PDOS is given by accredited organizations and aims to orient migrants about the customs, culture, practices and most relevant laws of the country they are going to w,ork in. From a rights perspective the trainings should disseminate information in a clear and appropriate manner, equipping migrants with how to respond to mistreatment, abuse and violations of their rights. These seminars are however too often reduced to token activities, used as a venue by self-serving recruiter interests, give disproportionate stress on hou, to remit, and are otherwise unable to genuinely prepare migrants for work abroad. Out of 231 accredited PDOS providers only l5 are NGOs and the rest are recruiters. It is also somewhat inappropriate that resource persons/sponsors come from the banks. real estate businesses which prioritize capturing remittance flows for profit rather than the u'elfare of OFWs. PDOS is also just conducted quite late in the last stages of the deplorment process. Indeed, similar seminars could also be productively giren bv govemments, employers or other private entities in receiving countries especiallf inasmuch as destination country economies as a whole and private emplovers indir idually and collectively significantly benefit from the labors of Filipino mrgrant u'orkers. Overseas service support. The government formally recognzes its vitalrole in providing migrants appropriate support while they are abroad. The Philippines so far has established Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs) in 32 ernbassies and consulates abroad - 14 in the Middle East, five in Europe, two in the Americas and the remaining 1l in the Asia-Pacific region - by augmenting labor attaches u'ith additional staff and funding. The POLOs are intended to provide on-site service. assistance and protection to migrants but this intent is limited in practice by POLOs currentlr,consisting ofjust some 400 personnel globally. The 32 POLOs are also far from gir ing adequate coverage to Filipinos spread over nearly 190 countries where OFWs are u'orldu'ide. Important practices start with a convenient and accessible mechanism for reporting abuse by employers and others and seeking redress while thel'are in their destination countries. Embassies and other diplomatic outposts har,'e telephone hotlines or cell phones and even websites to facilitate reporting of abuse. The reporting is just the frst step however and the government has to concretize assistance by pror,iding or otherwise arranging legal representation to fight against contract violations. discrimination, sexual harassment, violence and other violations of labor and other rights. In principle, interventions by embassies and consulates can include covering the representation and other legal costs up to going to court. The government has acknowledged the importance of providing migrant victims of with shelter while interventions are under way. These begin with arrangements giving physical access to victims of diplomatic outposts - and its attendant documentation and welfare services - whenever these are needed even outside office hours and during weekends. In areas of relatively lower concentrations of migrant workers which is unfortunately the case for perhaps millions of Filipinos who live and work far from where abuse 50