Online film about Christmas in OFW families’s homes tugs at the hearts of netizens

Christmas is a time for reunions and gatherings, but for families with members who are overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), their celebration may be incomplete when the latter are not home for the holidays.

Over two million OFWs are spread across the globe, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority, and not all have the opportunity to come home for Christmas. It’s a situation OFW families may be familiar with, which was captured by a recently released online film to honor the passion, hard work, and sacrifices of OFWs—while celebrating their families’s appreciation, especially this Christmas season.

Entitled “Kami Naman,” the film features scenes that OFWs and their families know all too well: A father leaving his wife and son behind to work abroad, the son missing his father on Christmas Eve, and the father missing significant moments in his son’s life like the latter’s graduation. The film ends with the father finally coming home because of the son, now a successful adult, who made it happen. Watch the moving video below:

Produced by Century Properties, the film is the first in a series that tackles the theme of giving back to OFWs with gestures of gratitude, whether big or small. As of writing the post on Facebook has 3.4 million views, with thousands of reactions and comments from netizens. Like “Kami Naman,” the next films are also released through Century Properties’s official Facebook and Youtube pages.

Do you have a loved one abroad? This holiday season, Century Properties is giving back by bringing an OFW home. All you have to do is share the original video post from the Century Properties Facebook Page, include a caption of how you give back to your loved ones abroad, use the hashtag #KamiNaman, tag @CenturyPropertiesOfficial, and set it to Public to qualify as an entry. Three winners will receive roundtrip tickets to Manila for their OFW family members.

The promo will run until January 12, 2019. Winners will be announced on January 14, 2019.

For more details, check out: bit.ly/KamiNamanPromo