♪ >> many, many, many filipino women like you who had to leave their families, go aboard. >> yeah, absolutely yes. >> her three children. >> children -- my eldest is about four years now in qatar, and the other one is two years, and then the other one is in hong kong. >> working conditions, for ofws, particularly in some gulf states, can be punishing at best, abusive, or worse. >> i'm a single mom with my two grandchildren. i really cried a lot especially this holiday season. >> still, due to lack of opportunity at home, many filipinos have little choice but to go, somewhere far away. find a job, money. but hopefully in a few years, you think they come back? >> yeah, i hope so. >> i really asked them to go home because i'm not getting younger anymore. i need them with my side. i tell them, several times they call me up, please get home soon.