OWWA sends aid to OFW families

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) is distributing bottled water and cooked meals to 3,000 families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were affected by Tropical Storm “Sendong” in Northern Mindanao, Owwa chief Carmelita Dimzon said Wednesday.

Dimzon said she ordered Owwa Region 10 director Petrona Bergado to continue its “Operation Tulong” for OFW victims of Sendong which devastated Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City over the weekend.

“Our personnel have been mobilized to distribute bottled mineral water and cooked or ready-to-eat food to the residents. The initial assessment indicated that 3,000 OFW families had been affected, but the number is expected to grow,” Dimzon said in a statement.

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