The Philippine government has been putting all their efforts in facilitating the return of our fellow kabayans. As of June 7, 2020, about 55,859 OFWs arrived in the country since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak. Within the tally, 17,419 are land-based, while 38,440 are sea-based OFWs. According to the Department of Health’s (DOH) COVID-19…
The world continues its almost 7-month battle of the transmission of COVID-19 disease. As we face the coronavirus pandemic, we, the Overseas Filipinos in Kuwait, want to return safely back to our home country, the Philippines. Because of the implemented lockdown measures, our primary jobs stopped together with our financial income. I know that as…
ILOKANA WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION IN KUWAIT: Care. Love. Advocate. The distress OFW children often encounter difficulties in receiving assistance from the public. Understandably, these children and their families are financially unable to afford it. ILOKANA WOMEN ORGANIZATION IN KUWAIT (IWOK) has been assisting hundreds of displaced OFW children with educational and health services…
The Society offer courses and workshops regularly for professional improvement and continuing education of members. The Society provides a forum for engineers to exchange ideas and update their knowledge on contemporary and future developments in engineering. The Society provides advice to members on job placement and career progression through her Job placement unit. …
I have been invited to be the Emcee for a Thanksgiving event of Ms. Almira Matus in cooperation with Ilokana Women’s Organization in Kuwait (IWOK) and Filipino Association for Music and Arts (FAMA).
Ms. Henelyn Collis, RN also one of the officers of Hiligaynon Kuwait chose to celebrate her most recent birthday at Philippine Embassy Hateen Shelter with distressed OFWs. Being a married woman, registered nurse and community leader, she is not new to the sufferings of other people particularly many OFWs who met unfortunate situations here in…
In response to the need for charitable works especially for OFWs detained in different jails here in Kuwait, the Ilokana Women’s Organization in Kuwait (IWOK) and Filipino Association for Music and Arts (FAMA), cooperated among themselves in order to extend assistance for charity. The women of both organizations donated blankets that will definitely…
