Dubai couple helps Filipina nanny by sponsoring child's education

The story of this Filipina nanny certainly strikes a chord with all the mothers and their frantic search for a perfect care-taker for their kids. When Rowena and Tarek Karaman were looking for a nanny to look after their daughter Abla, they were elated to find Ana Fernandez.

"I think you get a good gut-feeling as a mother when someone is right for your family. You seem connected on multiple levels," Rowena was quoted as saying in The Filipino Times. But what led Rowena connect with Ana right away? Motherhood is what Rowena believes set the ball rolling for both the women as Ana has a daughter she has left back home, who is the same age as Abla.

Noting that their nanny misses her child back in the Philippines, Rowena said, "She once told me that she wants to spend time with a family whose child is similar age to her own daughter so she knows how to relate with her when she talks to her over the phone, and how to spend time with her when she returns to the Philippines."

Adding how Ana does not consider taking care Abla merely as a job, Rowena said, "I am thankful for all heartwarming things she does for Abla and I am sure that is a trait that comes exactly from the Philippines. She is not just doing it because it is her job."

Talking about Ana's dedication, Rowena added, "She rarely has her phone out when she is with Abla. If she does, she connects with other nannies so Abla could play with other kids. She always makes new arts and crafts and invents new games."

But Ana goes beyond her work duties to help give Abla a normal life. She does not keep Abla indoors all the time and makes an effort to let the little girl see the outside world and meet people. From taking a ride in the Metro, roaming around the city, visiting malls and Philippine Consul Office in Dubai, Anna tries to take along Abla everywhere.

This connection between Abla and Ana is the main reason that the couple treats the Filipina as a friend and a part of their family. So when Ana was in need of Php10,000 (Dh687 approx) for her daughter's school tuition fees, the couple stood by her in her difficult time. They decided to give Ana Php20,000 (Dh1374 approx) instead so that she could use the extra cash to buy her daughter's requirements at school. 

Besides this, the couple tries to make Ana feel wanted by being a part of her ups and downs. In September 2016, Rowena and Tarek took Ana out to celebrate her birthday and also bought her a roundtrip ticket to visit her daughter back home. "We don't think we're doing something special. We would do this to someone we care about. We care a lot about Ana. She has a life outside of this family that we also want her to be able to develop," Rowena said.

Child Education Tips

One of the most important things for any child is a good education from an early age. They need to be taught social skills and learn to interact with their contemporaries and ideally teaching should begin in the home or a child education scheme - before the child starts education.

The Best Start in Life.

To give your child the best possible start in life it is probably best to combine a stimulating home environment with an education scheme. In the home the child gets your individual one on one attention. In the right scheme your child will learn to interact with their peers and work as part of a team in a socially acceptable way and they will develop their communication skills.

Child Education Schemes.

From the age of two a child can join one of the many schemes devoted to child development. Most of these schemes combine physical games and exercise with language skills and pre-reading activities.

For two- to five-year-olds they offer a mixture of free play and structured games with the emphasis on fun. Games are non-competitive and focus on building the child's confidence - a great advantage when they start school or pre-school.

For six- to twelve-year-olds there are schemes that offer lots of different games and exercise. Exercises are disguised as games so the children are having fun while getting physically fit. Jumping rope and playing hula hoop are excellent physical exercise as well as being great fun. The professional staff are all fully trained in health and safety and you need have no fear for your child's well-being.

In The Home.

Of course parents have a large part to play in their child's education. In the home it is important to play with the child, talk to them a lot and read to them to develop their language skills. Spending time with your child reciting nursery rhymes, pointing to pictures and letters in board books or playing with alphabet blocks will all help your child to start reading at an early age.

You will be surprised to find that your child will soon recognise the covers of their favourite books and will even pretend to be reading them using the words that they remember from your story telling sessions. It is a wonderful feeling when a child recognizes their first letter or word.

Providing colored crayons and paper or coloring books will help your child develop their writing and drawing skills. At first a child will just scribble but they will soon start to try and draw objects around them or copy letters.

Child Education Secure The Future Of Your Child

The Child Education Society, the apex body of Bal Bharati Public Schools and other institutions of higher education, was set up in the year 1944 during the pre-independence era when the elders thought that Indian culture, heritage, tradition and ethos must be preserved and fostered and in order to achieve these objectives, it became obligatory for the Society to educate the young people. Thus, the Society was registered under the Registration of Societies Act, 1860.

Think of child education insurance and the image of a happy child realizing all their aspirations comes to the mind. Children with their big dreams, great ideas, and inherent talent need a secure path which will help them to work towards their aspirations and make them come true. Keeping them financially secure especially for educational purposes are of utmost importance in today's competitive environment. The right child education plan can be an apt solution to secure a child's future in terms of education.

With the rapid pace at which educational costs are increasing, at every level of the child's education one needs to be ready for the expenses that come up. Right from primary education to higher studies, the educational expenses keep rising steadily. To give a child a smooth ride through the best years of their life one needs to start saving through child insurance at the earliest. Child education insurance can not only provide the child with the conventional education per say but will also take care of training them in different extracurricular activities to make them the all rounder they so aspire to be.

Child life insurance can be bought by deciding on a sum to be assured and monthly or yearly premium can be set accordingly. These premiums have to be paid for the policy term. These savings can be started as early as 0 years of the child till 12 years. Child education insurance plans usually mature when the child turns 24-25. One can always opt for withdrawing after first 5 years of the policy. The sum insured is usually paid only to the beneficiary. One can fix additional optional raiders to the child education plan to enable additional fixed amount to be paid to the child every year once the plan matures.

With the help of a financial advisor, one can get an idea of how much they need to save to secure their child's future. This child life insurance has additional tax benefits which will help the beneficiary to claim as per the prevailing tax laws. Child education plan provides savings as well as protection. In case of unfortunate death of the parent, the child receives the sum assured; future premiums might be paid by the company if it is mentioned in the plan till the plan matures. Hence the child's education and developmental needs are well taken care of. Hence starting child insurance at the earliest and being prepared for every big step in a child's life is the best thing one can do to give their child the brightest life they wish to give.