Errands for OFW families: help your parents at home from abroad
You are abroad, and Nanay forgot her maintenance meds again. Here is how OFWs get groceries, bills and errands done back home — without flying in or waiting on a balikbayan box.
Bisaya: Para sa pamilya sa OFW: tabangi ang imong ginikanan bisan layo ka.
Tagalog: Para sa pamilya ng OFW: tulungan ang magulang mo kahit malayo ka.
Why this matters for OFW families
A great many Filipino households have a relative working abroad, and that person is often the one who sorts things out back home — groceries when money is tight, maintenance medicine, the electric bill before it is cut. Distance and time zones make it hard: you cannot line up at the clinic from Dubai, or carry lola’s groceries from Riyadh. An errand done by someone local closes that gap.
Who it is for
Filipinos working abroad, or living in another city, who want a parent, lolo or lola back home to get their groceries, medicine or bills done without going out.
How it works
1. Post the errand in HazzaHub and choose It is for: Someone else. 2. Pin your family’s address and add who receives it. 3. A Hopper near them does the errand and hands it over with the gate code. 4. You follow it on the live map and see the receipt.
What families ask for
Weekly groceries, maintenance medicine from the botika, electricity and water bills, a pila at the health center, a parcel picked up, a ride with someone to the clinic.
Paying
Pay by E-wallet (GCash, Maya and bank apps through QR Ph) from your own account, or let your family pay Cash on hand. Customers pay no booking fee.
Safety
Every Hopper is ID-checked, and your family gives the gate code only when the errand is done.
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