Singapore's 'silent army'

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

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HOME, Singapore.
HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.
(Image credit: April 22, 2015)

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.
(Image credit: March 20, 2015)

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.
(Image credit: March 20, 2015)

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.
(Image credit: March 20, 2015)

While volunteer medical staff visit Nina Duwi Koriah, she is cared for by other HOME residents, including fellow Indonesian Sri Wulan.
(Image credit: HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.)

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.
(Image credit: April 17, 2015)

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.
(Image credit: March 20, 2015)

HOME Shelter for Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore.
(Image credit: March 20, 2015)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.