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Pinoys on Saipan top sponsors of poor OFW kids’ education
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SUSUPE, Saipan – About 52 percent or 107 of the 206 children of less fortunate former overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who received scholarships in school year 2007-2008 under the Philippine government’s Tuloy Aral program were sponsored by Filipino individuals, groups and companies on Saipan.
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Saipan is the capital of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a US flag territory in the Western Pacific about three hours away from Manila.
Philippine Labor Attache to the CNMI Joan Lourdes Lavilla told GMANews.TV on Tuesday that the generosity and kindheartedness of individuals and groups on Saipan have been evident “in spite of the continued economic downturn" in the CNMI.
“Among the Philippine overseas labor posts, Saipan ranked first in terms of the number of Tuloy Aral Scholars/beneficiaries for school year 2007-2008," Lavilla said.
This is the second school year that Saipan ranked first among the OFW destinations in terms of the number of Tuloy Aral program sponsors and beneficiaries.
In SY 2006-2007, about 60 percent of student beneficiaries were sponsored by Filipino workers,
groups and private companies on Saipan.
The Tuloy-Aral Project, launched in December 2004, assists children of less fortunate former OFWs, as well as other poor and needy elementary and high school children.
Under the program, individual, group or corporate sponsors are asked to provide US$100 support per year to a child-beneficiary to enable him/her to continue his/her elementary or high school education.
The amount helps cover for expenses such as books, school supplies, materials for projects,
transportation, authorized school contributions, and allowance for the whole school year.
Tuloy Aral is a joint project by the Department of Labor and Employment, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, and the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
The Bayani Association and the CNMI Power, two of over 30 Filipino groups in the CNMI, sponsored the continuous education of three sisters -- Renelyn, Jastine and Mary Rose Tutor.
Their father, who worked as a contract worker on Saipan, passed away in November 2006 due to cardiac arrest.
Other OFW groups/associations that are Tuloy Aral sponsors include the Marianas Filipino Women’s Association, the Marianas Institute of Filipino CPAs and Accountants, the Multi-Sectoral Overseas Filipino Workers Empowerment Inc., the OFW Support Group, the U.P. Alumni Association-CNMI Chapter, the Visayas-Mindanao Association of the CNMI, and Tan Holdings Employees Group.
Among the private firms that supported the project are the Tan Holdings Corporation, Century Insurance Corp. and Pacific Marine Industrial Corp.
The Tuloy Aral program also includes many individual sponsors.
Three of these individuals are supporting the education of the two children of OFW Marilou Ranario who remains incarcerated in Kuwait until now, the son of the late OFW Jane La Puebla of Singapore, and son of OFW Gwen Aguilar who has been jailed in Singapore.
Government data shows that Saipan sponsor preferences cover 10 recipient regions, along with the corresponding number of Tuloy Aral scholars.--HAIDEE V. EUGENIO, GMANews.TV
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