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 …
The OFW Dependent Scholarship Program (ODSP) is one of the main scholarship programs of the OWWA government agency that helps dependents of active OFW members get a financial allowance for their 4-year or 5-year course in any state university of their choice. Approved beneficiaries will get PHP 20,000 per year for 4 years (or 5 years) in cash to be …
The Project EASE (Educational Assistance through Scholarship in Emergencies) is another OWWA educational assistance project that caters to college-level dependents of active OWWA OFW members who have been repatriated or displaced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Approved beneficiaries will get PHP 10,000 per year for 4 years in cash to be used for their education. Also Read: OWWA Programs Benefits …