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Click and Save: Websites Help Asian Maids Escape Debt Bondage
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Jun 2018
From Asia to the Middle East, thousands of migrant domestic workers are trapped in debt and cannot escape, as they have to work to repay their recruiters. HelperChoice is an online recruitment platform which helps the domestic workers find the “perfect match in an ethical way”. Read more
Pilot Testing a Behavioural Intervention to Engage Employers of Domestic Workers in the Fight for Fair Recruitment
International Labour Organization (ILO), Jun 2018
The ILO partnered with HelperChoice, an online platform in Hong Kong through which employers can find domestic workers for hire, to carry out a behavioural intervention to encourage employers of domestic workers to help promote fair recruitment. Read more
Entrepreneurs Develop Innovative Ways to Promote the Ethos
Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), Sep 2017
HelperChoice cuts down the middleman and introduces a P2P platform in the domestic worker-hiring industry that aims to match helpers with employers. They want to see the relationship between domestic workers and employers improved by empowering both sides in the matching process. Read more
IMPACT² World Award: HelperChoice Wins HK Edition
Ecozine, Nov 2016
Lifestyle magazine Ecozine writes about HelperChoice winning the Hon World Award for social impact startups. HelperChoice moves on to the March 2017. Read more
Hong Kong Banker’s ‘LinkedIn for Helpers’ Platform Going Global
South China Morning Post, Jun 2016
The selection of a helper through a local agency was unfair and painful. Fauchon set up HelperChoice.com to facilitate better matches. Read more
Meet Helperchoice.com, the LinkedIn for Domestic Helpers
Bloomberg TV, Jun 2016
HelperChoice.com founder Laurence Fauchon explains how the site helps connect domestic helpers with employers. She speaks with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn on "Trending Business." Read more
Portal Lets Maid Take Control of Earnings Sent Home to the Philippines
The Straits Times, Jan 2016
HelperChoice is trying to improve the financial situation of foreign domestic helpers in Singapore. It aims to help domestic workers to get jobs without having to pay agency fees and to provide employers with more freedom in their search for a suitable helper. Read more
Domestic Helpers in Sheung Wan Get Highest Pay in HK: Survey
Ejinsight, Sep 2017
After analyzing data from about 3,000 recent job ads, HelperChoice found out that domestic helpers tend to earn more on Hong Kong Island and Lantau Island. And high salary comes with high requirements for years of experience and specialised skills. Read more
Indonesian Helper Writes a Story About Separation
The News Lens HK, Jul 2017
The Asian online media shares a fiction about the change in the relationship between a helper and her daughter after the helper started working abroad. The fiction is written by Arumy, an Indonesian helper who worked for 10 years in Hong Kong, and featured in "Wishing Well" - a HelperChoice free eBook. Read more
Job Ads for Foreign Maids in Asia, Middle East Highlight Poor Pay – Study
Reuters, Oct 2016
HelperChoice’s domestic worker salary survey found that of the Asian and Middle Eastern countries where migrant household help is prevalent, helpers are paid the most in Hong Kong. Read more
Changing Lives – Leaving Your Domestic Helper Behind with a Headstart
Healthy Living Asia, Aug 2016
HelperChoice tells Healthy Living Asia’s readers about the difficulties of leaving a domestic helper behind when relocating, and also offers tips on how to deal with the process in a way that gives helpers the best chance of finding good new jobs. Read more
Second Series of Hiking Trips Organised in Hong Kong for Domestic Workers
Apple Daily Supplement, Jul 2016
Apple Daily joined a hike in Wang Chuk Stream to understand what foreign domestic workers gain from this experience on their weekly day off, and how this makes them more efficient in their work. Read more
Putting Social Good at the Core of Your Business Plan
Jumpstart, May 2016
HelperChoice's CEO explains to Jumpstart readers why having social values and being a startup are far from being incompatible, and instead make a sustainable business model.
HelperChoice Runner-Up at Competition Supported by the United Nations Foundation
Tech in Asia, Apr 2016
Tech in Asia reports on how HelperChoice joined the final of the Pitch with Purpose competition in Houston, Texas. The competition was supported by the United Nations Foundation, and HelperChoice founder's pitch got the startup to the runner-up position. Read more
Read Hong Kong Domestic Workers’ Beautiful Winning Entries from Coconuts & Helperchoice’s Contest
Coconuts Hong Kong, Apr 2016
Coconuts publishes the three winning entries from the ‘Be a Journalist’ writing competition, which was organised together with HelperChoice. The poems and stories offer a heart-wrenching insight into the lives of foreign domestic workers. Read more
Maid to Measure: Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong Are Full of Hidden Talents
South China Morning Post, Feb 2016
HelperChoice speaks to the SCMP about their ding ding photo competition for domestic helpers that was sponsored by the Hong Kong Tramways. Read more
Online Service That Acts as Free Agency for Domestic Helpers Reaches Massive Milestone
Coconuts Hong Kong, Oct 2015
An online network that pairs foreign domestic workers with Hong Kong employers at no charge to the helper is celebrating the milestone of its 5,000th placement. Read more