Liza in her Aged Care uniform with an elderly resident. Forex Cargo, 30 years and still delivering love. A carer in more ways than one.

Forex Cargo Stories

What we send home means so much.

Don’t risk it. Forex it.

A story about family, distance, the little things we send home, and the trust we place in the people who carry them.

A Forex Cargo short film

Meet Liza.

By day, Liza cares for others.
But like so many Filipinos living in Australia, her caring doesn’t end when her working day does.

Part of her heart is always somewhere else.

Back home.

Nanay, Tatay, Mia and Nico back home in the Philippines waving on a video call

The people she sends home to

For Liza, it’s Nanay and Tatay.
Her sister Mia. And little Nico.

For you, the names and faces might be different.

Mum and Dad. A brother or sister. Nieces and nephews. Grandchildren. Cousins. Inaanak. Or friends who have always felt like family.

Different names. Different faces. Same reason.

We care.

Distance doesn’t stop us caring

We work. We save. We shop. And every now and then we see something and think:

“Magugustuhan ito ni Nanay.” “Ipadala ko ito kay Tatay.”

Liza in a toy aisle holding a boxed yellow truck labelled Nico's new truck

01

She thinks of them

Sometimes they ask.
Sometimes they don’t have to.

Brown paper packages labelled Mia, Tatay and Nanay being written on by hand

02

She packs for them

Little by little, those thoughts become packages.

Liza writing Gloria De Jesus on a packed Forex Cargo box

03

She sends them home

And eventually, those packages fill a box.

It’s the little things that mean a lot.

Liza handing her packed Forex Cargo box to Mark at her front door

Then comes the moment you hand it all over to someone else.

  • Weeks or months of collecting.
  • Hours of work that paid for it.
  • People you thought about while packing it.
  • And a family thousands of kilometres away, waiting for it.

Because who you send to matters.
Who you trust to deliver it matters too.

Mark wheeling Liza's boxes toward the Forex Cargo van while Liza watches from her doorway

And then, their journey begins.

From her home in Australia, Liza’s box begins a journey of thousands of kilometres.

She won’t be there for every kilometre.
She won’t see every hand that helps it along the way.

But she knows where it’s going. And she has confidence knowing who will deliver it.

After we collect your box

When you hand over your box, you’re handing over more than what’s inside it.

Four steps: collected safely, scanned for tracking, loaded with care, sealed with love

Months of collecting.
Things chosen especially for the people you love.
Money you’ve worked hard for.

And something that can’t be replaced quite so easily,

your trust.

Once it leaves your hands, you need to know whose hands it’s in.

A shipping container leaving the Forex Cargo warehouse. Once it leaves your hands, you need to know whose hands it's in.

Trusted with more than a box.

For generations, Filipino families across Australia have trusted Forex Cargo to carry something far more important than cardboard and belongings.

We carry the things they have worked for, chosen carefully and packed with love, because someone back home is waiting for them.

Don’t risk it. Forex it.

Send with Forex Cargo

Liza’s story · Part One

Her box has left Australia.
But its story isn’t over.

In Part Two, follow Liza’s box home to the Philippines, and to the people who have been waiting for it.

Part Two · Coming soonAll Forex Cargo Stories