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Hunger Games for real: The Bangladeshi worker abroad
A summary of the webinar we held on 3 June 2021. Includes a full video recording of the 90-minute event.
TWC2 holds a carnival at Penjuru
With migrant workers still confined to their dormitories, TWC2 holds a carnival near a cluster of dorms to cheer them up and offer any help they need.
Through deliveries, a window into long-existing injustice and inequality
Reflections on the pandemic: how helping workers with small essential needs reveals their vulnerabilities and the injustices they suffer.
Sardines, red bulls and yellow containers
Kind donors are deeply appreciated. But what are the men's needs and priorities? We try to find out.
Two men seriously ill with long-term Covid19
The long-term effects of Covd-19 can be nasty. Two healthy foreign workers who didn't even know they had Covid-19 are reduced to invalids overnight.
I delivered essential items and this is what I learned
For months, men have been confined to dorms, unable to go out to buy daily necessities they might need. TWC2's SEN team delivered little things that made life more bearable.
Freshly baked and yummy!
A big Thank You to Gwendolin Tan for her freshly baked cakes.
$1 million spent helping over 90,000 migrant workers remain connected with their families
With support from Facebook and Community Foundation of Singapore, TWC2 tops up migrant workers' phones in time for Eid al-fitr. In total, the campaign spent nearly $1 million to help about workers stuck in quarantine and lockdown.
Nearly 300 men at risk of eviction and homelessness get rent money from TWC2
We laid out $85,000 to help some migrant workers keep a roof over their heads. These workers, having lost their jobs, are in more difficult situations than those in dorms. Includes video story from TRT World.
The dorms are not the problem
An essay based on a talk given by Alex Au at a Labour Day webinar organised by Maruah in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic that badly affected migrant workers in Singapore.