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Restoring hope for migrant workers
Help us raise $20,000 for the most vulnerable migrant workers, who are burdened with unpaid wages and recruitment debts.
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- Name of Beneficiary: Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2)
- Account Number: 006-900625-0
- Type of Account: Current Account
- Name of Beneficiary Bank: DBS Bank
- Address of Beneficiary Bank: 12 Marina Boulevard, DBS Asia Central, Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3, Singapore 018982
- Country: Singapore
- SWIFT Bank Identifier Code (BIC): DBSSSGSG
- Bank code: 7171
- Bank branch code: 006
- Cable: DBSBANK
- Telex: RS 24455
- Telephone: +65 6878 8888
This Ramadan, we are raising funds to provide urgent financial assistance to the most vulnerable Bangladeshi workers burdened with high debt and unpaid wages. These workers have lodged salary claims through official channels, but the process can take months—if they receive anything at all.
TWC2’s goal is to support 2 workers a month, for the next 12 months, with financial relief of $500 to $1000 for each worker. As such, we hope to raise the amount of $20,000.
Out of the many salary cases we handle each month, we will prioritise workers who:
- only received a fraction of their owed salaries through official channels
- never started or lost their jobs in the first 1-2 months
- have the highest recruitment debt
Other needy workers may be considered as well.
Your donation will provide financial relief to the most vulnerable workers, ease the burden of debt accumulated from agency fees and loans, and support their struggling families back home.
Migrant workers deserve fairness, dignity, and respect. Your generosity ensures that they return home with dignity after enduring injustice.
Help as a fellow Muslim or just a kind supporter
Over 80 percent of TWC2’s beneficiaries are Bangladeshi. Many of our migrant worker clients have asked us if the wider Muslim community in Singapore would help support them during this period.
We are therefore taking the opportunity to put the call out to fellow Muslims and kind Singaporeans alike of all races and religions to help a needy brother out in his moment of need. It can be your zakat charity, if it is aligned with your objective, or just a general donation that will be deeply appreciated. Kindness transcends all boundaries and borders, and is the bridge between different faiths!
Funds from this campaign will be ring fenced in our accounts to provide financial assistance for our Bangladeshi Muslim clients. Any sum left unused will be rolled over to the next year.
THE HARSH REALITY
When a migrant worker’s dreams are torn apart, it’s not just his future at stake—it’s the hopes of his parents, wife, children, and himself.
While no official numbers are available, a large number of male migrant workers in Singapore are from Bangladesh. They mostly work in the construction, marine shipyard and process sectors. Bangladeshi workers tend to be an extremely vulnerable group due to factors like debt bondage, and they form 82% of those who seek help at TWC2.
Leaving their homeland in search of a better future in Singapore is expensive. In order to pay recruitment agents who will find them a job in Singapore, Bangladeshi workers pawn their families’ jewelry, sell their land, or take up hefty loans. First-time workers pay the most money, with recruitment fees of up to S$15,000—all in the hope of a stable job abroad.
But arriving in Singapore often brings a cruel reality. Many workers are deceived by employers and agents, made to work illegally long hours, and left with little or no pay. Their dreams of a secure future turn into a daily struggle for survival, and the emotional and mental toll is immense.
To make things worse, migrant workers do not always recover the full salary that their employers have cheated them of, when they file a salary claim with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). Sometimes, employers close the company or file for bankruptcy; other times, workers are only offered a fraction of the amount they are owed.
Despite their hard work and hefty debts, migrant workers face the shame of returning home empty-handed. Your generosity offers them psychological relief and the chance to rebuild their lives.