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Berita Harian spotlights Mohd Khamsya
Mohd Khamsya, one of Transient Workers Count Too's volunteers at our Cuff Road Project, was featured in Berita Harian on Monday, April 2, 2012. The Malay-language newspaper however, omitted mention of Sya's involvement with TWC2, though he had told the reporter about it. Below is an English translation of the
SMU students create video sensation from Little India interviews
By Francesca A striking new video of candid conversations between Singapore Management University students and Bangladeshi construction workers has become a YouTube sensation in Singapore. Between its release on March 7, 2012 and the end of the month, more than 37,000 people have viewed the seven-minute student film, “Unsung –
Soap kitchen day
A group from Paya Lebar Methodist Church came by to our soup kitchen at lunch on Saturday, March 24, 2012, to give out goodie bags stuffed full of useful things to the workers we serve. Things like soap, toothpaste and shavers may look like unglamourous and utilitarian items, but for
Steady and focussed, reports Committee at AGM 2012
Reporting on yet another successful year helping 1,908 migrant workers, the Executive Committee of Transient Workers Count Too described an organisation that is in steady hands, very focussed on its mission, at the Annual General Meeting held on March 25, 2012. Of these 1,908 workers, 1,458 came through the helpdesk
Cake was sweet, but Cuff Road 4th anniversary festivities bittersweet
There were two types of cream cake and several slabs of banana cake By Francesca A crush of more than 230 out-of-work migrant labourers crowded in and around Isthana Restaurant in Little India Thursday night, March 15, 2012, to celebrate the fourth anniversary of Transient Workers Count Too's
Facebook ‘Likes’ cross 1,000
March 9, 2012, marked a little milestone for Transient Workers Count Too. The number of 'Likes' on our Facebook page crossed 1,000, reaching 1,017 on the morning of March 10., as can be seen from the screen capture above. When we revamped and relaunched our website on November 1, 2011,
Korean Churches & Missionary Association donates $2,500 to TWC2
Mr Mark Oh (left) of the Korean Chruches Missionary Association hands a donation to Dr Russell Heng (right), president of TWC2 En route to nearby countries for their missionary work, members of the Korean Churches & Missionary Association sought out Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) to lend
Street work in Geylang
TWC2 community worker Kenneth Soh together with five volunteers devoted a Sunday afternoon distributing information leaflets in the Geylang area, targeting workers from China. Four of the volunteers are in the header image above (left to right): Chan Weng Hong, Guo Quanzhi, Serena Tan and Chou Yahuei. Chloe and Kenneth
Why is there no bed?
Would teenagers be able to understand the travails of working life? Especially those of migrant workers? At their age, they had never had any taste of work, nor would they have had much contact with migrant workers, except perhaps foreign domestic maids in their homes. These concerns weighed on Alex's
Casual but engaged at TWC2’s December 2011 outreach
In the second of a new series, Transient Workers Count Too held a public outreach event Saturday, December 17, 2011. Divided into two sessions -- the earlier one relating to domestic workers and the later one relating to male migrant workers with a short break in between, it was designed