Aid to OFWs

Through the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance where she sits as director, Senator Cynthia A. Villar (center) gives assistance to five distressed overseas Filipino workers who have been repatriated after suffering from various forms of maltreatment while working abroad. The OFWs thanked the senator for the sari-sari store startup package and financial assistance to start a new life. Also in photo is Susan Ople of the Blas Ople Center.