Category Archives: OFW Advocacy

For a Great Overseas Filipino Worker  (OFW)  Leader – A Eulogy for Sir Oliver Tupaz Diong

For a Great Overseas Filipino Worker  (OFW)  Leader - A Eulogy for Sir Oliver Tupaz Diong -diarynigracia

        For a Great Overseas Filipino Worker  (OFW)  Leader – A Eulogy for Sir Oliver Tupaz Diong   Today, I write to pay tribute to one of the best leaders I met, Mr. Oliver Diong. He was a hard-working man who invested most of his life in Kuwait for humanitarian purposes, together…

Leader Interview on HOW TO BE A GREAT LEADER: Serve and Inspire by Oliver Tupaz Diong

Leader Interview on HOW TO BE A GREAT LEADER Serve and Inspire by Oliver Tupaz Diong -diarynigracia

Leader Interview on HOW TO BE A GREAT LEADER: Serve and Inspire by Oliver Tupaz Diong           Leader Interview on HOW TO BE A GREAT LEADER: Serve and Inspire by Oliver Tupaz Diong We need leaders who are committed to a higher purpose, not just peddling the furtherance of their social…

New shelter for abused OFWs in Kuwait—a real blessing

Last April, a new shelter was opened by the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait for abused Filipino household service workers (HSWs). This three-storey building is located in Hateen, and this will serve as another home for our kabayans needing protection from abusive employers—in addition to the Filipino Workers Resource Centre (FWRC) in Faiha. FWRC and this…

Surprise Gift Giving of IWOK

“Always find time for the things that make you feel happy to be alive.” -Anonymous- It’s September and Christmas spirit is in the air. Christmas is the season of gift-giving. Recently, IWOK kicked off a surprise gift-giving to 11 children at a charitable institution here in Kuwait. The children are so delighted and grateful for…

Year 2020: A Gratitude Note

I write about topics that are often guides for kababayans because there is too much need for it.  But if we don’t talk about these themes that are prevalent in our life as OFW how can we evolve our perspectives and support one another?

The Covid-19 Guidebook Second Edition has Finally Launched!

The launching of your ultimate COVID-19 Guidebook Second Edition is now happening! November 30, 2020 Releasing my first book helped many of our fellow Kabayans during the implemented total lockdown. Under the five-phase plan to normalcy, a second edition of the COVID-19 guide book is now available for our everyday use. Distributed within reach of…

The Covid-19 Guidebook First Edition has Finally Launched!

The launching of your ultimate COVID-19 Guidebook First and Second Edition is now happening! November 29, 2020 Once in a while, an idea takes hold of me, and I just can’t be satisfied until I sit down and write it. The COVID-19 Guide book 1 and 2 are one of those books. Some of the…

The Covid-19 Guidebook Second Edition Release

Diary ni Gracia continues to guide OFWs and Kababayans in Kuwait in the five-phase path to normalcy. November 30, 2020 The pandemic has reached the whole world and it just got worse but with all the situations that passed, everything can get balanced as normalcy begins. The release of the Covid 19-Guidebook First Edition, which…

Discover the Inspiring COVID-19 Stories of OFWs in Kuwait – Documenting One’s COVID-19 Struggle

Talagang hindi biro ang COVID-19 pandemic na ating nararanasan ngayon. Lalo na sa ating mga kapwang Kabayan na nagtatrabaho sa Kuwait, mahirap na problema ang ma-infected ng COVID-19 virus. Isa sa mga na-infected nito ay ang ating kabayan na si Tanmoya. Habang sumailalim siya ng medical treatment sa mga health facilities dito sa Kuwait, nagkusang…

OFW IN KUWAIT : Deployment Ban and Temporary Ban

            The Philippine government imposed a total deployment ban to Kuwait after a National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) autopsy revealed the grim circumstances surrounding the death of Filipino worker Jeanelyn Villavende in December 2019.   On the killing of Filipina domestic worker Jeanelyn Padernal Villavende, Secretary Abdullah Mama-o expressed his…

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