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Millions of Filipinos have left their country to earn more money abroad. Josie Pingkihan describes how she left her own children behind to look after others in Hong Kong.

I had a good job at home, but the salary wasn’t enough to feed my family. So I had to leave and come here.

I look after a little girl called Hei Lam. I see her all day. I even share a room with her.

But all the time I think: "When can I go home?"

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