OFWs in Paris Learn Financial Planning from PH Embassy

Overseas Filipinos in Paris avail themselves of the OWWA membership application, handled by Labor Attaché Delmer Cruz and Rolena Aguilar from the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Geneva. (Paris PE photo)

PARIS 09 July 2018 — More than 200 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Paris participated in a financial planning seminar organized by the Philippine Embassy in Paris in Salle Chasseloup, Théopile Gautier on 30 June 2018.

During the financial literacy seminar, there were two sessions conducted by Consul Arnel G. Talisayon from the Philippine Consulate General in Geneva. Thereafter, presentations and services were rendered by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Social Security System (SSS), Pag-IBIG and Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) registration.

Philippine Ambassador to France Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro and Consul General Aileen Mendiola-Rau delivered the opening remarks. In her welcome speech, Ambassador Lazaro said, “It is important to save while you are working here in France to ensure a comfortable future for yourselves and to trust Philippine financial institutions to assist OFWs when they retire.”

Labor Attaché Delmer Cruz from Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Geneva, Foreign Representative Thelma Venturanza from SSS London, and Members Services Officer Maria Fe Mangalile from Pag-IBIG Fund London briefed the audience about the benefits of availing themselves of OWWA, SSS and Pag-IBIG membership, which include disability, death and retirement benefits, scholarships, family welfare services, and a fool-proof insurance and savings account, among others. END

Consul Arnel Talisayon from the Philippine Consulate General in Geneva gives practical advice on financial planning to the Overseas Filipino Workers who participated in the Seminar. (Paris PE photo)

The Paris PE Team pose for a shot in between the two sessions of the Financial Literacy Seminar. (Paris PE photo)

For more information, visit  www.parispe.dfa.gov.ph or http://www.facebook.com/PHinFrance/ https://twitter.com/PHinFrance