The Friends of ACE (FACE) Network was introduced by the Ministry of Manpower in February 2021 to deepen engagement and strengthen social support for the migrant workforce. The FACE Award 2021 aims to recognise the contributions of partners and migrant worker volunteers in uplifting the wellbeing of migrant workers.
My Brother SG is proud to be listed among many other organisations who are passionate about supporting migrant workers.
View the complete award booklet here.
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.
We had the privilege of partnering with The Communication Initiative (The CI) to feature our RCCE toolkit and training manual on their hub.
The CI is an online knowledge portal and networking space designed for the international development community and anyone interested in communication for social development and change. They collate and share knowledge (programmes, reports, resource materials) from many different organisations working in this field.
See our publications featured on the CI:
Our RCCE toolkit was featured on GOARN.
Our toolkit serves as a reference tool for community mobilizers. It is intended to provide guidance for designing and implementing RCCE approaches, based on our team’s experience during the COVID-19 outbreak. This publication has been supported by the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) COVID-19 Research and development funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The toolkit is available to download on our site at www.mybrother.sg/research-case-studies.
We were excited to hear our name mentioned by Minister Tan See Leng during his speech on May Day!
“Other NGOs, such as My Brother SG, have also been working with the Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group to produce and distribute booklets on mental health to migrant workers across dormitories,” said Dr Tan.
We are grateful that our efforts in RCCE have been recognized and we hope that migrant workers across Singapore will continue to be empowered through our work.
Listen to Dr Tan’s whole speech in the video below.
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.
The booklets were also made into videos to encourage brothers to take care of their mental health.
On April 10, we held an outreach for migrant workers at Penjuru Recreation Centre. We were glad to engage with so many brothers that day!
Here are some highlights from the outreach:
Healthcare professionals shared about vaccination and mental health.
Our booth had fun games for migrant workers to win prizes.
We partnered with The Food Bank Singapore to hand out food items (including mango juice boxes) to bless our migrant brothers. Their donations brought a smile and encouragement to the workers who have been working tirelessly!
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.
We are so grateful to have celebrated International Migrants Day with thousands of our migrant brothers at 4 Recreation Centers over the weekend, in partnership with the Ministry of Manpower. We had a fun time of games and giveaways at our booths!
Thank you to all our migrant brothers for your outstanding support! The long queues at our health booth and crossing 20K followers on our Facebook page have been a huge encouragement!
In an effort to promote interaction between our health resources and migrant workers, a social media contest was held. Migrant workers were encouraged to send us artistic submissions, such as poetry, prose and short films. The submissions had to be based on messages from our health booklets and posters. This was birthed through consultation with South Asian migrant workers, many of whom are media savvy and enjoy short films.
Submissions were posted to My Brother SG’s Facebook page, allowing migrant workers to encourage one another with their piece.
