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    Overseas Filipino Workers

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    Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are viewed both as "global servants" and "modern day heroes". There are an estimated 2.2 million OFWs who leave the Philippines for more stable jobs and higher salaries abroad due to lack of opportunities and low wages at home. Their remittances contribute significantly to the Philippine economy, making up 9% of GDP. While OFWs endure hardships like homesickness, discrimination, and abuse from employers to send money to their families, they are considered heroes for their sacrifices that improve lives and create a growing middle class in the Philippines. The document argues that OFWs should be seen as modern day heroes for using their minds and enduring challenges abroad to financially support loved ones, more

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    Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are viewed both as "global servants" and "modern day heroes". There are an estimated 2.2 million OFWs who leave the Philippines for more stable jobs and higher salaries abroad due to lack of opportunities and low wages at home. Their remittances contribute significantly to the Philippine economy, making up 9% of GDP. While OFWs endure hardships like homesickness, discrimination, and abuse from employers to send money to their families, they are considered heroes for their sacrifices that improve lives and create a growing middle class in the Philippines. The document argues that OFWs should be seen as modern day heroes for using their minds and enduring challenges abroad to financially support loved ones, more

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    Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are viewed both as "global servants" and "modern day heroes". There are an estimated 2.2 million OFWs who leave the Philippines for more stable jobs and higher salaries abroad due to lack of opportunities and low wages at home. Their remittances contribute significantly to the Philippine economy, making up 9% of GDP. While OFWs endure hardships like homesickness, discrimination, and abuse from employers to send money to their families, they are considered heroes for their sacrifices that improve lives and create a growing middle class in the Philippines. The document argues that OFWs should be seen as modern day heroes for using their minds and enduring challenges abroad to financially support loved ones, more

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    Overseas Filipino Workers

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    Allaine Regio
    Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are viewed both as "global servants" and "modern day heroes". There are an estimated 2.2 million OFWs who leave the Philippines for more stable jobs and higher salaries abroad due to lack of opportunities and low wages at home. Their remittances contribute significantly to the Philippine economy, making up 9% of GDP. While OFWs endure hardships like homesickness, discrimination, and abuse from employers to send money to their families, they are considered heroes for their sacrifices that improve lives and create a growing middle class in the Philippines. The document argues that OFWs should be seen as modern day heroes for using their minds and enduring challenges abroad to financially support loved ones, more

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    Overseas Filipino Workers: Global servants or Modern day heroes?

    Most of families and relatives in our country enjoying branded clothes and imported
    products and foods are from an OFW which means Overseas Filipino Workers, Those Filipinos
    are the one who goes to a different country just to have a stable job and to have a minimum
    salary. As a student I wondered why Overseas Filipino Worker labels as global servant or
    modern day heroes. Based on my researched, the estimated total of an overseas Filipino
    worker is 2.2 million because many Filipinos think that migration is the key or demographic
    response to solve a various socio-economic problems also many Filipinos unable to find a job
    here in the Philippines because of poor educational background, lack of working experience and
    being underpaid. As the result of having a million OFWs, the Philippines has become a major
    source for international migrants and become one of the largest sending countries of labor to
    various countries in the world that’s why some people labelled OFWs as “Global Servant.”
    In economically aspect, Overseas Filipino worker are labelled as “Modern day heroes”
    due to fact that OFW remittances are closing the gap between the poor and the wealthy by
    contributing to a growing middle class also Globalization has created a new reality for OFWs
    also it has been a good part of it due to the fact, since then OFWs become an economic lifeline
    of the Philippines, with their remittances contributing nine percent of the country's Gross
    Domestic Product (GDP).
    In my point of view I still considered Overseas Filipino Workers as Modern Day hero,
    why? Being a hero is not always come along with the sword, blood or to sacrifice one’s life, it
    also comes with our mind and heart. As Dr. Jose Rizal does, he fought for our country through
    writing novels that will trigger the patriotism of every people back then. Just like Dr. Jose Rizal,
    OFWs uses their heart and mind making decision and sacrifices themselves to choose to leave
    our country to provide financial and everyday needs of their love ones. Overseas Filipino
    workers chose to leave even though it will make them sad, lonely and homesick, it is hard for
    them to interact with other culture. They endure being discriminated by other nation and also,
    Most of OFWs endures the pain of being abused by their boss or manager just to provide
    money consistently to their family or love ones in the Philippines and sometimes Overseas
    Filipino worker return here in the Philippines with their dead bodies, those OFWs are victims of
    abuse, terrorism, unfair treatment, molested and harassment. Also most Filipino women
    making self-defense to protect their lives are being executed in other country.
    Still many Filipinos think that people working abroad are rich but in reality Overseas
    Filipino workers just doing their best, they did not think the hard works and sacrifices of our
    fellow Filipinos. As a student, I am proud that they serve as inspirations not just to me, but for
    all Filipinos. Overseas Filipino workers serves as role model for being brave for facing everyday
    challenges alone far away from their family and also for doing their best to provide a good life
    and stable financial needs to their loved ones and relatives. Also by not forgetting to spoil their
    families with monthly balik-bayan box. They are Indeed a “Modern-day Heroes”.

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