The Davao City OFW Family Welfare and Crisis Center has served 18 clients as of Monday, May 16, 2022, the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) said.
The figure involved those catered to since May 2, according to CSWDO Head, Atty. Marlisa Gallo.
Of the 18 clients, 15 are Davao City residents while the others are from outside the city. Six of them were walk in cases while five others reached out online.
Aside from financial assistance for OFWs and their families, the clients benefitted from psychosocial services offered by the OFW Family Welfare and Crisis Center.
āDili tanan OFW maayo ang kahimtang sa gawas ā¦ Naay kakulangan sa pamilya, adjustment na pud sa pamilya most especially if the OFW is a family headā. (Not all OFWs find good fortune abroad ā¦ Something vital goes missing in the family, the family will need to adjust, especially if the one leaving is a family head), Atty.Gallo said.
In an interview during the Madayaw Dabaw, the CSWDO chief said that although the Ordinance that created the crisis center puts emphasis on aiding documented OFWs, undocumented OFWs are also welcome to reach out to and that their families will not be excluded from the programās services.
Aside from directly providing help to families of OFWs, 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.
To ensure an efficient system for the program, the CSWDO is set to create a database of Dabawenyo OFWs to better streamline information and acquire accurate demographics of Dabawenyo OFWs all over the world. A city-wide profiling of OFWs is currently ongoing.
The OFW Family Welfare and Crisis Center is located within the CSWDO main office on Magallanes St. For those who wish to know more about the services of the crisis center can call their hotlines:
09999943577
0822256214
or email them at:
Ofwcenter.davaocity@gmail.com
