Year Span: Children and Care

year span: Two years later, she applied for permanent residency to reunite with her family as soon as she met the live-in work requirement, according to Metro News. Over the 13-year span working abroad, the former midwife has only managed to visit her children now 23, 20 and 16 three times because the money for trips is better spent on her kids' education and basic needs. After working in Hong Kong for four years, she arrived in Toronto in 2008 under Canada's live-in caregiver program. I'm taking care of others' children but can't take care of my own kids, who are living by their own selves, said Godroy, 43, whose marriage has broken down and whose mother the care provider of her children has passed away during her time away from home. Godroy's story is not uncommon, especially among the Filipino community, the main source of Canada's foreign caregiver workforce, said Vilma Pagaduan, a Filipino TV and radio host in Toronto, who herself came to Canada in 2007 under the same program. Please put yourself in my shoes as a mother. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.