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- Margaret Mead
Activities
This 'mum' to migrant workers in S'pore cooks for them & sets up homely rest areas in dorms
In February 2020, Priya Madan Mohan left her job as a senior finance executive, in the hopes of taking a year-long break after decades of...
Aug 1, 2021
“We’re supporting you!”: 150 children bake goodies to encourage migrant workers
Over the June holidays, more than 150 children banded together to bake cupcakes and cookies for some 7,000 migrant workers, to thank them...
Jul 20, 2021
The Big Read: Grappling with isolation, migrant workers in dorms long for a return to the wider community
The Alliance of Guest Workers Outreach (AGWO) receives at least one or two calls related to mental health issues on average each day from...
Jul 17, 2021
逾20个组织组成外籍劳工援助联盟
新加坡律师公会义务律师事务所和逾20个援助外籍劳工的组织组成联盟，以协助客工、外籍女佣和相关人士更好地了解和善用现有资源与援助，并方便各方协调法律援助工作。联盟旨在集结各方力量和资源，以更好地帮助外籍劳工，援助范畴并不限于法律方面。 律师公会义务律师事务所（Pro Bono...
Jul 7, 2021
Loving the Foreigners—Even When They Have a Deadly Disease
When Singapore detected its first case of COVID-19 in January 2020, containment seemed manageable—until the disease started spreading...
Jun 7, 2021
Safety in action, not words; workers’ lives paramount in transport debate: Panel
How many more migrant workers in Singapore have to die or be injured before their safety becomes the only factor to consider when...
May 24, 2021
Pekerja migran dihargai sempena Aidilfitri
SEKATAN pergerakan Covid-19 diketatkan lagi, namun, lebih daripada 2,600 pekerja migran di 30 dormitori masih dapat menikmati hidangan...
May 15, 2021
开斋节送暖 客工自行领取餐食减少接触
疫情当下的开斋节也不忘传递温暖，客工关怀联盟今年首次通过免接触方式，向居住在30所工厂改建宿舍的约2600名客工分发餐食和缠腰布。 社区病例卷土重来，各项防疫措施收紧，希望工程联盟（Hope Initiative Alliance）旗下的客工关怀联盟（Alliance of...
May 14, 2021
2,600 வெளிநாட்டு ஊழியர்களுக்கு விழாக்கால உற்சாகம்
கடுமையான கொவிட்-19 கட்டுப்பாடுகள் மீண்டும் நடப்புக்குக் கொண்டுவரப்பட்டுள்ளன. இக்கட்டுப்பாடுகளுக்கு இடையிலும் 30...
May 14, 2021
Alliance of Guest Workers Outreach Celebrates Hari Raya Puasa with Guest Workers Amidst Strict COVID
On 13 May 2021, the Alliance of Guest Workers Outreach (AGWO)—a movement of Hope Initiative Alliance (HIA)—distributed festive meals and...
May 13, 2021
Volunteer groups distribute food, gifts to migrant workers confined in dorms to spread Hari Raya cheer
Several social service organisations have banded together to spread some festive cheer to low-wage foreign workers confined in...
May 13, 2021
2,600 migrant workers receive festive meals amid second Hari Raya with Covid-19 restrictions
Strict Covid-19 regulations are again in place but 2,600 or so migrant workers across 30 factory-converted dormitories still enjoyed a...
May 13, 2021
Calls to review practice of transporting workers in lorries after 2 accidents
Lead director of the Alliance of Guest Worker Outreach (AGWO), Samuel Gift Stephen, has been talking to employers and workers about the...
Apr 27, 2021
Hope Initiative Alliance and SowCare Launch First-Ever Interfaith Charity Initiative for the Youth
On 3 April 2021, more than 30 representatives from various civil groups, social service organisations and the public sector came together...
Apr 3, 2021
AGWO Guest Worker Ambassador Appreciation Night
On 14 March 2021, the Hope Initiative Alliance and Alliance of Guest Workers Outreach (AGWO) team gathered with about 80 AGWO Guest...
Mar 14, 2021
Lunar New Year delivery to the Innkeeper’s Project
On 25 February 2021, our team sent a special Lunar New Year delivery to the Innkeeper’s Project, a programme that temporarily houses...
Feb 25, 2021
HIA Appreciation Event
On 27 January 2021, Hope Initiative Alliance (HIA) and the Alliance of Guest Workers Outreach—a movement of Hope Initiative Alliance—held...
Jan 27, 2021
Alliance of Guest Workers Outreach Celebrates International Migrants’ Day and Christmas with Guest Workers
On 17 December 2020, the Alliance of Guest Workers Outreach (AGWO)—a movement of Hope Initiative Alliance (HIA)—kicked off more than a...
Dec 17, 2020
Bringing Light to the Migrant Workers this Deepavali
This year, the celebration of Deepavali will take on a different tone for most, as they find themselves confounded with social distancing...
Nov 15, 2020
Spreading festive cheer to foreign workers in dorms
The pandemic has put a dampener on Deepavali for migrant workers but the spirit of the event was celebrated when various organisations...
Nov 15, 2020
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