In Davao City, The Mindanao Migrants Center of Empowering Actions, Inc. (MMCEAI) told that there are overall 132 documented cases of children of Overseas Filipino Workers(OFWs) being maltreated and molested. On Monday, November 27, during the "Kapehan Sa Dabaw"at The Annex of SM City Davao, Inoria Sialana-Elento, the executive director of MMCEAI, said that from 2014 to 2017, their statistics show that there are different abuses and maltreated cases against the children who are excluded by their parents.Though Inoria didn't completely say what are the kind of cases, however, Inoria said that this also covers of OFW abandonment, abandonment by foreign nationals, and negligence of parents and guardians. Inoria said,
"Mataas din dito ang s*xual abuse, teenage parents or pregnancy, and school dropouts."One of the concerns among the youth is the internet addiction due to the shortage guidance from their OFW parent.
Last October 16, 18 and 21, during the series of congressional district Anak OFW Workshop Consultation there is a total of 100 participants visited by some children of active OFWs which 20 of them encounter s*xual abuse. Sialana-Elena added We made a silent shoutbox and there are cases of sexual abuse." In addition to this, there is also physical and verbal abuse by their guardian, as well as economic abuse, abortion, illegal dr*gs, and bullying.
Hence, they are pursuing the government's assistance to assist these children in checking and support their needs in the absence of their parents. Moreover, they pushed the local government units to build opportunities and support the employment for the parents of these children so they would not need to go overseas again. Also, they are pushing the establishment of Barangay's Migrant Desk to check after the problem and the situation that the families and OFWs are facing.
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