By Leslie Ann Aquino The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said it already spent more than P380 million in assisting 26,000 overseas Filipino workers. OWWA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said the money was spent for the hotel accommodation, food, and transportation of OFWs. (MANILA BULLETIN) "We are spending about P15,000 per OFW," he revealed in a virtual press briefing Monday, May 11. According to Cacdac, P180 million came from the national budget allocation, while about P200 million was sourced from the OWWA fund. OWWA has been providing assistance to OFWs affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and those who were stranded because of the lockdown. And with about 50,000 OFWs expected to return home here in the country in the coming months, OWWA has asked Congress to augment their funds. "We have already asked Congress for an additional P2.5 billion to augment our funds. We are praying really hard that it will be granted," Cacdac said. "We are not in the red. We are financially healthy. We just want Congressional assistance to augment our funds because we want the OWWA trust fund to be utilized in the post lockdown scenario," he added. Cacdac said they want to spare the OWWA trust fund for reintegration, livelihood, reskilling, retooling, and skills investment efforts post lockdown. Some 25,000 sea-based and 20,000 land-based OFWs are expected to return here in the country between May to June.