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Filipinos Abroad Helping Filipinos at Home
Category: Philippines
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Filipino Christians Providing Food Packages to Filipino Muslims during Ramadan
In a time of strife and uncertainty, Filipino Christians in the island of Mindanao are handing out food and gift packages to Filipino Muslims during Ramadan. This act of giving might lead to healing and peace in this island that have been faced with strife and violence for decades.
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New York Times reports sweatshop labor conditions for foreign workers
Training programs or sweatshop? Foreign workers were lured to lucrative training jobs in Japan but turned out to be filled with labor abuses. Workers are faced with such peril. In the future, they should have a choice whether to seek employment abroad or to stay. Right now they don’t have a choice but to leave.
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Billionaires Make Headlines Giving Away Their Wealth, While Many Unsung Heroes Continue Giving Without Fanfare
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” Kahlil Gibran On July 15, 2010, New York Times reported with fanfare that Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, plans to give more than half of his estimated $13.5 billion fortune to philanthropy. Warren…
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Filipino Workers in the Diaspora Broke? Think Again! Many Have Money To Spend, Untapped Market as Donors and Consumers
My stereotype of overseas Filipino workers are shattered. The Filipino workers in the diaspora workers are not broke. They have expendable income to spend on weekend trips and souvenirs. These Filipino caregivers are untapped market as consumers. More importantly, they have expendable income to give as potential donors for development projects in the Philippines.
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Without Any Papers, Tess and Thousands Like Her, Live in Fear Being Deported at Any Time
Without any papers, Tess and millions of undocumented workers around the world, live in constant fear being caught and deported.
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Teachers, Bankers, Dentists and Many Other Filipino Professionals Working as Caregivers in Israel
During my recent trip to Israel, I met some smart Filipina women who completed their college degrees but they’re not practicing their professions. Instead, they are working as caregivers for the elderly: Meet Evangeline (far left) who earned her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education; she also had extensive experience working in a small business. Meet…
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Thriving, informal economy among Filipina caregivers in Israel
I recently visited Israel and I’ve met many overseas Filipino workers there working as caregivers. I’m impressed how industrious and hardworking they were! I’m equally impressed by the wide variety of odd jobs they have taken up to earn an extra buck – from babysitting, selling jeans, giving manicures to peddling vegetables from door to…
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Dora’s Sacrifice To Keep Sending Money Back Home
Dora, a caregiver in Israel, had to make extreme, personal sacrifices of working without a day off for 7 Months in order to keep sending money back home but at extreme, social costs.
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Another Aquino is President of the Philippines – NOW WHAT? Real Change only happens with grassroots community leadership and involvement
In June 2010, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is poised to become the next president of the Philippines. Many Filipinos at home and abroad are rejoicing after a relatively bloodless election and many are pinning their hopes on Noynoy to ‘save’ the Philippines. SO NOW WHAT? The next Philippine president is starting out with such a…
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Upcoming Philippine Elections: Three Critical Things To Watch
On May 10, 2010, the Philippines will be conducting nationwide elections where voters will be choosing a new president and vice president, members of the national Congress, and some 17,000 local executive and legislative positions. Despite all the political pundits, I believe there are three critical things that people need to watch and pay attention:…