KAFIN - Hanno Empowering Filipino Migrants in Japan
Kalipunan ng mga Filipino Nagkakaisa - Hanno
United Filipino Organization
United Filipino Organization
About KAFIN - Hanno
KAFIN - Hanno was founded by Filipino mothers and Japanese residents in May 2009. It was formed as a support group where foreign wives could share their problems and worries and discuss solutions.
Aims of KAFIN - Hanno
To help each other in times of personal problems, including domestic violence, stress, and depression.
To promote sisterhood and brotherhood among the Filipino and Japanese community.
To promote self-development through education, training, and workshops for Japanese and foreign wives and children.
To organize and mobilize foreigners (the Filipino community in particular) for the protection and promotion of migrant rights and welfare.
To extend support to individuals and groups that are suffering from natural and manmade disasters in the Philippines and Japan.
Filipino Residents in Japan
There are more than 211,000 Filipinos in Japan (as of December 2009). In addition, reportedly 12,000 Filipinos are overstaying their visas in Japan. Filipinos are the fourth largest migrant group in Japan after Chinese, Korean, and Japanese-Brazilian. This is largely due to the long-standing, serious economic situation in the Philippines. 8.7 million Filipinos are scattered in 186 overseas countries where they are working, because they cannot find work in their mother country. The government of the Philippines has encouraged its people to work abroad. According to some reports, the remittance from those oversea workers is 761 billion pesos per year (2009). It is so hard for Filipinos to find a safe work environment in Japan. Every year, 9,000 pairs of Filipina and Japanese men get married. Behind rapidly increasing international marriages, many Filipinas are suffering from domestic violence and overwork.
KAFIN - Hanno was founded by Filipino mothers and Japanese residents in May 2009. It was formed as a support group where foreign wives could share their problems and worries and discuss solutions.
Aims of KAFIN - Hanno
To help each other in times of personal problems, including domestic violence, stress, and depression.
To promote sisterhood and brotherhood among the Filipino and Japanese community.
To promote self-development through education, training, and workshops for Japanese and foreign wives and children.
To organize and mobilize foreigners (the Filipino community in particular) for the protection and promotion of migrant rights and welfare.
To extend support to individuals and groups that are suffering from natural and manmade disasters in the Philippines and Japan.
Filipino Residents in Japan
There are more than 211,000 Filipinos in Japan (as of December 2009). In addition, reportedly 12,000 Filipinos are overstaying their visas in Japan. Filipinos are the fourth largest migrant group in Japan after Chinese, Korean, and Japanese-Brazilian. This is largely due to the long-standing, serious economic situation in the Philippines. 8.7 million Filipinos are scattered in 186 overseas countries where they are working, because they cannot find work in their mother country. The government of the Philippines has encouraged its people to work abroad. According to some reports, the remittance from those oversea workers is 761 billion pesos per year (2009). It is so hard for Filipinos to find a safe work environment in Japan. Every year, 9,000 pairs of Filipina and Japanese men get married. Behind rapidly increasing international marriages, many Filipinas are suffering from domestic violence and overwork.