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Former "Aspiring Migrants" Create Thriving Cyber Community

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Filipinos bring the bayanihan spirit wherever they go. Image: Pinoy AU Sydney group (Supplied)


But in Australia, bayanihan takes on a different form.Instead of carrying nipa huts for the community, Filipinos are turning to the internet to help others.

Jasper Diaz, founder of the Pinoy AU Sydney Facebook group, recalls how a small group of "aspiring migrants" used the internet to form a thriving community of Filipinos in Australia.

Here is their facebook account

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pinoyausydney/?fref=ts

 

 


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