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OWWA seeks help for Tuloy-Aral Project
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Posted on Mar 31 2006
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration is calling on all individuals and groups in the CNMI to help children of former Overseas Filipino Workers and other needy children in the Philippines fulfill their dreams of continuing education.
OWWA welfare officer Mary Dait said her office is currently accepting donors to provide assistance to less fortunate children of former OFWs in the Philippines.
Dait said that, through the $100 sponsorships, the education of the beneficiaries would be smoother and more rewarding.
She said the sponsorship aims to provide the children their school necessities such as notebooks, pens, pads, bags and books, among many others. This year, she said her office is looking at increasing the number of recipients to 20 more students.
“Some 32 schoolchildren have been sponsored by the project since November last year,” she said, adding that the target for the next school year is at least 100 students. “We would like to encourage anyone to help former OFWs’ children.”
There are no requirements to extend help to the students, said Dait. When an individual has expressed his interest in helping out, the CNMI OWWA office calls the Manila Office so that it could allot a recipient in the Philippines. Then the OWWA office will notify the CNMI office to confirm the sponsorship.
OWWA head administrator Marianito D. Roque said in a letter to prospective sponsors that OWWA launched the project in December 2004 so that children of former OFWs can continue their elementary and high school education in the Philippines.
“The education of our youth being a responsibility of Filipinos here and abroad, may I appeal on our sense of social responsibility as we work together in laying down the foundation of our country’s future,” Roque said.
Roque said that for only $100, donors could be a “foster parent of a Tuloy-Aral Kid for one school year.
Last school year, the Tuloy Aral Project in the CNMI ranked No. 1 among OWWA offices in the world. Dait said her office is hoping to maintain that recognition this year.
For more information on how to extend assistance, donors can visit the OWWA office located at the ground floor of the Nauru Building in Susupe.
