The Seafarer’s Upgrading Program (SUP) is a special OWWA scholarship program that caters to active, returning, or first-time Filipino seafarers who are active members, in order to improve their skills and proficiency in the various technicalities and specialties consistent with international maritime standards. This SUP program provides a monetary grant of up to PhP 7,500 per training course offered by …
The dream to be a seafarer and take on the world through sea takes a lot more time and effort than most people think, but it’s sure no big deal even for those who did not major in maritime studies or similar fields. This is where the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) comes in with Mariner’s Dugtong Aral (MDA), a …
For years, educational grants provided by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) cater to a wide array of OFWs and their dependents alike, from beginning migrant workers to those affected by the pandemic and other natural disasters. But they don’t stop there, for we also have the Education and Livelihood Assistance Program (ELAP), another of their benefit projects aimed to …
The Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) is one of OWWA’s outstanding scholarship benefit programs for OFWs, as it offers their qualified dependents a chance to fulfill their future through financial assistance amounting to a maximum of PhP 60,000 per academic year. But similar to the previous grants that we have discussed in the previous features, the EDSP also entails …
Another education and scholarship program provided by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is the Skills for Employment Scholarship Program (SESP). SESP is a scholarship grant that aims to provide educational support for both active OWWA OFW members and their qualified dependents who intend to or are currently enrolled in technical-vocational (tech-voc) courses. Beneficiaries of the grant are assured of …