The story is lifted from the book “Migrants’ Stories, Migrants’ Voices 2 published by the Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW) with the support from Cordaid, an international development organization based in the Netherlands. The book contains a collection of 13 stories about the many faces of migration and details how migrants and their families cope [...]

Well-trained and motivated nursing workforce is a key component in quality healthcare, but in much of the Middle East nurses are a transient workforce in short supply. In the first of a two-part series, Jo Hartley investigates the future of nurse recruitment and the moves to attract local talent.

And the hurt for Filipino nurses is being so far from their kin at Christmas time.
By Sheila Wayman
FILIPINO NURSE Nora Robles will be sharing in her family’s traditional celebrations at midnight on Christmas Eve in the southern Philippines. She will watch her son, her parents, four sisters and extended family opening gifts.

By Dario Agnote - Kyodo News
Filipino caregiver Stella Lelis trained in Japan for three years and speaks basic Japanese.
Like thousands of Filipino nurses and caregivers, the 28-year-old hopes to be among the first batch who will be allowed to care for Japan’s seniors.

In order to handle the shortage of care workers that the nation’s rapidly aging population will soon require, 208 Indonesian candidates for nurses and care workers will start working in Japan from next year under an Economic Partnership Agreement that came into effect in July this year. To get a feel for how the system [...]