IAMinVISIBLE
JANELYN VERGARA . PHILIPPINES
I AM COURAGEOUS. I’m existing not only for myself, I want to become a voice of empowerment.
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"Absolutely Genius, Innovative & Meaningful Exhibition",
"Impressive Opening", "Life-Changing",
“Wow! I Didn’t Know That Migrants Are So Talented!”,
“My Employer Apologised To Me!"
Do You Hear Me?
DO YOU SEE ME?
A Migrant's Storytelling Showcase
Bringing The inVISIBLE Into VISIBLE
Seen . Heard . Held . Validated
Fostering Empathy & Connection Between Migrant & Singapore Communities
(RAW) STORIES UNTOLD
IMPACTING & TRANSFORMING LIVES
Never Doubt That A Small Group Of Thoughtful Committed People
Can Change The World
“This showcase is a life changing for me and eye opening to all people around me. I am immensely grateful to be part of this event, I feel valued, seen, heard, and learnt how I see my self-worth in this society. It has brought me to a next level of social interaction where I make new friends, and especially connected to our migrant brothers. It opens lots of opportunities as well in some field of public speaking and I am much confident now to talk and share my life experiences. Also, my employer sees that I am more than just a helper by seeing this showcase, she was amazed what migrants community was doing. As for my family especially my kids they valued and appreciated all my sacrifices abroad and why I chose to be away from them. Thank you to the whole ‘Do You See Me?’ team.”
- Jenelyn Laybe, Philippines
“The event was very impactful in that it brought both locals and migrants together in recognition of their place in our society and the common themes that we share (eg. sacrifice, courage, family, etc). I especially enjoyed the panel discussion as the sharing was authentic and powerful. This would not have been possible if not for the level of trust that was in the room.”
– Ashokan Ramakrishnan, Singapore
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WHO ARE WE?
Never Doubt That A Small Group Of Thoughtful Committed People
Can Change The World
CO-ORGANISERS
A social impact startup that aims to bring the inVISIBLE into VISIBLE.
To support everyone on a self discovery journey by uncovering our personal stories to unlock our innate potential and reclaim our power to becoming our best - in pursuit towards personal and professional excellence.
We bring our experiential workshops to you - at workplaces, schools and community to build an empowered space for everyone to be seen, heard, held and validated.
www.iaminvisible.me
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Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre (HYC) is a non-profit start-up by Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore). Celebrating its first anniversary this November 30th, HYC is working towards becoming a platform for youths to pick up wholesome values, form meaningful connections with others, and to become contributing members of a sustainable community.
The work of HYC is based on five pillars - Arts and Culture, Eco Awareness, Volunteerism, Young Parenting, and Youth Wellness. Through our carefully selected partners who share our values, HYC is able to offer a variety of activities and programmes for youths. At our centre adjacent to Yishun Pond, youths will be able to discover interests, explore their abilities, and realise their potential while remaining close to nature.
hyc.tzuchi.org.sg
PARTNERS
Migrant Writers of Singapore is a volunteer-run platform that promotes Literature and Arts among migrants. It is a platform which aims to build a bridge between locals and migrants through art and literary interactions. Serving with integrity and kindness is our core values.
24asia is a young energetic volunteer team based in Singapore who empowers migrant people around the world. They have 1 million+ foreigner who has the potential to upgrade them with better work-life balance. 24asia wants to help them and empower them. They also hope to connect 100 million Bangladeshi people living all over the world in one single platform.
Dedicated to entertain migrant workers in Singapore through music, theatre, and poetry and to provide a free platform to learn and practice music, Migrant's Band Singapore stands committed to promote Bengali culture.
In This Together is run by volunteers. Our objective is to provide the migrant community with support and kindness. We aim to raise awareness of the issues they may face working and living in Singapore. We also aim to connect the migrant community with the local community to promote better understanding and harmony within all sectors of the community.
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Welcome In My Backyard (WIMBY) is a ground-up campaign that aims to pre-empt tensions and counter “Not-In-My-Backyard” sentiments from the community by amplifying the message that Migrant Workers (MWs) are Welcome In Our Backyards.
Their mission is to mobilise all of Singapore society to create a safe space for our MW brothers, with the wider goal of normalising relations between MWs and Singaporeans.
24asia is a young energetic volunteer team based in Singapore who empowers migrant people around the world. They have 1 million+ foreigner who has the potential to upgrade them with better work-life balance. 24asia wants to help them and empower them. They also hope to connect 100 million Bangladeshi people living all over the world in one single platform.
A Good Space is Singapore's first co-operative set up to convene diverse changemakers to work on social issues together. Through our Listening Living Labs with migrant workers, we have gathered representatives from employers, dorm operators, recruitment agencies, NGOs, government agencies, migrant workers themselves and more to form 7 work-groups focused on addressing different complex issues to make Singapore a more welcoming place for our migrant workers to work and live in
COVID-19 Migrant Support Coalition (CMSC) is a fully volunteer-run group-up initiative that started as a collaborative effort between a few smaller migrant workers supporting groups, together with other like-minded volunteers, to meet the needs of our migrant friends affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The group taps on the existing relationships and resources and actively collaborate with various migrant worker community organisations and stakeholders in the migrant landscape, to directly tackle new, urgent needs that emerged because of COVID-19. Their aim is to meet the immediate supply, mental wellness and learning engagement needs of our migrant friends.
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We Are Caring is an online recruitment platform providing jobs for migrant domestic helpers. Their ethical recruitment model eliminates salary deduction and placement fees to make the hiring affordable for both employers and helpers. Started in 2016, they have provided more than 4000 jobs to domestic helper. Their goal is to be the #1 recruitment platform enabling ethical hiring for all.
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SUPPORTED BY
The Majurity Trust is a philanthropic organisation that seeks to work with donors and charities to build a thriving and sustainable community for all in Singapore.
The National Integration Council (NIC) was set up in April 2009, to promote public, people and private (3P) sector partnerships for integration, and build a shared future together.
LET'S CONNECT
Each Video Story Conveys A Message Everyone Can Learn & Be Inspired.
Our Friends Would Love To Share Their Personal Stories & Engage With You In A Live Audience or Online Space.
Get In Touch To Bring The Stories To Your Workplace, School & Community In Singapore & Around The World.
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All Good Change Starts With A Good Conversation
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