pa din naman ang takbo sa gobyerno.
* Para mapataas ang antas ng kaalaman - So you mean yung mga nakaalis na dating OFW (before niyo pa ipatupad yan) na naging matagumpay sa kanilang buhay eh dahil sa inyo? What they reap now is because maabilidad ang Pilipino, it’s not a question of higher learning kasi nakita ko ang assessment paper ng TESDA for HSW natawa na lang ako kasi pang tanga lang yung mga tanung dun and yung pagserve ng drinks and pagserve ng food using either hands is for HRM hindi pang DH. San niyo naman nakuha ang ideyang yan?me mga nagreklamo bang mga employer/kung meron ilan? Ilan sa ilang libong DH or HSW ang bilang nila? Sa ganyan eh ginagawa niyo lang tanga ang mga aplikante. Yung trainings niyo na kelangan ganito ang pag gawa ng HOT DRINKS and COLD DRINKS san niyo naman binase yun? Ang employer pa din ang tamang magturo ng gagawin ng DH or HSW kasi sila ang pagsisilbihan at di kayo. How would you know kung ano ang gusto nila? Not all man made rules have basis, lalo na yang TESDA NC2 for HSW or DH. Napaka Pointless nito at napaka baseless and irrelevant na magturo ng tamang paraan sa pagsesreve, pagluluto, paglilinis ng CR, paglalaba, pamamalantsa at iba pa. Kasi yung mga machine na ginagamit niyo sa trainings are also different from the machines that the employers might have, did you ever thought of that?parang pinagastos niyo lang ang mga nag aaply ng HSW at DH sa walang kakwenta kwnetang assessment at training na bukod sa mega effort na sila kasi nanggagaling pa sila sa malalaytung lugar eh napaka mahal pa at walang kwenta. Kung meron mang mga scenario na me nagreklamong mga employer it’s not because hindi marunong ang PINOY kundi maaring ayaw nila sa employer, tinatamad kasi nahohomesick or baka naman hindi katulong ang hanap nila kundi waiter or waitress or hotel workers. Pati yang OWWA na yan kelangan pa ba namang turuan ang mga HSW na ilang beses ng nakapunta sa host country na inaplayan nila? Natural malamang may idea na sila lung pano ang pamamalakad dun at ang culture, unless they are DUMB. Wala naming taong bobo, tamad meron at maarte. Yun ang dapat niyong gawan ng paraan hindi yang higher whatever of learning? We learn things hands on during work not on training, headstart ang training I agree but then if its basic things like cooking and washing dishes and doing laundry which is an everyday life experience for almost everyone. Pointless!