For now, it is much easier since you have people and a whole community that can help. Even if not physically present it is possible to appear on video these days. Overall, get them to join steemit, then help them out with their intro posts with a steemit verification picture. Give them freedom to post in filipino for a start, then it gets easier. The beginning is crucial especially for PH users.
Then grow in your own journey. Normally, you promote steemit by having you blogs rank in the search engines. Even the tiny interactive comments you leave play a role. But all the same, you can bring them and all grow together.
You can also comment, their first posts to me! If it requires physical presence, we can look for a more versed steemian presence to be there