Singapore's 'silent army'

A Singaporean shelter offers foreign domestic workers a home when they have nowhere else to turn

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by Lauren Hansen

March 16, 2017

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HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.

April 22, 2015

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.

March 20, 2015

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.

March 20, 2015

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.

March 20, 2015

While volunteer medical staff visit Nina Duwi Koriah, she is cared for by other HOME residents, including fellow Indonesian Sri Wulan.

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.

April 17, 2015

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.

March 20, 2015

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.

March 20, 2015

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