2017-01-26

You may or may not have seen this story that kind of went under the radar last week: Click image to go to article It told the really unfortunate story of Islam Rafiqul, a migrant worker whose employer would not — and was eventually revealed that he was unable — to pay him some $7,363 in owed salary, chalked up from nearly an entire year. Imagine going without pay for almost a year. How to pay for house? Family? Food? Thankfully, kind Singaporeans and other folks here online contributed generously to a fundraising campaign launched by GIVEAsia co-founder Aseem Thakur, and on Wednesday afternoon, they were able to pass Islam a neat $10,000 in cash. We’re told by representatives from non-government organisation Transient Workers Count Too that he insisted on donating some back to them for the work they do. “He said he knows that there are many other migrant workers who’re in ...

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