Happenings

13 12, 2011

Migrant workers show off their dance moves

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:25+08:00December 13th, 2011|Articles, Happenings|

Every person has multiple talents; migrant workers too. At TWC2's celebration of International Migrants Day (IMD), some of these hidden talents came to the fore. Members of the Indonesian Family Network (IFN), Filipino Family Network (FFN) and guests from Resorts World Singapore and elsewhere came forward to show off different sides of their personalities in

28 11, 2011

Donate your older cameras and laptops to TWC2

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:25+08:00November 28th, 2011|Articles, Happenings|

Stay green, at least a little longer. Don't be so quick to throw away your older cameras and laptops when you've bought a newer model. Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) has use for them. As a charity organisation, we depend entirely on donations. Rather than spend precious cash donations on buying new laptops and cameras,

27 11, 2011

Not like a fridge or washing machine

alex2019-08-30T16:36:25+08:00November 27th, 2011|Articles, Happenings|

It's been 33 years, said Isaac Tan, since foreign domestic workers started moving into Singaporean households. A generation of young people has grown up with them. How have their presence impacted our lives? Together with his friends, Abhiroop Basu, Dawn Toh and others – "creative types", according to TWC2 president Russell Heng – Isaac hit

18 11, 2011

Marathoners push themselves for TWC2

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:49+08:00November 18th, 2011|Articles, Happenings|

The annual Standard Chartered marathon is around the corner. Scheduled for December 4, 2011, Pui Kwan Lee, Shuxia and Aseem Thakur are motivating themselves by the thought of TWC2's worthy cause. These three runners have created donation pages on Give.sg where you can support their efforts by making a contribution. This will spur them on

5 11, 2011

Manpower ministry’s Tan Chuan-Jin visits TWC2

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:36:50+08:00November 5th, 2011|Articles, Happenings|

Senior officials from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) met with Transient Workers Count Too this week on a fact-finding visit, engaging in fruitful and cordial discussions that broached a range of legal and workplace issues faced by low-skilled migrant workers in Singapore. Led by Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin, some 10 civil servants

2 10, 2011

Indonesian workers’ journey in photographs

alex2019-08-30T16:36:51+08:00October 2nd, 2011|Articles, Happenings|

"Oh yes, and the prints you see here are for sale," Sim Chi Yin said, almost as an afterthought to the speech she had just made, launching her book The Long Road Home, "and the proceeds will benefit Transient Workers Count Too, Home and Migrant Voices in equal thirds." She was referring to the framed

18 09, 2011

crUX revamps TWC2’s website

webmaster2019-08-30T16:36:52+08:00September 18th, 2011|Articles, Happenings|

The volunteering spirit was in full flow the weekend of 17 and 18 Sept at crUX. Over 20 IT professionals devoted part of their weekend (some of them all weekend), coming together to develop a new website for TWC2 pro-bono. Led by Wen Huang and Mohammed Pitolwala from Savant Degrees, the aim of the event was