#WeAreMigrants Feature: Jaena D. in Singapore
Jaena D.
Singapore
Domestic Worker age group: 40-49 years old
1. What YEAR did you first become a migrant and what was the REASON behind your migration?
The reason leaving my family in the Philippines was to give them a better life, because life is hard, way back 2017. (There was story behind)
2. What was the BIGGEST CHALLENGE that you've had to OVERCOME as a migrant?
The biggest challenge [I] had overcome is [homesickness]. Alone in a foreign land.
3. What makes you PROUD to be a migrant?
I’m proud of being migrant worker in Singapore, I’m am able to contribute to the community, and spent years felt like Singaporean.
This feature is one of the entries to our #WeAreMigrants Contest - in celebration of International Migrants Day 2020.
