Maricel Dano is a Philippine college graduate who majored in industrial arts. Despite her educational background she worked seventeen years in Hong Kong as a domestic helper. Maricel learned about the HSS program from her friend and found it very appealing as the training was free and a good job in Finland was guaranteed to […]
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When Joy Len landed in Finland in April 2022, she went thru lots of emotion. She had just arrived in the middle of the winter wonderland: everything was white, and snow kept coming down. “I couldn’t believe that I was in Europe. Passing through the HSS program and moving to Finland was such a big […]
“I work 8 hours a day for five days a week. My employer encourages me to study, and I get paid extra for every extra hour I work. Just the overtime compensation is about 30 000 pesos or even more in a month, in addition to normal salary.” This is a true story about Margie […]
Jenalyn Maniego got the best birthday present she could hope for: a day before her birthday in August 2021 she got a message from HSS that she was accepted to join their training programme. This meant that if she passed all the exams during the 7 months study period she would be able to move […]
Jonalyn is originally from Quezon Nueva Vizcaya in the Philippines. She workedin Hong Kong for nearly four years as a domestic helper in a family. All that time, she dreamed of moving to Europe to work and make a better living. There are several opportunities for relocating to European Union countries, but they are expensive […]