Press Release No. 88-2019
Jeddah-based OFWs finish FILCOM vocational and technical programs, urged to be entrepreneurs
Jeddah, 23 October 2019 –Some 160 Filipinos in Jeddah on 18 October completed their vocational and technical training programs. The graduates, most of whom hold regular jobs, finished various short courses in computer literacy, aircon and refrigeration, hairdressing, CCTV essentials, bread and pastry, solar renewal energy, and massage therapy and reflexology, among others. The trainings were given by the Filipino Computer Literacy Program (FILCOM), a community-based organization that helps OFWs in acquiring additional technical skills through various training programs that may help them have better career opportunities in the Kingdom.
Vice-Consul Alfred Kristoffer Guiang represented the Consulate during the activity and commended the graduates for using their time to acquire additional vocational skills. He likewise urged them to be innovative, enterprising and entrepreneurial, and save capital and use it to set up their own businesses back in the Philippines. –END—
Jeddah PCG officials Vice-Consul Alfred Kristoffer A. Guiang (center) and Welfare Officer Yolanda Penaranda
(2nd from left) in attendance during FILCOM’s commencement exercises. Also in photo are FILCOM’s founders Mr. Romeo
Capili (2nd from right) and Mr. Dynn Haro (rightmost), and Filipino community representative Mr. Mar Par (leftmost).
Trainers and administrators of the Filipino Computer Literacy Program
(FILCOM) pose after the awarding of certificates to the graduates.
Graduates of the Massage Therapy Program sing the graduation song.
