The program also featured government and non-government organizations who are charged with taking care of the concerns of OFWs such as labor and recruitment issues.
Buhay OFW also highlighted untold and successful stories of OFWs who survived from adversities and sufferings while working outside the country but have also given inspiration to their fellow Kababayans.
The program was hosted by Marissa del Mar, a one-time PMPC Star Awards Best Public Service Program Host awardee and former host of Up Close and Personal on IBC-13, which was awarded as the Best Public Service Program, also from the PMPC Star Awards.
In October 2016, Buhay OFW was awarded as the Best Public Service Program, together with Mission: Possible of ABS-CBN, in the recently concluded 30th PMPC Star Awards for Television.
On July 27, 2019, Buhay OFW moved to GMA News TV with a new title World Class Kababayan with the program embodied all the viewers should know about.