Filipino Media, Community and Education in Sharjah

Filipino-run training centre in Al Majaz, Sharjah, co-founded by Ace Sagario and Gerryl Gaid, offering SPEA-approved courses in healthcare assistance and caregiving, first aid and basic life support, business administration, IT and other professional skills. It opened in March 2025, offers study-now, pay-later plans and helps graduates with job placement.

Philippine-curriculum school in Sharjah established in 2001, teaching the DepEd K-12 curriculum aligned with the UAE Ministry of Education and SPEA from kindergarten to Senior High School. Its flagship Al Shahba campus is near Sulaiman Traffic Signal on University City Road, and a second campus opened in Al Halwan in 2020. It is one of the CFO-accredited Philippine Schools Overseas run by the Al Ansari Education Group.

International chapter of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants for Filipino finance professionals in Sharjah, Umm Al Quwain, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah, registered as a membership organisation in the Sharjah Publishing Zone and recognised as a PICPA chapter in June 2024. It holds professional development events such as Dubai Finance Fusion 2026 with the Institute of Management Accountants.

Sharjah chapter of the Confederation of Ilocano Association Inc. (Samahang Ilokano), the Ilocano fraternity and sorority. It marked its second founding anniversary on 18 April 2026 in Al Azra, Sharjah, with the induction of officers led by President Aldrin Butch Antiporda, and joins the UAE organisation’s sport fests and Ramadan meal drives.

Voluntary social community of Filipino women and mothers in Sharjah who meet over coffee, workouts and outings to build friendships and support one another. It organises regular meet-ups, including a free ladies-only workout at Mega Mall Sharjah in August 2026, and was featured on TAG 91.1’s Pinoy Expat Corner.

Philippine-curriculum school in Dasman, Sharjah, licensed by the Sharjah education authorities in September 1996 and one of the first Filipino schools in the UAE. It teaches kindergarten to Grade 10 and has been run since 2022 by the Al Ansari Education Group, whose owners also run Far Eastern Private School.