PH Embassy, Caritas Au Pair Center Conduct Online Information Briefing for Filipino Au Pairs in Norway

From left: Vice Consul Christiansen Cabahug, Caritas Au Pair Center Project Manager Anne Nogva, and Vice Consul Josel Mostajo answer questions of Filipino au pairs (Screenshot taken from the Philippine Embassy’s Facebook page)

OSLO 03 June 2020 – The Philippine Embassy in Oslo, in cooperation with the Caritas Au Pair Center-Norway, conducted an online information briefing for Filipino au pairs, to discuss the issues and challenges experienced by Filipino au pairs amid the COVID-19 crisis in Norway on 22 May 2020.

During the online information briefing, Third Secretary and Vice Consul Christiansen Cabahug, Third Secretary and Vice Consul Josel Mostajo, and Caritas Au Pair Center Project Manager Anne Nogva, provided relevant information and updates for au pairs including their rights given the COVID-19 situation and the assistance that the Embassy and the Caritas Au Pair Center may extend to them.

Ms. Anne Nogva reminded that the au pairs are entitled to holiday pay and should only perform light household chores following the au pair contract. Vice Consuls Cabahug and Mostajo encouraged the Filipino au pairs to contact and send their queries and requests for assistance to the Embassy via:

Phone (+47) 224 00 900, 950 01 072, or 902 41 171,

Email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), and

Facebook (www.facebook.com/PHinNorway/).

The online information briefing, which has 7,000 views at present, has reached Filipino au pairs not only in Oslo, but also in Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, and Bergen. The video may be viewed at the Philippine Embassy’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/watch/PHinNorway/. END

For more information, visit https://www.oslope.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinNorway/.