Stratagem Statement
Our trust is to assist the government the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in its campaign for Balik-Bayan Program - the OFW Reintegration Program specially for retiring early baby boomers Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs) by providing homeland entrepreneurship and livelihood especially women when returning to mother land.
juanREWARDS Coop and its partner enterprise system provider McTECH Rewards inplaced a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem where universities, governments, and entrepreneurs and other players are healthy in their own right, interact and capitalize on synergies between OFWs.
juanREWARDS Coop and its partner enterprise system provider McTECH Rewards inplaced a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem where universities, governments, and entrepreneurs and other players are healthy in their own right, interact and capitalize on synergies between OFWs.
The kickoff membership and expansion affiliation and federationp of juanREWARDS Cooperative start in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) starting with United Arab Emirate, Sultanate of Oman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain, and expanding wide reach of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), West Asia, down to Europe, United States and Asia.
The MENA is an economically diverse region that includes both the oil-rich economies in the Gulf and countries. The region’s economic fortunes over much of the past quarter century have been heavily influenced by two factors – the price of oil and the legacy of economic policies and structures that had emphasized a leading role for the state.
The MENA Region includes Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, West Bank and Gaza. Different organizations has diverse outline interpretation of the included territories such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Djibouti, Georgia, Malta, Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia, Turkey, and Western Sahara.
The MENA Region includes Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, West Bank and Gaza. Different organizations has diverse outline interpretation of the included territories such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Djibouti, Georgia, Malta, Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia, Turkey, and Western Sahara.
Overseas Filipinos around the World
Commission on Overseas Filipinos (COF) estimated in 2010 that approximately 9.5 million Filipinos worked or resided abroad. This is about ten percent of the population figure of 94.01 estimated by the National Statistics Office (NSO).
More than a million Filipinos every year leave to work abroad through overseas employment agencies and other programs, including government-sponsored initiatives. Many of them are women applying as nurses or domestic helpers and personal service workers. Others emigrate and become permanent residents of other countries. The Philippine government estimates that more than 2.3 Million Overseas Filipinos are working in the Middle East (mostly Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) often as Doctors, Physical Therapists, Nurses, Caregivers, Accountants, IT Professionals, Engineers, Architects, Entertainers, Technicians, Mechanics, Teachers, Military Servicemen, Seafarers, Office Service Professionals, Students, Domestic Helpers, Fast Food Workers, and Skilled Workers taking on unskilled work overseas, resulting in what has been referred to as a Philippine brain drain, particularly in the health and education sectors.
As per the COF, Filipinos are in this Countries as documented, the figures did not include the undocumented.
More than a million Filipinos every year leave to work abroad through overseas employment agencies and other programs, including government-sponsored initiatives. Many of them are women applying as nurses or domestic helpers and personal service workers. Others emigrate and become permanent residents of other countries. The Philippine government estimates that more than 2.3 Million Overseas Filipinos are working in the Middle East (mostly Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) often as Doctors, Physical Therapists, Nurses, Caregivers, Accountants, IT Professionals, Engineers, Architects, Entertainers, Technicians, Mechanics, Teachers, Military Servicemen, Seafarers, Office Service Professionals, Students, Domestic Helpers, Fast Food Workers, and Skilled Workers taking on unskilled work overseas, resulting in what has been referred to as a Philippine brain drain, particularly in the health and education sectors.
As per the COF, Filipinos are in this Countries as documented, the figures did not include the undocumented.
- Australia: In 2010, there were approximately 177,400 Filipino people in Australia who were born in the Philippines.
- Brazil: As of 2008, there were 379 Filipinos in Brazil.
- Canada: The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration estimated that as of 2009 there were over 640,000 Filipino - Canadians.
- France: Approximately 55,000 Filipinos in France, making it the 3rd country in Europe for Filipinos, after the UK and Italy.
- Greece: The Philippine Embassy has reported an estimated of 40,000 Filipinos in Greece.
- Hong Kong: There are approximately 140,000 Filipinos in Hong Kong.
- India: Approximately 1,000 Filipinos reside in India.
- Italy: There are about 130,000 Filipinos in Italy. This makes it the 2nd country host to Filipinos in Europe after the UK. Given the high amount of women working as domestic helpers, the Italian term "filippina" is now often used as a synonymous for this profession.
- Ireland: As of 2008, the Philippine embassy in London reported that there are 11,500 Filipinos in Ireland.
- Japan: Some 350,972 Filipinos are listed to be living within Japan's geographic confines. However, this number is speculated to be larger, surpassing the 1 Million mark due to many unlisted and illegal Filipino nationals.
- Malaysia: As Sabah is very close to the Philippines, many Filipino residents and illegal immigrants live and work there. Filipinos make up about 30% of the entire population of Sabah and they enumerate up to 900,000 Filipinos.
- Mexico: There are about 200,000 Filipino-Mexican ancestry living in Mexico, some of whom are of mixed ancestry, descended from Filipino immigrants who settled in Mexico during the colonial period.
- New Zealand: There are about 17,000 Filipino residents and citizens in New Zealand.
- Nigeria: Consist of migrant workers in oil industry, in 2008 their numbers had grown to 4,500 Filipinos estimate.
- Norway: The number of Filipinos in Norway is estimated to be about 47,000 Filipinos, most of them living in the Oslo urban area. An additional are working on Norwegian-owned or operated ships or in shipyards.
- Singapore: As of 2009, over 163,000 Overseas Filipinos worked and resided in Singapore.
- South Korea: As of December 2006, some 70,000 Filipinos work and live in Korea.
- Spain: There are around 50,000 Filipino legal workers living abroad in Spain, mainly in Barcelona and Madrid.
- Sweden: There are about 4,000 Filipinos in Sweden, and working in housekeepers in hotels and as caregivers.
- Taiwan: As of 2006 data of the government of Taiwan, there are 96,000 to 160,672 Filipinos currently living in Taiwan.
- United Kingdom: An estimated 200,000 OFWs begun to migrate as nurses and caregivers in UK in the past 5 years.
- United States: The US State Department estimated that there are 4 Million Filipinos in the US as of 2007.
- Venezuela: There are 136 Filipino citizens registered in the 2001 Census.