Celebrating National Day with Migrant Brothers

Our team celebrated National Day with migrant brothers at Cochrane Recreation Centre on 7 August. Here are some highlights from the event!

Fun & Educational Games

We invited the brothers to play a carnival game that introduced them to healthy eating and nutrition. Our team prepared pictures of healthy and unhealthy food options, and secured them on empty drink cans. Migrant brothers were asked to knock down the unhealthy food options.

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Caricature Drawings

To acknowledge and recognise the contributions of migrant workers who helped build and develop our country, we organized a special live caricature drawing event. We included their favourite fruits or sports in the drawings to remind them to choose a healthier lifestyle.

Our migrant brothers loved receiving their drawings! We want to thank our caricature artists and students from ComxNaut for partnering with us to bring joy to the brothers.

We interacted with over 200 migrant brothers that day. It made us happy to see them all enjoying the event!

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Testimonials from Students

Not only was the event enjoyable for migrant workers, but the student volunteers also had a memorable time. Here’s what they shared about their experience:

“This event reminded me that migrant workers are normal people too, not just people from overseas tasked with building Singapore. I was heartened to see how happy the migrant workers were upon receiving their drawings. This service-learning opportunity also gave me a chance to improve my caricature skills.”

“The most memorable part of the event was seeing the migrant brothers smile when they saw the caricature drawings that we did for them. This showed me that one can bring smiles to people's faces without monetary items.”

Are you interested in volunteering at our next outreach? Apply here today!

Collaborating with Project KURA for an Outreach at Cochrane Recreation Centre

Our team organised an outreach at Cochrane Recreation Centre in collaboration with Project KURA (NUS Nursing School) in July.

We worked with the NUS Nursing students to provide basic health screening and education for migrant workers, focusing on high blood pressure and high cholesterol. We shared tips to reduce the risk of developing such chronic illnesses.

Our team supported the students in the contextualising, planning and development of the outreach programme by sharing various health-related initiatives and educational content they can create to support migrant workers’ wellbeing.

We were glad to have served over 200 migrant brothers with the students.  

 Here are some testimonials that the students shared:

“This outreach allowed me to interact with migrant workers and better understand their diets and jobs. I hope that the information we shared with them will allow them to be prepared and empowered to take good care of their health.”

“This experience made me realise that our migrant workers are really busy with work. I think it’s very important for us to find a way to improve migrant workers’ work-life balance and we should always be appreciative of their contributions to our society!”

Partnering with NUS Faculty of Dentistry to Educate Migrant Workers on Oral Health

Edited example of oral health education material created by NUS dental students

Our team worked with 3 groups of dental students by providing advice on the oral health education materials that they created for migrant workers. Our team supported the development of the health messaging, surveys, and polls to get insights from migrant workers on their oral health knowledge.

We also provided a platform where students could gain insight to vulnerable communities and be empowered to exercise their skills, competencies, and global citizenry to give back to community. We had a wonderful experience working with one group of dental students during our recent on-ground outreach. They were given a chance to share and collect feedback to evaluate the effectiveness of the oral health education materials that they created, and they also provided oral health education to our migrant workers.

Special thanks to the students who worked with us to build awareness on the importance of oral health by guiding our migrant workers through proper brushing and flossing techniques, which can prevent tooth decay and gum disease.

Our team is excited to partner with the NUS Faculty of Dentistry to provide more meaningful service-learning opportunities.

Education on Nutrition and Chronic Illness

From January to March, we created content that focused on the topics of nutrition and chronic disease, encouraging migrant brothers to lead healthier lifestyles.

Our nutrition graphics give suggestions for healthy, affordable meals and remind brothers to have balanced diets. For chronic diseases, we covered how to detect and prevent diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.

Below are some of the graphics we produced. View the full collection here.

Brother Milon Ahammed partnered with us to produce TikTok videos on healthy eating habits and simple exercises that one can follow to stay healthy.

Dr Hamid and Dr Muntasir also produced videos to answer frequently asked questions on chronic illness management.

Outreach at Cochrane RC: Health screening and education on exercise and the Primary Care Plan

On 23 April, we organised an outreach at Cochrane Recreation Centre in collaboration with HealthServe, We conducted health screening and educational activities.

Migrant workers were engaged in an online quiz, which aimed to educate them on the benefits of exercise.

We also raised awareness about the new Primary Care Plan (PCP) for migrant workers and chronic disease prevention through a puzzle game.

The PCP plan helps provide quality, accessible and affordable primary care to migrant workers, and reduce strain on the public healthcare system. Learn more about it here:

1. https://www.mom.gov.sg/primary-healthcare-system/primary-care-plan

2. https://www.mom.gov.sg/-/media/mom/documents/publications/foreign-workers/medical-centres-for-you-from-1-april-2022-english.pdf

We thank our volunteers for their time and contribution. Our work would not be possible without their effort and support!

If you are interested in making a difference in the migrant worker community, join us as a volunteer today! Learn more about the various volunteer opportunities available at mybrother.sg/volunteer.

Outreach at Penjuru RC: Health screening and raising awareness on chronic diseases

On 26 March, we organised an outreach at Penjuru Recreation Centre in collaboration with HealthServe. We provided health screening and conducted fun, educational activities.

One of the activities educated migrant brothers on the Healthier Choice symbol. We shared this quiz with them on Facebook and asked them to comment their answers.

We also raised awareness on chronic disease prevention through a puzzle game. Our team prepared two different puzzles on healthy eating habits and healthy lifestyle habits. As the brothers were completing the puzzle, volunteers shared with them some common chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and the various habits they can adopt to reduce the risk of getting them.

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.

Celebrating Chinese New Year at Penjuru RC

To celebrate Chinese New Year with our migrant brothers, we held an outreach at Penjuru Recreation Center.

The theme for this outreach was healthy eating habits. We invited the workers to play a simple game that helped educate them on healthy eating and nutrition. Our team prepared a few pictures of healthy and unhealthy food options and secured them on empty drink cans. Migrant brothers were asked to knock down the unhealthy food options.

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