PH Consulate General in Jeddah Lauds Filipino's Outreach Training Programs

Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah Vice-Consul Alfred Kristoffer Guiang (third from right) and Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO)-Jeddah officers led by Welfare Officer Yolanda Penaranda (fourth from right) pose with administrators of Health Alliance Training Center (HATC), including HATC President Veronica Filipinas Saha (third from left, second row), Administrator Sherwin Zuniga (second from right), and Filipino community leaders during HATC’s Grand Alumni Homecoming. (Jeddah PCG photo)

JEDDAH 16 December 2019 — The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah commended the Filipino-run Health Alliance Training Center (HATC) during the latter’s Grand Alumni Homecoming on 29 November 2019 for its excellent healthcare training programs to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), as well as its untiring conduct of outreach programs to distressed Filipinos staying in the Consulate General’s male and female shelters.

HATC’s alumni homecoming was also the celebration of its second founding anniversary when it first opened its doors to Filipinos based in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia, who want to acquire skills in the healthcare profession. HATC has since been offering interested OFWs intensive training in caregiving and the nursing aide program.

The additional competencies gained from the training have opened alternative career options to the graduates, and HATC has also been offering free short courses in caregiving to the Filipino male and female wards temporarily staying at the Consulate.

In his brief message during the program, Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah Vice-Consul Alfred Kristoffer Guiang commended HATC for continuously providing excellent healthcare training for Filipinos in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). He added that the new skills acquired by the graduates would give them a chance to find alternative employment opportunities, whether in KSA or another country. END

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