From employer-employee to co-volunteers

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by Ting Claravall

Aidha is fortunate to enjoy strong support in the expat community for our work with low-income women. Many in this community are happy to send their foreign domestic helpers on their Sunday day off to benefit from Aidha’s programmes. .. . Or even to become volunteers themselves.

But there are some who believe so deeply in the Aidha mission that they end up doing both.

Such is the case with Australian employer Sarah Druce and Norma Casinova, her domestic helper of five years. We sat down with this employer-employee team to learn more about what powers their commitment to Aidha – and to each other.

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How to get involved? Let us count the ways…

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Our pool of Sunday mentors are invaluable. But there are also many other ways to share your skills and passion…

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From L-R (seated): Ida Supahat (Aidha Comms Manager), Karen Fernandez (Aidha CEO), Angelo Roxas (Barclays), Ida Chen (Citi) 2nd row Standing L-R: Hemant Aneja, Paul Davies (Aidha Board Director), Selina McCole (Goldman Sachs), Aurelie Dhellemmes (Deutsche Bank), Alison Baird (Alexander Mann Solutions), T.V Seshadri (MasterCard)

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May Volunteer of the Month: Maria Tato Garcia – A migrant woman for other migrant women

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Maria helping out in one of Aidha's events

Maria (right most) helping out with packing goodie bags for this year’s Tour de Singapore

That’s how Maria Tato Garcia, or simply Maria, sees herself when asked about her volunteer work with Aidha.

“I’m also a migrant woman in Singapore. The only difference is that I was lucky to have had a good education which gives me a wider choice of opportunities in life.”

This is why she’s very passionate about Aidha and its mission of providing education to migrant domestic workers to help them create financially sustainable futures.

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Graduates take centerstage during Sunday Funday

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Sunday Funday Chat With Our Students

Aidha’s monthly Sunday Fundays are one of the most popular campus activities that brings both past and present Aidha students, as well as non-students, together for a day of educational activities.

This month’s activity was a display of Aidha’s peer-supported learning at its best. Three graduates, Asha Cooray, Liza Padua and Tumini, generously agreed to be the featured speakers in a session entitled, “Chat with our Students”, where they shared about how much they’ve gained from studying at Aidha. The session was facilitated by long-time volunteer, Kate Vickery.

Let’s meet these three amazing ladies and see what they had to say!

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