Overseas Filipino Workers Abroad and at Home
Add to Lightbox DownloadWith the sponsorship of Globe Telecom, a family received 25,000 pesos from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, OWWA, in Manila, Philippines on Dec. 2006. OWWA held several holiday events giving out many prizes to workers throughout the Philippines to welcome the roughly 120,000 OFWs that came home for the Christmas season. Even President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took time out of her busy schedule to greet returning OFWs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

