BBC Photo journal: Filipino Nanny

July 9, 2005 10:33 PM | posted to philippines | permalink | comments (0)

I saw this photo journal just now via a link posted at Maarte.Org way back October 2004.

Some powerful quotes from the captions:

The [Philippines] government there is not helping us - they have this huge labour export programme but they don't create decent jobs at home. - image# 7

I just don't know what it will be like going back. I'll be old, and my children have become almost foreign to me now.

When I went home a few years ago my son called me Aunty, which was really hard. - image# 11