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Filipino caregiver in Canada needs our help

June 20, 2008

 When I chanced upon Ma. Ceres Doyo’s column, "Dying Filipino caregiver in Canada is being kicked out", I came to internalize the irony that our "yayas" endure.  It is almost trite but it rings true in all cases.  Many domestic helpers, especially those who fly abroad, leave their own families behind to take care of others.   

In my family’s case, many househelps have come and gone–some leaving lasting impressions for being an integral part of the household.

More than the pay and the financial support, what can you do to make your yayas realize and feel that they are indeed part of the family?  Certainly the case of Juana Tejada deserves attention, for it touches on the compromising ordeal of domestic helpers that is, many times, left unnoticed… almost to oblivion.

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