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Transient Workers Count Too is a non-profit organisation in Singapore dedicated to improving conditions for low-wage migrant workers, perhaps the largest group of disadvantaged persons here, numbering about one million out of a total population of five million in this city. Founded in 2003, we operate with a small number of regular staff and a larger number of unpaid volunteers.
We welcome anyone who shares our core objectives to join as a member and/or volunteer with us. Our members and volunteers span the demographic spectrum from top academics and professionals to eager young Singaporeans, to retirees wanting to contribute to society, to hardworking migrant workers themselves.
We would also appreciate a donation. Other pages in this website describe the work we do. None of this is possible without your support.
The volunteering spirit was in full flow the weekend of 17 and 18 Sept at crUX. Over 20 IT professionals devoted part of their weekend (some of them all weekend), coming together to develop a new website for TWC2 pro-bono. Led by Wen Huang and Mohammed Pitolwala from Savant Degrees, the aim of the event was...
Posted on September 18, 2011 in Articles, Happenings
TWC2 calls for Singapore to support the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 7th December 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Singapore, December 8th, 2010: There are now 214 million international migrants, according to the latest annual report of the International Organisation for Migration, and...
Posted on December 7, 2010 in News, Press ReleasesThere are nearly one million low-wage migrant workers in Singapore. They make up about 20 percent of the total population and are mostly employed in construction, shipyards, sanitation services, manufacturing and domestic work. Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) is dedicated to assisting these low-wage migrant workers when they are in difficulty. Migrant workers on Work...
Posted on September 18, 2011 in