HelperChoice works with these NGOs to improve the livelihood of domestic helpers.
Enrich is the leading charity promoting the economic empowerment of migrant women living in Hong Kong and working as Domestic Workers. Established in 2007, Enrich provides Financial Education and Empowerment Programmes that offer migrant women practical education in financial literacy, entrepreneurship and personal development in their language. Its mission is to empower migrant women with vital life skills and tools that enable them to budget, plan and save for their future - ending the cycle of poverty for themselves and their families. For more information, visit their Facebook page.
The International Organization for Migration IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. As an intergovernmental organization, IOM acts with its partners in the international community to: assist in meeting the operational challenges of migration; advance understanding of migration issues; encourage social and economic development through migration; and uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrations. For more information about human trafficking, visit their Facebook page.
The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) is a statutory body working towards the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sex, marital status, pregnancy, disability, family status and race. They also aim to eliminate sexual harassment, and harassment and vilification on the grounds of disability and race. For information relating to anti-discrimination ordinances in Hong Kong, please visit their website.
Launched in 2012, We Care is a registered non-government organisation which aims to bridge gaps between ethnicities in Hong Kong. Their team kick-started a project to reach out to the domestic worker community in Hong Kong in September 2012.
TCK Learning Centre for Migrant Workers ("TCKLC") is an all-volunteer educational charity that, in a values-based learning environment, offers regular Sunday classes on English, Mandarin Chinese, computer skills, book-keeping, make-up and sewing. With the slogan of "By Us, From Us, For Us!" TCKLC tutors are mostly Indonesian domestic workers, although partner organisations and volunteers are also invited to run workshops on topics such as photography, film-making, CV-writing, employees’ legal rights and first aid. Other activities have included Indonesian Workers’ Art and Cultural Exhibitions together with dance, music, martial art and fashion show performances. For more information, please visit their website.