Each year, all over the world mothers and fathers leave their children to work overseas. This children’s book, The Boy Who Dreamed to Be With His Parents on Saipan (ages 6-8), shares a child’s perspective on the effects on the family and the children of these Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs). This book is part of the Passion Profit Company’s Empowerment Project.
“My son came home one day with a school project to write his autobiography,” says Emmanuel’s mother, Riza Oledan-Ramos, a Filipina nurse on Saipan explaining the inspiration for the book. “As I helped him arrange the photographs and events of his life, he told me things he remembered, things he actually felt, and things that I had missed while I was away from him. As I put myself in his shoes and thought like a child, it really gave me a different understanding of how sad it was for him, and imagined how many children all over the world are being left by mothers or fathers who work jobs far from home. My aim through this book is not only to offer a memorable experience for children, but also to touch a parent’s heart with simple words from a child�s point of view.”
Emmanuel shares what it was like having a “long distance family”–growing up in Manila without his parents, meeting his dad for the first time, attending school and graduations while longing to see his parents–and his big dream of being with his parents on Saipan.
“This book captures a reality that affects millions of families worldwide,” says Walt F.J. Goodridge, the book’s publishing consultant and co-editor. “It’s written from a child’s perspective, but anyone who has ever had to feel the pain of separation from a loved one leaving to work abroad in search of better life, or to serve in the military will be able to relate. Adults have shared how touching it was for them to read it. Sometimes it takes seeing the world through a child’s eyes to make things crystal clear.”
*Distinct from OCW, the term OFW was officially adopted under Philippine President Fidel V Ramos’ administration to give recognition to the millions of Filipinos who sacrifice by working in other countries. The change–replacing ‘Contract’ with ‘Filipino’ – honors these workers by pledging the Philippine government’s commitment to their welfare wherever they may be, and removing the pre-condition of possession of a “contract” in order for the Philippine consulates worldwide to come to their aid, under the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995. [Source: wikipilipinas.org]
Order the paperback and learn more at http://www.RizaRamosBooks.com
Title: The Boy Who Dreamed to Be With His Parents on Saipan
Author: Riza Oledan-Ramos
Formats: Paperback, Kindle, Nook
ISBN-10/13: 0982868405 / 978-0982868409
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