In Siti’s opinion, continuous learning is the key to success
Today meet Siti, one of our students and team leaders. She is a 33-year-old Indonesian domestic worker in Singapore and a proud single mom of two teenagers. (N.B. All our Uplifters Team Leaders are alumni students supporting new ones in their studies and we’re so grateful for their help!) “I have a message for my […]
Portrait of Evelyn, one of our amazing Team leaders…
By Marie Kretz Di Meglio, Uplifters Founder. “Today, I want to introduce you to Evelyn, one of our “gold team leaders” (alumni students supporting new ones) at Uplifters. I initially got to know Evelyn through a Facebook group for domestic workers in Singapore and I was really impressed by her sound advice to fellow domestic workers. […]
Learn from our student how to get green fingers …
Our students have talent! We told you a few weeks ago the story of three amazing domestic workers passionate about photography. Today meet Bayti and discover her secret how to make any plant grow. Bayti comes from Indonesia and has been working in Singapore for more than four years. She’s one of our wonderful Uplifters […]
The message of a woman who started living life on her own terms.
Today, meet Jhoan, a 33-year-old single Filipino domestic worker in Hong Kong. Jhoan is one of our precious team leaders. She helps new students throughout their online courses at Uplifters. She presents herself as a very outgoing and optimistic person who loves to learn new things, read books and explore new horizons. “I came to Hong […]
The student who was accepted in a highly selective social fellowship
Marites, one of our students, is a 44 years old domestic worker from the Philippines. She has been working in Hong Kong for 13 years to support her 18-year-old daughter and her father in the Philippines. But she is way more than that. Despite her long working hours, she learned by herself how to become […]
Portrait of Domestic Workers Becoming Photographers
Meet three talented domestic workers who were attracted to photography out of nowhere and soon became passionate about it. These dedicated women saved for months to invest in a camera and so learnt about an interest which gradually became their passion. Yanthi, Eni and Sugi were the official photographers for our first-anniversary party in Singapore. […]
A 43 year old single mom, entrepreneur, 100 km distance runner and domestic worker
Milkhatus, or Milkha as she’s known to her friends, made a big impression on me. She is an incredibly determined and hard-working woman. Milkha is a domestic worker in Hong Kong but she’s much more than that. She’s also an entrepreneur, a 100 km distance runner, and a single mom raising her son without any financial […]