The Philippines is 4,300 miles from Dubai. National Geographic reports that due to poverty the Philippines has become dependent on Filipinos who leave the country in order to find work elsewhere. Those who leave are called Overseas Filipino workers, or OFW's. The title OFW is accompanied by praise for the heroic sacrifice to nation and family. The airport in Manila even has a center for Overseas Filipino Workers where public agencies tend to their needs along side of the Philippines Overseas Employment administration and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.