The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration – Regional Welfare Office XI, an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment will announce the winners of the annual search for the 2012 Model OFW Family of the Year Awards (MOFYA) on October 8. The regional awarding ceremony shall be held at the Regency Inn, Villa Abrille Street, Davao City.
There are two families each vying for the award under the landbased and seabased category.
The awarding of MOFYA, now on its 8th year, recognizes the outstanding efforts and determination of OFW families to preserve their family ties despite the distance that separates them for years. The awards aim to highlight the best practices of OFWs and their families in mitigating the challenges of migration. MOFYA focuses on OFW families who have nurtured strong family relations, properly managed the financial benefits from overseas employment, excelled educationally as well as professionally, and achieved positive impact in the community where they belong.
There will be thirty-four (34) model OFW families from the country’s 17 regions who shall vie for the national award which will be announced on December 6, 2012 in Manila. Special Awards shall likewise be given to the OFW family with outstanding performance in community service and entrepreneurship.
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