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

10 04, 2012

Berita Harian spotlights Mohd Khamsya

2019-08-30T16:36:03+08:00April 10th, 2012|Articles, Happenings|

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 news feature, translated for TWC2

2 04, 2012

SMU students create video sensation from Little India interviews

2019-08-30T16:36:04+08:00April 2nd, 2012|Articles, Happenings|

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 – The Invisible Workforce behind this

28 03, 2012

Soap kitchen day

2019-08-30T16:36:04+08:00March 28th, 2012|Articles, Happenings|

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 workers left totally broke, they

28 03, 2012

Steady and focussed, reports Committee at AGM 2012

2019-08-30T16:36:04+08:00March 28th, 2012|Articles, Happenings|

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 of our Cuff Road Project,

17 03, 2012

Cake was sweet, but Cuff Road 4th anniversary festivities bittersweet

2019-08-30T16:36:05+08:00March 17th, 2012|Articles, Happenings|

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 Cuff Road Project. The programme

10 03, 2012

Facebook ‘Likes’ cross 1,000

2019-08-30T16:36:05+08:00March 10th, 2012|Articles, Happenings|

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, with a bit of integration

18 01, 2012

Street work in Geylang

2019-08-30T16:36:22+08:00January 18th, 2012|Articles, Happenings|

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 are not in the picture.

22 12, 2011

Why is there no bed?

2019-08-30T16:36:24+08:00December 22nd, 2011|Articles, Happenings|

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 mind as December 10, 2011

19 12, 2011

Casual but engaged at TWC2’s December 2011 outreach

2019-08-30T16:36:24+08:00December 19th, 2011|Articles, Happenings|

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 to be accessible and easy

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