OFW's - There's no place like home

[Terpe]

Hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did.
By the way, have your tissue ready to dry that eye

http://blogs.inquirer.net/livingabroad/2010/10/20/theres-no-place-like-home/

[Manila_Paul]

OFWs are not unfeeling (Hindi bato ang OFW). You are human--not money or cash machines. You get tired, lonely (yes, often); you get sick, hungry; you stop and think, too. You, too, need support, if not physically, at least emotionally or spiritually.

Sadly, many are seen as cash machines back home.

[stevewool]

so sad reading but somehow it makes you happy too, we dont realize just how lucky we are sometimes, but also how we live too are we all a litle mean to each other

[fred]

I blame the Spanish and the corrupt religious practices that were introduced here for 300 years for the poverty,suffering and need for OFW`s these days..
The Government of the R.P has tried to fight the population problem with sensible policy measures(family planning) but with no end of veto`s and protests from the true leaders and governors.of this country..THE CATHOLIC CHURCH!!
Evil to the core IMO..

[grahamw48]

Then along came the Yanks with the gun culture, coca cola, junk food and every other bad habit and vice they could put into the mix. :NoNo:

[Arthur Little]

Yup, makes sad reading. And it's no exaggeration, either! My wife has a niece who graduated from Nursing School in Davao. She came to the UK as part of a Recruitment Drive for professionals in 2005, and worked with mentally impaired patients in Derby for a few years ... before securing an appointment as Deputy Officer-in-Charge at a Residential Care Home in Hartlepool. Nowadays, she divides her time between that post and another as an NHS nurse in a local hospital. :Bolt:

Anyway, her husband ... a Commerce graduate - and later a senior officer in the Philippines' National Police - eventually joined her with their four kids. But the only jobs available to him over here in the first instance were washing dishes in a restaurant followed by spells in hotel portering - both involving long shifts on the minimum weekly wage. :anerikke: Despite having held a full driving licence - as well as being an instructor with the PNP - he was unable to apply for a driver's job in England due to the need to retrain and sit the British Driving Test.

So ... no ... it ain't easy for OFWs these days. :nono-1-1: Our niece was fortunate in that there was a demand for nurses from abroad when she applied. But in the relatively short space of just over 5 years, there has been an almost complete 'U'-turn ... as is reflected in her husband's current situation. And in the present economic climate there seems little prospect of improvement! :bigcry:

:68711_thanx: for sharing this article, Terpe. :xxgrinning--00xx3: