• Orientation and workshops on community services and the Canadian system
• Information and referral to appropriate agencies
• Computer stations for internet/word processing
• Faxing/Photocopying
• Resume writing - 100% Guaranteed Click Now 

• Biking,Roller Blading
 
• Stanley Park
• Camping (Summer)
• Hiking
• Dining out
• Brunch
• Pitch & Putt
• Tennis,
• Bowling
• Sledding/Tubing (Winter)
• Movie nights -
• Tourist Attractions
• Volunteering at various events around town

VANCOUVER NANNY OF THE MONTH AWARD.

 Starting January 2007 - Each month an award is given to one of our members. The member is announced at the monthly nanny only function.  The monthly gift is sponsored by Business members.

Using Immigration Consultants when applying for the Live-in Caregiver Program:

Families & Caregivers, if you are applying for the live-in caregiver program there is very little need for an Immigration Consultant.  If you do use one be sure that they are members in good standing with The Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants  call toll free: 1-888-308-2742 to verify membership status.  View Immigration Canada's regulations: Do you know who may be able to represent you?

LANDING FEE REDUCED - (Right of Permanent Residence Fee) As of May 3rd, 2006 the new Permanent Residence fee is $490.  If you paid $975, you will get a refund for each adult member of your family that you prepaid, as long as you did not become landed before May 3rd, 2006.  If you have changed your address since paying your fee, please call CIC at 1-888-242-2100 and notify them of the change of address so that they may be able to send you your refund check.

Families and Caregivers targeted by internet scammers. by EL APOSTOL - Centre Director A-PRO Caregivers & Nannies Inc

NEW RULES PROTECT FILIPINO DOMESTIC HELPERS: Household workers are vulnerable to all forms of abuse, so to protect their wellbeing the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) approved better policies in the recruitment process. It also sets the new minimum wage for domestic helpers at USD 400 or more or less Php 20,000.00.

OFWs in countries which are not at war do not have to dodge bullets or run away from bombs.  But they had to dodge the blows and escape abuse, beatings and rape by their employers.  Adding insult to injury are the stories of neglect, insensitivity, and abandonment they experience from the government which hails them as “modern-day heroes” and milks them of every dollar they earn.

PHILIPPINES: Risking lives to save the economy -Deployment of overseas Filipino workers abroad, even in danger zones, has been the response of the government to the ballooning unemployment rate and worsening poverty situation. But despite their valuable contribution in propping up the ailing economy, the “modern-day heroes” do not get what is due to them.  In times of crisis, they are left to fend for themselves without the assistance of the government that reaps the benefits of their labor.

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Nanny program forces Filipino families apart - by Carlito Pablo, as seen on www.straight.com