Having put personal ambitions aside for their families, domestic helpers are now earning degrees while working with support from Hong Kong non-profit FullPhils
“I’ve missed a lot of my kids’ milestones, our special occasions. I’m always the only one missing from the pictures,” she said.
Agonoy left university, married young and started a family. Without the bachelor’s degree required for many jobs, she took up domestic work abroad.
Gelanie Aguilario faced a similar plight. She twice tried to earn a bachelor’s degree – first in political science, hoping to become a lawyer, and then in education – but pregnancy and family obligations derailed her plans.
