Many parents nowadays are pushing their children to work abroad in the hope of a better future. And so nursing courses where flooded by students, skills training centers with apprentices, recruitment agencies with applicants. And its real tough to get out. Besides luck, we need the enduring heart.
It might be harsh to say this but as I contemplate, I would say OFWs are the "sacrificial lambs of their families." Here's why:
1. WHAT'S FOR ME? We push them there because we can get something. O come on, lets not be pretentious. We may say its for their future bt we also have benefits from it, right?
2. THE GREAT PROVIDER. Once out, OFWs forget about what they want. It's what the family wants now. And also the former family..how about the family of the spouse?..the cousins..the cousins of the spouse..and all kinds of relatives here, there and evrywhere.
3. MISSING PERSONAL MOMENTS. Our time with family and friends are our comfort zone. These are the most important part of our lives as human being. And for work, we let it pass by. As OFWs get back for a very short vacation, fathers became strangers to their kids. A grand home we see but it seems empty from within.
4. CONFUSION OF WHAT & WHERE I WANT. Long been gone, now its time to get back. Get back where? To Philippines, where there was a family but no work? Or abroad where there's work bt no family? What do I really want? Is it to b a provider without a family beside? Or having a family that I can't provide?
5. LOST FAMILIES. Without a father/ mother for so long, how can we expect kids to feel being loved? Without spouses, how can we expect faithfulness? The core unit of our society, the family, how can we expect it to be strong?
This is a call that we should not be happy that our people are getting out because we can't find anything good here. Gov't, NGOs, business sector and all other groups, let us join hands in protecting our Filipino families.
contributed by: Eric Tunacao
http://www.facebook.com/notes/eric-tunacao/the-dilemna-of-an-ofw/185484451462717
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What you're saying is completely true. I know that everybody must say the same thing, but I just think that you put it in a way that everyone can understand. I'm sure you'll reach so many people with what you've got to say.
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