Now Got Award to recognize Maids, Awards to recognise NSmen...wait long long

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An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

1)Waste 2 years or more of your life in military service to your country, your award - More reservist training.
2) Suffer lost of income, job opportnuties, etc. during NS - Your award - Theft of your job by FTs who don't need to do NS.
3) Lost of limp, injuries, and disability during NS - Your award, "your problem, not the govt.'s"
4) Death during NS- Your award, free funeral......if you are lucky.
5) Work in Singapore as an Indon Maid - Don't worry, got MOM award to recognize your importance to Singapore.

In SIngapore, no monuments, no statues, no freebies or privileges to recognize your importance as an NSmen. But don't worry, for foreign maids, sure can get recognized. Fuck PAP!!!

Rainy days and Chinese-style kuehs remind Misitun, 34, of one of her best friends -- 98-year-old Mdm Koh Cheng, who passed away earlier in May.

It was amazing that despite a huge age, cultural and language gap, the duo got along famously.

Misitun, affectionately known as ‘Misi’, has been working in Singapore for close to a decade. She took care of an ailing Koh for nine years, especially during the last three months of the elderly lady’s life.

What their relationship started out as: a domestic helper from Indonesia and the mother-in-law of her employee.

In the midst of an ever-increasing number of complaints against domestic helpers -- from the usual complaints of incompetency to alleged abuse of children and elderly cases-- Misi is a rare find, her employer Alice Quek said.

“We couldn’t have done without Misi. She provided Ma with a high level of care and she was always there when we couldn’t be,” Alice added.

The increasing importance of domestic helpers when it comes to caregiving is something that the Asian Women's Welfare Association's (AWWA)’s caregiving arm, Centre for Caregivers, wants to highlight. The centre was established in 2006 to look after the well-being of the local caregiving community. The centre also conducts workshops and training sessions for caregivers.

Instead of just doing household chores such as cleaning, cooking and taking care of young children, more domestic helpers are being hired to take care of a family member who is elderly or with disabilities, Anita Ho, CFC’s assistant director said.

With this in mind, the centre launched the foreign domestic helper category as part of their Model Caregiver awards last year.

This year, they also launched the inaugural Young Caregiver award. This brings the total number of categories up to four, double from when they first started the awards in 2007.

The awards aim to recognise caregivers’ dedication and commitment, as well as generate greater awareness and understanding for them.


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