Shifting Hearts, Shifting Minds at Work: A Webinar for Employers

We partnered with the Ministry of Manpower and HealthServe to organise a webinar for employers on the importance of caring for the mental health of their employees, especially migrant workers.

Through the webinar, employers learned what they can do to set up an effective mental health support system.

The speakers, Prof Jeremy Lim, Vice-Chair of HealthServe Ltd; Mr Justin Paul, Head of Mental Health & Counselling Services at HealthServe Ltd; and Dr Mark Ng, Country Health Manager at Shell Health Singapore and Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd, also shared case studies and highlighted the need to constantly engage not only the affected workers, but also those around them.

Doctors Host a Facebook Live on World Mental Health Day

In line with World Mental Health Day on 10 October, My Brother SG organised a Facebook Live event on mental wellness for our migrant worker friends.

Dr Hamid and Dr Muntasir hosted the Tamil and Bengali sessions respectively, with Ms Durga Arivan, a mental health counsellor from Healthserve, to offer valuable mental health tips. A few of our migrant worker friends who completed their Peer Support Leader training were also present to share their learning experience.

Project Dawn: Mental Health Booklet & Video Collaboration with MoM

We had the privilege of collaborating with the Ministry of Manpower and Kitesong Global to curate a mental health booklet for our migrant brothers! The booklet—translated in 7 languages—features tips to manage stress and relevant helplines for workers.

1,460 booklets were incorporated into care packs and distributed by HealthServe to migrant workers at government quarantine facilities.

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The booklets were also made into videos to encourage brothers to take care of their mental health.

Pilot Print of Mental Health Booklets - Over 60,000 Distributed

We developed our first mental health booklet to address the mental challenges that migrant workers were facing due to the pandemic. The booklet contains encouraging and hopeful messages, as well as tips to take care of one’s mental health. It also suggests ways to notice signs of depression and resources to get help.

For our pilot print, the Covid-19 Migrant Support Coalition (CMSC) partnered with us to distribute our booklets with wellness packages to 1,200 quarantined workers.

From Oct to Dec, we had two more rounds of prints. Multiple organizations ordered the booklets and a total of 59,946 booklets were distributed to migrant workers.

The booklets are available to download in 8 languages on our site here.