Important events where our volunteers, staff and well-wishers make a difference, sometimes in surprisingly creative ways

9 10, 2013

65 percent of injured and salary-claim workers threatened with premature repatriation

2019-08-30T16:34:17+08:00October 9th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Happenings|

For both groups -- those regularly working and those with injury and salary claims-- the threat of premature repatriation creates a lot of stress. It is the most important stress factor among working workers, and the second-most important, after being injured, among injured and salary-claim workers. Having uncleared debts incurred in agents fees also hung

29 09, 2013

To combat low spirits, TWC2 takes workers to fly kites high

2019-08-30T16:34:17+08:00September 29th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

It was a bright, breezy day with blue skies. Just perfect for kite-flying. Discover Singapore brought twenty-one workers on 31 August 2013 to the Promontory at Marina Bay, taking advantage of the advertised Kite-Flying Festival. TWC2 volunteers Irene, Emily, Steven and Terence organised and led the group, with friends Kee Wee and Karan joining in. Discover

26 08, 2013

Movie treat: Ilo Ilo

2019-08-30T16:34:19+08:00August 26th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

Happy voices in Bahasa Indonesia and Filipino filled the lobby of Golden Village Tiong Bahru cinemas on Sunday, 25 Aug 2013, as members of the TWC2 family came together for a screening of Ilo Ilo. This first feature film by Singapore director Anthony Chen won the Camera d'Or at Cannes earlier this year in May.

21 08, 2013

So this is barbecue

2019-08-30T16:34:19+08:00August 21st, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

By Terence Kek “So this is ‘barbecue’! This is the first time we have barbecue and it is nice!” Nazimul, mumbles happily, in between mouthfuls of perfectly grilled food – which includes the fish they caught that same afternoon. This is the fifth outing organized by TWC2 Discover Singapore. The day began with two hours of

17 07, 2013

Korean students visit TWC2 researching housing for workers

2019-08-30T16:34:51+08:00July 17th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

Early July 2013, a group of seven post-graduates from Seoul National University visited Transient Workers Count Too. They were in Singapore for a week for field work related to research on the subject of housing of migrant workers -- their chosen topic for their masters dissertation in urban planning. TWC2 vice-president Alex Au (back to

20 05, 2013

Not one among 500 workers could read his IPA

2019-08-30T16:34:53+08:00May 20th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

"How many of you received the Chinese-language version of the letter from your employment agent?" asked TWC2 social worker Kenneth Soh soon after commencing his talk to Chinese workers. He was referring to the Ministry of Manpower's  In-principle Approval for a Work Permit (IPA), a document that a worker had to have in hand upon

2 05, 2013

Video: a day in Sudha’s life

2019-08-30T16:34:54+08:00May 2nd, 2013|Articles, Happenings, Stories|

The above video was created by a group of students from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. Introducing themselves to TWC2 at the start of their project and seeking our endorsement, they wrote: "We have chosen to do our project on construction worker and how they are human too

9 01, 2013

‘Troubled waters’ report launched

2019-08-30T16:35:20+08:00January 9th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Happenings, Uncategorized|

Researcher Sallie Yea gave a talk on Tuesday, 8 January 2013, launching her preliminary report on human trafficking in the fishing industry. The event was organised by Transient Workers Count Too. To an audience of about 30 persons from embassies, government and media, she spoke about her study of 63 cases of Filipino fishermen who

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