By Iwona Glowacka WARSAW — Riza, 45, is dressed elegantly in a knee-length black fur coat and a pair of leather trousers. She wears a copper shade of lipstick and neatly pinned hair. “Back in the Philippines we are heroes, women of success,” she says. “Children are grateful for what we do for them.” I meet Riza in front of the Warsaw Immaculate Conception Chapel . The Sunday mass has just ended, and she is among the 20 women gathered around Sister Yolanda, who like them is a Filipina. “I nurse this girls club,” says the nun, who has lived in Warsaw for the last three years and helps bind together this group of women from the Philippines. Poland, Philippies, immigration, Manila Bulletin Filipino immigration to Poland started 12 years ago and continues today as more Filipinos try to unlock a better future for their families back home by working in this country. After decades of similar emigration to the U.S., Asia and Western Europe, Filipino immigration to Poland started 12 ye...
Pinoys (Filipinos) in Poland useful info for Filipinos coming to Poland particularly in Warsaw