Former maid turned technician lands scholarship

Summary:


Former maid Miss Jourgina Dagoplo's Singapore employers funded her which allowed her to continue her education. Before receiving this opportunity, Miss Jourgina had already been working in Singapore for 13 years. Her kind employers offered her a chance to study by funding her and that made her obtain a ITE skill certificate which earned her a spot in IBM in the year 2005, with a monthly income of $1,050 which was double the pay she earned as a helper. Apart from the ITE certificate, she also graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with the Diploma Electrical and Electronics Engineering. However, since she has already stayed in Singapore for 18 years, her visa permit has expired, thus she had to return to her country. Back there, she received a scholarship to study in a private school - Informatics. The couple are continuing to support her by giving her an allowance for the next 2 years until her studies complete.


Comments:
I feel that despite many cases with maid issues that are either abuses or robbery, there are still some stories that are so different. More and more maids are receiving benefits from their employees, which also tells us that yes a family with a helper can get along. Abuses and other cases should be prevented. I must say that Miss Jourgina is really lucky to be able to continue studying that allowed her to earn a scholarship, her employers should have felt proud of it. As my household has a maid too, I have actually asked her what she thought about continuing study, she said she wanted to earn money first then continue her studies next time as she has many siblings. One of the helpers I have had before, looked after me for 12 years ever since I was born, my mother taught her many culinary skills like cooking Chicken Rice, when she returned to the Philippines, this gave her the opportunity to set up a business selling Chicken Rice. Now, she is happily living in her country able to support herself even though she didn't continue studying. 


I must say that there are good employers with good helpers, there are also average employers, with average helpers, and the other extremes. However, this proves us that having both helpers and employers can work together having an unexpected result at the end of the period spent together.