Category Archives: Poverty

Hopeless, Packing up and Leaving For Abroad? Some Are Going Back to Make a Difference

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Dale Asis

So do you think that the situation back in the Philippines and many developing countries is so hopeless that the only alternative is to pack up and leave for abroad? Tim Troutman and Dr. Manny Cacdac are going back to make a difference. Continue reading →

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New York Times reports sweatshop labor conditions for foreign workers

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Dale Asis

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. Continue reading →

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Filipino Workers in the Diaspora Broke? Think Again! Many Have Money To Spend, Untapped Market as Donors and Consumers

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Dale Asis

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. Continue reading →

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Without Any Papers, Tess and Thousands Like Her, Live in Fear Being Deported at Any Time

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dale Asis

Without any papers, Tess and millions of undocumented workers around the world, live in constant fear being caught and deported. Continue reading →

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Thriving, informal economy among Filipina caregivers in Israel

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Dale Asis

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 … Continue reading →

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Dora’s Sacrifice To Keep Sending Money Back Home

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Dale Asis

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. Continue reading →

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Another Aquino is President of the Philippines – NOW WHAT? Real Change only happens with grassroots community leadership and involvement

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Dale Asis

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’ … Continue reading →

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10. Philippines’ GDP increased (yay!) and so does poverty (huh?) and Nine Other Interesting Facts

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Dale Asis

Last February 2010, I’ve met Jeremiah Opiniano, Executive Director of the Institute for Migration and Development Institute, a nonprofit think tank in the Philippines devoted to policy research, data banking and development journalism on Filipinos’ international migration and its development … Continue reading →

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Filipino Medical Heroes – Saving One Patient At a Time

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Dale Asis

It was only 7:30 AM and hundreds of patients were already lining up to be seen at the surgical mission put together by the World Surgical Foundation in Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island, Philippines last February 2010.  I had the privilege … Continue reading →

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Philippine Reflections: Taal Volcano’s Majestic View – But Beauty is Skin Deep

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Dale Asis

On February 2010, I went to the Philippines and I met a lot of people to network and potentially collaborate with to increase giving to the Philippines. I also joined several medical and surgical missions there.  I have tracked down … Continue reading →

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