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

18 12, 2012

TWC2 marks International Migrants Day with sports fun

2019-08-30T16:35:21+08:00December 18th, 2012|Articles, Happenings, Uncategorized|

Transient Workers Count Too celebrated International Migrants Day 2012 with a sports carnival 16 December 2012. Several rounds of men's and women's volleyball and women's futsal were played. We also took the opportunity to do more outreach to inform workers of their rights, and to recognise the long service to Singapore families by domestic workers who

10 12, 2012

NIE students contribute a video for IMD 2012

2019-08-30T16:35:21+08:00December 10th, 2012|Articles, Happenings, Uncategorized|

Student volunteers from the National Institute of Education, assisting TWC2 in preparing for this year's International Migrants Day produced the above video. Looks like fun! International Migrants Day is a United Nations-endorsed event to mark the contributions of migrant workers to society everywhere. Transient Workers Count Too will be celebrating with a sports day in

14 11, 2012

Photos through the eyes of workers

2019-08-30T16:35:22+08:00November 14th, 2012|Articles, Happenings, Uncategorized|

How do migrant workers see the spaces, people and activities around them? What is significant to them? A fascinating exhibition will let you in on the secret. Migrant Encounters is the brainchild of Ye Junjia ("Jia"), and brought to fruition with the help of her friends Tai Shuxia and Jessie Koh. Supported by the Max

11 11, 2012

From video to concert, this 23 November

2019-08-30T16:35:22+08:00November 11th, 2012|Articles, Happenings, Uncategorized|

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0sbZnCf2I Many people will have seen the above Youtube video that circulated a few months earlier.  It was made by Beyond the Border, Behind the Men, a project that celebrates the otherwise anonymous and invisible Bangladeshi migrant workers in our midst. Now the BTBBTM music team is having their first concert, The Exchange, on the

7 11, 2012

Planning in progress for International Migrants Day 2012

2019-08-30T16:35:22+08:00November 7th, 2012|Articles, Happenings, Uncategorized|

When a Transient Workers Count Too volunteer met domestic workers of the Filipino Family Network and the Indonesian Family Network in June and said, ‘We were thinking about what we should do for International Migrants’ Day this year...’, there was no discussion. Immediately, the workers said that they’d like to have a sports day. So

24 10, 2012

Photographer shoots workers as superheroes

2019-08-30T16:35:23+08:00October 24th, 2012|Articles, Happenings, Uncategorized|

Photographer Sam Chin will be showing works from his project “SuperHeroes” in a group exhibition at the National Museum on Stamford Road from 20 October to 27 December 2012. This exhibition is part of the Objectifs 10 years Shooting Home Anniversary. Sam explains: "SuperHeroes is an attempt to photograph various groups of migrant workers in

22 09, 2012

Many happy returns to Irene and us

2019-08-30T16:35:24+08:00September 22nd, 2012|Articles, Happenings, Uncategorized|

By Russell Heng A year ago, TWC2 had a financial crisis where funds were so low, we were faced with closing up in less than five months. Around that time, journalist and editorial consultant Irene Hoe was planning to celebrate her birthday. Hearing of our plight, she had a simple answer when her friends asked

29 08, 2012

TWC2 volunteer invites workers to his wedding feast

2019-08-30T16:35:25+08:00August 29th, 2012|Articles, Happenings, Uncategorized|

Shivaji Das married Yolanda early August but organised a special wedding feast specially for TWC2 beneficiaries of The Cuff Road Project coinciding with Eid al-fitri, locally known as Hari Raya Puasa, which this year fell on 19 August 2012. This unprecedented gesture only shows his commitment to TWC2 where he has been a volunteer (and

20 08, 2012

Jobs portal launched for direct matching between domestic workers and employers

2019-08-30T16:35:25+08:00August 20th, 2012|Articles, Happenings, Stories, Uncategorized|

By Spiegel Foreign domestic workers in Singapore now can turn to a new Internet-based service for cutting middlemen costs when seeking switches to fresh employers here. DWJobs.org, a maids’ job portal launched a few weeks ago, can also help employers avoid paying hundreds of dollars in transfer fees to maid agencies by directly matching job

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