On Sunday, 17 November, Aidha students and their friends participated in an exciting tech workshop organised by Google Singapore. During the practical session under the guidance of 30 Google volunteers, participants learned how to use different apps to manage their activities and track their savings.
We ended the day with a tour of the colourful Google office! Thank you very much to Gama Aprilian and Maciej Mormon for organising the session and to all the Google volunteers who shared their expertise with participants. And a big thank you to all for attending the workshop, we look forward to the next one! Click here to see the pictures of the event!
Join us at Aidha’s campus on 8 December to celebrate the festive season with fun and exciting activities: Baking competition, empathy game and screening of ‘The Helper’.
The Helper” documentary is an award-winning documentary showcasing the sacrifices and the spirit of Hong Kong’s unsung heroes, the migrant domestic workers. The screening will start at 2.15pm.
The event is free and open to everyone! Click here to register.
Join the Aidha community for a fun night as we start the festive season together and launch our 2019 Gift of Education campaign.
Led by renowned Singapore quizmaster Colin Chamberlain, this promises to be a fun and meaningful evening out, testing our knowledge and celebrating the start of the festive season.
Find out more here.
Aidha will be holding its open house next Sunday on 22 September!
Join us and learn more about Aidha’s courses, meet our alumni, visit the campus and hear from Aidha students presenting their plan and sharing their story during the Aidha Business Plan competition.
Free and open to all foreign domestic workers in Singapore! Come with your friends!
Date: 22 September 2019
Time: 11am to 1pm (registration starts at 10.30am)
Venue: Aidha’s campus, UWC Dover, room 202. Click here for directions to the campus.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/y3ebg93d or WhatsApp +65 9118 0854 (include your name and contact number) to reserve your spot!
Agenda:
10.30am: Registration
11am to 11.30am: Presentation of Aidha’s courses and student testimonial
11.30am to 11.45am: Campus tour
We hope to see you there!
Happy 13th Anniversary Aidha! On Sunday, 7th July 2019, we celebrated 13 years of women empowerment, inspiring moments and a whole lot of amazing memories with the Aidha community. The Open House kicked off at 11am and went on until 12.30pm where we invited non-Aidha FDWs and Aidha alumni to share about their experience in Aidha. After that, we started the carnival with a line-up of fun game stations such as Gotta Be Patient, Bucket Head, Pongstacle and Defying Gravity. And we also prepared a handprint mural wall and Photo Booth so they can be a little creative, stick your hands in paint and take photos with their friends! Download all your pictures from the photo booth here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/BffVnNh2DH4gqk6aA
Ms Jacqueline Loh and an Aidha alumni, Ms Gleia Mae Duenas also wished great things for Aidha’s future and for the Aidha community. We ended it off with some powerful and energetic Dance Fitness session, led by Ms. Sari Marsden! We also gave away some prizes and vouchers for the winners of the games. Aidha students cooked up a storm and contributed to the wonderful spread with not one, but two grand cake cutting ceremonies to commemorate the day. We at Aidha are ever so grateful to all our friends who joined hands to make this day a memorable one not only for us but for all who attended. A big shout out to our superstar summer interns! Thanks, Bianca Ancot (Gabbie), Hajin Hyun, Hannah Wong, Hui Lyn Ang and Kanako Anzai! Finally, a big thanks to people who make these moments last forever – @wadephotographysg and Aman Chadha.
For more pictures, see here.
We ended June with a bang! On Sunday, 30th June, we had over 30 Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) set out with a group of Aidha ambassadors and volunteers to trek along the Macritchie Reservoir trail. We gathered at the Windsor Nature Park point at 9AM for a fun, active and healthy end to the long week! The group was led by an alumni, Armi Sampani who led us from warming up, the trek and then making sure we did our stretches in the end. The fun-group of FDWs get their spirits high all the way along with selfies, singalongs, chits chats and more. The Tree-top walk was the highlight of the trip. The trek ended with a delicious picnic which included sticky rice with mango, tuna sandwiches, fried rice and spaghetti. A big thanks to the Aidha ambassadors and team for making sure the trek was a success.
For more pictures, check out here.
On Sunday, 23rd June was an insightful day for Aidha students who attended the social media workshop with Aidha’s communications manager, Ida Supahat! Over 30 students and alumni attended the workshop and the students learnt about understanding their audience, branding and using free apps/tools to create dynamic content for social media platforms. Our students enjoyed the challenge to design a logo, poster and FB/IG post. A big thanks to Ida Supahat for facilitating the workshop and sharing all the cool apps for them to use for their businesses.
For more pictures, check out here.
On Sunday,2nd June, Aidha organised a Personal and Financial Goals Workshop for Women of Shakti, a HOME subsidiary and the 1st and only women empowerment group set up by and for South Asian (Tamil and Malayalee) domestic workers based in Singapore. The intent of the workshop was to discuss and educate the group present on managing their finances better. Aidha members kicked off by stressing the importance of setting financial goals and then slowly yet steadily working towards it. We shared the difference between having a fixed vs growth mindset and gave them pointers on how they can effectively achieve the goals they set for themselves. One of the main things we focused on was the importance of communicating the goals with their families and trying to make them understand the importance of it for mutual benefit. We wrapped up the session with a money management game that revisited the points discussed in the session. We thank Women of Shakti for inviting us. Especially Aarthi from Women of Shakti for her help in translating the session, and Melinda & Mathilde for facilitating the session.
For more pictures, check out here.
On 1st June, Sassy Mama Singapore held the annual Helper Appreciation Event after an entire month filled with goodies, especially for FDWs! The entire day was filled with fun activities, games – not only for the FDWs, but also their employers and their families – to thank the FDWs and all that they do to support their families each and every day. We also thank all the student volunteers who helped out at the event.
To see more photos from the event, click here.
On Sunday, 12th May 2019, Aidha and a team of over 100 cyclists, consisting of partners from Anza, Barclays, Cargill, Duff & Phelps, Aidha volunteers and Aidha students, cycled for Aidha’s Tour de Singapore in the OCBC Cycle 2019! The event helped us raise awareness for the empowerment of FDWs and lower-income women and helped us reach the fundraising goal of $30,000 in support of Aidha’s life-changing financial literacy and empowerment programmes.
In the morning, our cyclists met at 4am to get ready for the ride and during the event, our wonderful team of volunteers helped with logistics and cheering on the riders. After everyone crossed the finish line, we met for a coffee, and our CEO, Ms. Jacqueline Loh, thanked the cyclists for their support. One of our alumni’s, Ms. Vita, also spoke about her life-changing experience at Aidha and how it positively impacted her life.
Everyone’s efforts helped us meet our fundraising goals, with a special thanks to to the entire team – cyclists, cheerers, and supporters, and corporate sponsors. We can confidently say this year’s race was a huge success for Aidha as we are awarded as the Longest Distance award at the OCBC Cycle 2019, hitting 3,402 km!
The best fundraisers for this campaign also won first and second prize! In first place were Prerana Bhounsle and Hanna Safdar, who raised a total of $1100. They received a nice bottle of wine, a Sainte-Agathe 2016 Domaine Georges Vernay, sponsored by The Straits Wine Company and a framed photograph from Aidha’s last photography exhibition. In second place was Alan Fowler, who raised a total of $815! He received two bottles of wine from Aidha for his hard work and dedication.
Our other amazing sponsors, Procter & Gamble, also supported us with the goodie bags, including haircare and face care products making the event that extra bit special!
To see more photos from the event, click here.
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