Yasungulwa ngo-2005, i-Foreign Domestic Worker Association for Social Support and Training (FAST) iyinhlangano esiza abantulayo esekelwa ngu-MOM futhi igunyazwe njenge-Institute of a Public Character (IPC).
Kusukela yaqalwa, i-FAST ihlele futhi yahlela izifundo eziningi zamakhono abalulekile kanye nezinhlelo zamakhono ezikhethekile nezichwepheshile zama-MDW angaba ngu-25,000 ngonyaka. Lezi zifundo zihlanganisa ukupheka, ukubhaka, ukunakekela izinsana, ukunakekelwa kwabadala, i-foot reflexology, ukunakekela ubuhlengikazi, amakhono ekhompyutha, ulimi lwesiNgisi, ukulawula ingcindezi, ukuphatha izimali kanye namakhono ebhizinisi. I-FAST isebenza nabahlinzeki bokuqeqesha nezikhungo zomphakathi ukuze inikeze lezi zifundo ngenani elixhasiwe lama-MDW. I-FAST futhi yenza Uhlelo Lwezinsuku ezimbili Lokugibela Nokuhlanganiswa ukusiza abafikayo abasha be-MDW balungise futhi bajwayelane nempilo yomsebenzi e-Singapore, ukufunda okubalulekile kwempilo njengokuthi zisetshenziswa kanjani izithuthi zomphakathi nokuphepha emgwaqeni.
Ukusiza ama-MDWs ahlukunyeziwe, asenkingeni noma ekucindezelekeni, i-FAST yethule inombolo yosizo yamahora angama-24 ethola isilinganiso sezingcingo eziyi-180 ngenyanga. Izingcingo eziningi ziphathelene nezindaba zenkontileka ezifana nokufaneleka kokusebenza emsebenzini, amaholo, izicelo zokudluliselwa, isizungu, ikhefu lasekhaya nokunye. Kukhona futhi izingcingo ezicindezelayo ezidinga i-FAST ukusebenzisana neziphathimandla futhi uthathe izinyathelo ngokushesha. Ngokuqonda ukuthi ama-MDW amaningi azizwa enesizungu futhi ehlukanisiwe ngokuba kude kangaka nasekhaya, i-FAST inesevisi yabangane eqhutshwa amavolontiya, ehlinzeka enye indlela yokuthi ama-MDW ahlanganyele futhi enze ubungane ngemisebenzi yeqembu. Eminye yemisebenzi ihlanganisa imibuthano yamasonto onke lapho ama-MDWs ebamba iqhaza emisebenzini yokwakha iqembu, futhi ahambele imihlangano yokucobelelana ngolwazi nemicimbi yokufunda. Njengoba i-FAST ithola izikhalazo eziningi ezivela kuNgqongqoshe, abanye ozakwethu abangenzi nzuzo, amanxusa kanye nomphakathi jikelele, i-FAST Humanitarian Assistance Fund yasungulwa ukuze sisize ama-MDW afanelekile adinga ubunzima obukhulu bezezimali noma bezokwelapha. Ukusiza bobabili abaqashi kanye nama-MDW ukuxazulula noma yiziphi izingxabano, i-FAST iphinde inikeze ngezinsizakalo zokulamula zamahhala kanye nosizo lwezomthetho lwe-pro bono.
Yasungulwa ngo-2014, i-FAST Befrienders Clubhouse ihlinzeka ngendawo eyamukelekayo nebandakanya wonke ama-MDW abesifazane ukuze baphumule, bashaje, futhi bahlanganyele ngezikhathi zabo zokuphumula. Ngokukhokha ithokheni yemali yobulungu yonyaka, ama-MDW angabhalisa njengamalungu ukuze asebenzise zonke izinsiza ezikusayithi - okuhlanganisa amagumbi e-KTV, igumbi lokudlela umculo, indawo yokuzivocavoca nokunye. Kukhona futhi imisebenzi yamasonto onke ehlelwa e-clubhouse ukugcina ama-MDW ethokozile, njengokuqina, umsebenzi wezandla, namakilasi okupheka nokubhaka. Njengoba inamalungu angaphezu kwe-10,000 nokubala, i-FAST isiphenduke ikhaya lesibili ngokushesha kuma-MDW, ikhuthaza ukunakekelana nokuhloniphana kwezizwe ezahlukene futhi ibe yindawo lapho ama-MDW angachitha khona isikhathi sawo ngokunenjongo.
I-FAST isebenza eduze nozakwethu abaningi ekuhlinzekeni ukwesekwa komphakathi nokuqeqeshwa kwama-MDW. Bahlanganisa amanxusa nabasebenzi abavela emahhovisi enxusa, abahlinzeki bokuqeqesha, izikhungo eziqasha abantu, kanye namanye ama-NPO kanye nezinhlaka zikahulumeni. Amanxusa aphinde ayisekele kakhulu imicimbi nemisebenzi ye-FAST ngokuhambela imicimbi yayo, futhi ikakhulukazi, uSuku lwe-FDW lwaminyaka yonke.
Kusukela ezinsukwini zayo zakuqala, i-FAST ibilwela inhlalakahle Yabasebenzi Basekhaya Abafudukayo baseSingapore. Isibonelo sangaphambili kwaba wusuku olunconyiwe lwabasebenzi basezindlini olwamenyezelwa uMnyango Wezabasebenzi. Njengoba i-FAST iqhubeka nokusiza izisebenzi zasendlini ezifudukayo ngokululekwa kwamahhala kanye nezinsizakalo zosizo lwezomthetho, yagunyazwa yi-Singapore International Mediation Institute njengeSikhungo Sokulamula ngo-Okthoba 2019. Ukugunyazwa okunjalo kuthuthukisa indima ye-FAST yokumela ebuhlotsheni boMqashi-MDW.
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Eph 27, 2024