From domestic worker to hotel manager: How a Singapore non-profit helps Indonesian migrants start new lives

Sebastian Ujică

Thousands of Indonesian migrant workers have gained essential skills and education at Development Singapore, a non-profit organisation, empowering them to return home not just with savings, but with dreams and courage to transform their lives and communities. SINGAPORE: Karlina, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, dreams of opening a facial salon when she returns to her hometown. Each Sunday, after a long week of working as a domestic worker in Singapore, she heads to an inconspicuous