ACMI BREAD BASKET

An outreach to Foreign Construction Workers

Objectives

To welcome the migrants to our country

To show appreciation for their contributions

to Singapore

To provide support for the less well-off

members of our community

To educate the public on migrant issues

To introduce ACMI – a source where they

can turn to for assistance/support

Target Audience Foreign migrant workers in the construction

industry

Foreign workers are recruited by employment

agencies (EA) in their home countries

Employer

• Construction, shipping coy or family

• Pays a placement fee

Spore EA

• Specialise in construction, FDWs, etc

• Applies for work permits, etc

Foreign EA

• Use network of smaller EAs or recruiters

• Conducts training

Recruiter

• Recruits in rural areas

• Uses persuasion and trickery to recruit

Employee

• Typically living in rural poverty

• Pays recruitment fee for job

Typical Process to Hire Foreign Migrant Workers

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Target Audience

Worker has to pay recruiter a placement fee of

$6K and above to work in Singapore

This fee is paid by getting a loan from

friends/relatives/ banks/loan sharks, etc

Average salary is between $800 to

$1,000/month

After deducting meals and living expenses it

takes between 1.5 to 2 years to pay off debt

Some forego their meals and days off so that

they can pay off their debt faster

Strategy

Target foreign construction workers in their

dorms where they gather in quantity especially

on their day off on Sunday

Distribute food rations and personal toiletries

on bi-monthly basis

Engage the young in schools and parishes to

educate them on migrant’s plight

Conduct periodic survey among workers to

collate information as required for specific

advocacy projects

Goodie Bag Items

Packing

Storage

Loading & Delivery

Transport to Dorm

Dormitory Entrance

Dormitory Inside

Unloading

Setup

Distribution

Cooking and Eating

Post Briefing

Testimonials

Christopher Wong:

“In my opinion, I think we were very privileged to

be invited to help out in the ACMI Bread Basket

project as it was an eye opening experience: we got

to see the foreign workers themselves in their own

'home', where they lived, what they do and what

kind of conditions they lived in.

But most importantly, we got to see the faces of

Christ through different races and help them. Jesus

said, ‘Whatever you have done to the least of my

brothers, you have done to me.’ Although it got

tiring at some point, we still had fun :)”

Testimonials

Naomi Gregory:

“This experience has allowed me to learn many

things. One of them, it’s the love and care that you

bring to someone when they receive a bag of these

daily necessities. My friend and I decided to say the

word 'love' as we put our products into the bag. This

told the people around me, that we really did it with

our hearts and knew that it was a good cause.

Others, is team work as you do the thousands of

these bread baskets. I like this experience, and it’s

great to do with your friends. Also, you will be doing

a good deed to the people who build things for you.

It’s like paying back to society!”

Testimonials

James Lee Hong Thern:

“My experience in ACMI was an awesome one.

Although it was very hard work packing all the

supplies has they had kept flowing in, we did it in

the end. We did it because it may be the only

present that these immigrants would get for

Christmas and it felt good to help.

ACMI was also very organized on how we were

supposed to get everything packed in the most

efficient way possible. All in all it felt good to help

and I think it was great that ACMI has offered a

program like this.”

THANK YOU!

Q&A