Transient Workers Count Too Media Release 31 July 2012 For immediate release Update on donations to Bugis MRT accident victims As at 4 pm on Monday, 30 July 2012, the donations actually in hand totalled $66,332. There are some additional cheques, SgGives and Paypal transactions still being cleared or in electronic transit, and a few
It was a warm night on the rooftop of Zsofi Tapas Bar last Sunday (29 July 2012) but all the guests -- numbering over a hundred -- had a good time. Transient Workers Count Too's fundraising and volunteer appreciation dinner went off with hardly a hitch, with an equal mix of donors and well-wishers, volunteers
Continued from part 2 This is the third of six parts: Rajeesh was the only one who knew anything about the city of Cotonou, Benin, and having gone out regularly he had picked up a working knowledge of French. At the beginning of their stay, Liady Furaimo’s African friends would shop for the Indian men,
In his nine months since arriving in Singapore, Habibur (not his real name) has been scolded – verbally and physically – threatened with his life, exploited, beaten and forced to lie to the MOM. As a teacher in his native Bangladesh, Habibur could expect, on top of regular work, a modicum of respect. He arrived in Singapore
Today, a publication of Medicorp, carried an article about donations for victims of the Bugis MRT site accident crossing $23,000 in its online edition 24 July 2012 (see below). The report cited a mention of this figure on our website, which is true for we put up the figure late Monday night. As of the
Continued from part 1. This is the second of six parts: Looking forward to a bright new future, Sellathurai Boominathan embarked on a journey, early January 2011, that should eventually take him to Canada. He had heard that work there would pay C$10.00 (S$12.50) per hour. He was aware however that the plan required him
The Straits Times reported that employment agents in Myanmar are encouraging young women to lie about their ages in order to work in Singapore as domestic workers. Currently, Singapore requires a person to be at least 23 years old for the domestic work sector, and the onus is on employment agents here to ensure this
We heard a faint knock at the door around 2pm on Saturday afternoon as I tapped away on my laptop; I was here in TWC2's office to edit some photos for the website. Mr Ho, an older Singaporean, looked like he had stumbled upon the wrong place: Golden Mile Complex with its network of offices
‘Signing on the dotted line: examining operational indicators of trafficking’ is a two part article written by TWC2’s immediate past president, John Gee, for the website of The Trafficking Research Project (TTRP), and published in June and July 2012. The first part of the article is on contract abuse, where companies have tried to impose
I got a call last week from a maid who works in Little India named Josie. She approached me in my capacity as a writer for TWC2 as she wanted to share her story. Josie, who is from Abra province in the Philippines and heralds from a family of seven, has worked in Singapore since
