'OFW Serbisyo Caravan' records 11,383 transactions in the UAE

A government-led comprehensive caravan for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), piloted in three key cities in Saudi Arabia from July 18; and, which earned a barrage of complaints from distraught OFWs in the UAE - where II,383 total transactions were recorded - shall definitely be improved.

- Mariecar Jara-Puyod, Senior Reporter

Data furnished Gulf Today showed that the two-phased six-day "OFW Serbisyo Caravan" in the UAE, served 992 clients during the July 28 to 30 Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Phil-Health) outreach programme held at the Migrant Workers Office-Dubai(MWO-Dubai). Of this, 25 were membership registrations; 69 membership amendments; 683 document issuance/printing including identification cards and Membership Data Records; and 215 enquiries/verifications.

On August 3, from Hall 8 and Rashid Hall of the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) and from August 4 and 5 at the MWO-Dubai - because of the unexpected influx of OFWs at the original Hall 8 venue - the agency that rendered the most number of services was the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), an attached office of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). DMW is the main implementor of the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Administration's "Serbisyo Caravan," aimed at primarily serving densely-populated OFW countries.