A Singaporean pair, who launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $10,000 for Muslim migrant workers in Singapore, said they were surprised that the sum has hit more than $58,000 in five weeks.
Ms Shirin Chua and Ms Ameera Begum, both 30, started the #SGMuslims4MigrantWorkers campaign on crowdfunding website LaunchGood on 19 May. The crowdfunding platform focuses on the Muslim community worldwide.
The funds raised from this campaign will go to Transient Workers Count Too’s (TWC2) meal programme, which feeds up to 800 particularly destitute foreign workers monthly, including non-Muslims.
The funds will also be used for the medical expenses of Muslim migrant workers who are injured or seriously ill.
Ms Ameera, who is the Asia-Pacific regional manager of LaunchGood, said: “Every year since 2015, LaunchGood organises the Ramadan Challenge, where Muslims globally can sign up to donate every day of Ramadan.”
Ms Debbie Fordyce, an executive committee member of TWC2, said: “Given TWC2’s limited financial resources, we are especially gratified at these efforts and the generous response through this website specifically for Muslim workers.”
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Source: The Straits Times, 27 June 2018