Home-based nursing careers: Fourth batch leaves for Israel

Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara on Saturday awarded air tickets and documents to the fourth group of migrant workers leaving for home-based nursing careers in Israel.The programme of providing Home-Based Nursing jobs in Israel is implemented as per an agreement reached between the governments of Sri Lanka and Israel.

Minister Nanayakkara said this programme had been initiated by him while he had been Deputy Minister of Foreign Employment in a previous government, and was happy to note its progress.A group of nine workers selected for the Home-Based Nursing jobs in Israel are scheduled to leave the country today (13).

After applying online according to the advertisement published on the website of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (www.slbfe.lk), the prospective workers are selected by the Population and Immigration Authority of Israel. The selected candidates are then interviewed by an agency designated by the Population and Immigration Authority of the Government of Israel. Candidates are selected for these jobs only on the basis of ability and skills.Selected nurses receive a minimum salary of 5,300 Israeli shekels or over 600,000 Lankan rupees. The first registration is for an employment contract of two years, which can be extended at the will of the employer.

The Minister said according to the agreement reached between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of Israel, the employment opportunity for nurses is offered only through the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) and therefore requested not to give any money to any broker to get free Israeli job opportunities.Mangala Randeniya, Additional General Manager, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, Mr. G. Wijesundera, Manager Marketing (Recruitment) and others were present at the handing over of air tickets and documents.