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/livingabro...ace-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.

[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.

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. 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. 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!

for sharing this article, Terpe.