How It Works

 

Register your Facebook account with OFW Watch. We will alert you via a private message, if an OFW near you is in trouble.

 

The evils of human trafficking and modern day human slavery happen in the dark. Darkness means the communications by the migrant worker with the outside world has been cut. We can not detect if a migrant worker is being beaten, starved or worse, but WE CAN DETECT when they stop communicating.

Filipinos in trouble.Going dark is the first detectable red flag a migrant worker may be in trouble.

Using a combination of social media, check-in, SMS and mobile technologies, we can detect when a migrant worker stops communicating.

 

Detection is only half the problem…

 

In overwhelming numbers, the Filipino migrant workers and ex-pats are successful, strong and technically savvy. We are teachers, nurses, architects and engineers. We are brave and compassionate domestic workers and caregivers. who are successfully contributing to the communities we serve. And together, we account for over 20 million Facebook accounts.

 Strong and successful OFWs.No matter where an overseas Filipino may find themselves, they will be surrounded by hundreds, if not thousands of fellow Filipinos.

The Philippines may be a nation of 10 million migrants and ex-pats,
but we are NOT a nation of helpless victims.

 

Targeted Messaging.

 

For privacy reasons, the maps shown here are not accessible to the public, however the OFW Watch staff and participating government agencies can use targeted messaging to alert surrounding Filipinos of a kababayan in trouble. The alert will come with a recommended course of action. You will decide, in complete privacy, if the recommended course of action is for you.

 Targeted messaging.The alert comes via a private message in Facebook or via SMS and is accompanied by a recommended course of action.

 

The Problem of Overwhelming Numbers

 

The Department of Labor (DOLE) and its supporting agencies (OWWA, POEA and POLO) have approximately 10,000 employees. Only a fraction of these employees are involved with Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). The problem they face is overwhelming numbers.

No matter how hard or how dedicated the agencies responsible for the welfare of our migrant worker’s may be, they face enormous challenges without our help. AND WE ARE NOT HELPLESS.

 

Facebook turns the problem of overwhelming numbers into the solution.

 

Why is this important to me?

 

Because it could so easily happen to those you treasure most… a brother… a sister… a niece or nephew. In every case, the evils of human trafficking and modern day human slavery happen to those we love.

 

Phase one is an interconnected network of the strong… 

 

Even in the dark,

 

Register your Facebook account… please.

 

Background.

 

—OFW Watch is a private sector initiative led by Mynd Dynamic Team, Inc., an IT-BPO located in Mindanao with a specialty in social media application development. —Mynd Dynamic and OFW Watch were founded by Myrna Padilla, a former Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) for over 20 years and a internationally recognized advocate for the OFW.

 

—OFW Watch assumes there are thousands of well educated and technically savvy OFWs who are willing to help… if only given a chance and a platform to do so.

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