Geraldine Demandante Balasa

Geraldine Demandante Balasa, 43-year-old married to a 44-year-old farmer, and they were blessed with 2 children ages 24 and 16. A resident of Kalingan, Bukidnon. She is the eldest child among 7 brothers and 2 sisters. Her 70 year old Father works as a farmer and her 63 year old Mother is a housewife. She finished her secondary education at Lampanusan National High School graduated year 2001. Before she decided to work abroad, she worked as service crew in a restaurant for 6 months. Currently, she is managing her household while waiting for her application to be selected in Singapore. She had her maid's employment experiences, as follows: 1. Saudi Arabia (nov. 2014 - Jan. 2015), she served an Arab family living in 7 bedroom 3-storey house with 6 adults and 18, 15, and 10. She worked as an all-around housemaid doing household chores such as maintaining the house's cleanliness, doing the laundry and ironing, washing dishes, and other house errands as instructed by her employer and other family members. 2. KUWAIT (Feb. 2015 - Dec. 2015), she served an Arab family living in 5 bedroom 3 storey house with a couple, 2 elderly ages 74 and 65, and 3 children ages 9, 6 and 4. She is the 2nd maid. Her main duty is maintaining the cleanliness of the house, does the laundry and ironing, sometimes cooking, and other house errands as instructed by her employer and other family members. She is also responsible for looking after the daily need's of the 65-year-old female elder who had hypertension and colon cancer. She assists her in feeding, bathing, changing clothes and giving her daily medicines. 3. SINGAPORE (July 2017 – Apr 2024), She was selected to work for a Chinese family living in a 4-room HDB with 2 elderly couples ages 84 (male) and 77 (female). Her main responsibility was to assist with the daily needs and activities of the elder, especially looking after and giving direct nursing care to the female elder who was bedridden due to multiple complications. After 4 years of serving, the female elder passed away in 2021. She continued with her employment and focused in assisting the male elder with hypertension and heart problems till her male employer passed away in Feb 2024. With her experiences, She is expected to be well-versed in performing general household duties such as maintaining the cleanliness of the house, doing the laundry, pressing clothes, marketing, cooking and washing the dishes. As a mother of 2, she is confident in taking care of infant and able to attend to their needs, such as preparing their meal, feeding and bathing them, changing their clothes and diapers, sterilizing baby utensils and checking their body temperature. She can handle young children and is capable in performing child care duties such as feeding, bathing, preparing their school things, playing with the children, giving assistance for their homework and studies and bringing and fetching them to the school. With her skills in looking after elderly person, she is very keen if given the opportunity again. She knows how to prepare and cook Filipino and basic Arab dishes such as kabsa, beryani, marag, makbush and a lot more. And learned a bit of Chinese dishes. She is enthusiastic to learn more, especially in cooking other foreign cuisines. Aside from these duties, she can also give care for pets. She is willing to do basic gardening and car washing as well. Employment History of the maid from MOM records available for prospective employers’ reference and verification. Maids can be interviewed by phone upon request. She can be deployed faster than the rest as they are exempted from training and OWWA seminar, and she only needs to comply with other documentation as required by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration for the deployment of the OFW.