MANILA, Philippines – A total of 151 overseas Filipino workers based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia completed one of the two computer courses offered by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
The 13th commencement exercise was held on May 4 at the Liwasang Bonifacio, the multi-purpose court of the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh.
“I ask you to continue to work hard at learning more and to use your knowledge for the benefit of our country,” Ambassador Ezzedin Tago said in his remarks.
Of the 151 graduates, 86 successfully finished "Computer Fundamentals", 42 completed "Digital Media Fundamentals" while 23 mastered Computer Assembly. The courses were offered under the Department of Labor and Employment-OWWA Tulay Project.
The training course aims to increase knowledge and upgrade the skills of OFWs, and at the same time provide them better job opportunities while working in Saudi Arabia.
It also prepares OFWs to become specialists in IT and to be successful entrepreneurs under the government's re-integration program when they go back home to the Philippines.
The project likewise hopes to address the primary issue of family disintegration by using technology to connect and communicate with their loved ones back home.
Dr. Maria Teresa De Guzman, a dentist with the Prince Sultan Humanitarian City, gave a statement on behalf of the graduates.
She related the importance of computer skills in the medical field, and how she now applies what she learned in her presentations and daily work in the hospital. She thanked DOLE, OWWA and the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh for this project that benefits Filipinos in the Kingdom.
More than 2,600 Filipinos in Riyadh have benefitted from the Tulay Project courses since it started in Saudi Arabia.
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