These are stories from domestic helpers
Learning from Domestic Helpers: Embracing Smiling as a Way of Life | HelperChoice (Published on May 9, 2024) Hong Kong is renowned for its fast-paced, high-pressure lifestyle. The city’s dense population and fiercely competitive environment, both in the workplace and…
On Sunday, December 10th, thirty-three domestic helpers and employers participated in the HelperChoice christmas party that took place at theDesk in Sai Ying Pun. The event started with the presentation of HelperChoice’s main offers like insurance, paperwork processing, training and HelperChoice’s latest actions like the sponsoring…
Having worked as a domestic worker for more than 2 years, Jkristine decided to vlog about her daily life to stay connected with her relatives and friends to avoid feeling homesick and make traceable memories in Riyadh Saudi Arabia since…
Updated 02 February 2026 HelperChoice interviewed about 150 domestic workers based in Hong Kong (67%), Singapore (12%), in some Gulf countries (13%), and other countries of Asia to know more about their fears and dreams. The majority of the domestic…
“When I started making my stories on Youtube about my life and journey here, I feel more uplifted and confident in myself.” Earlier this month, Jkristine Gonzaga, an aspiring Filipino Youtuber, shared her joy and celebrated her achievement of hitting…
One of HelperChoice’s core missions is to help domestic workers and employers “connect together”. The ethical online platform was firstly created in 2012 to support employers who would like to find a new helper and conversely for helpers to find…
HelperChoice has followed five domestic workers who prepared and ran the Tiger’s Head, a 16-km race last Saturday on November 25th, 2017. HelperChoice organised a photo contest to identify the runners who were very motivated and able to run this…
The HelperChoice team was at the premiere of the documentary The Helper at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Hong Kong on 14 May 2017. The documentary was framed in Hong Kong and features beautiful scenes shot in the Philippines…
A new documentary shows how foreign domestic workers from the Philippines are charged illegal fees by many employment agencies, and highlights that the government is not doing enough to protect the rights of these helpers. The documentary, called ‘Between a…
Meet Rina. Rina was a simple domestic worker, happily married with a 3-year-old daughter when she first arrived in Hong Kong 11 years ago. Now, she is an accomplished woman who is studying towards a teaching degree at the Indonesian…