This campaign started as a collaboration between Covid19 Migrant Support Coalition x Shabir Music Asia and in collaboration with 24 Asia
What is WeEat about:
Phase 2 has been very difficult for hawkers in places located at business districts and who cater primarily to office workers. At the same time, migrant workers may not have had the opportunity to taste the various ranges of hawker food found in Singapore. Migrant workers are currently not allowed to go outside of their dormitories apart from work and they have not been able to come out into our community since the last …
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This campaign started as a collaboration between Covid19 Migrant Support Coalition x Shabir Music Asia and in collaboration with 24 Asia
What is WeEat about:
Phase 2 has been very difficult for hawkers in places located at business districts and who cater primarily to office workers. At the same time, migrant workers may not have had the opportunity to taste the various ranges of hawker food found in Singapore. Migrant workers are currently not allowed to go outside of their dormitories apart from work and they have not been able to come out into our community since the last circuit breaker. This has affected their mental health and well-being as they are not able to engage in previously enjoyed community activities.
Intended outcome:
For the hawkers located at business districts:
1. Tangible economic support through bulk ordering (Budget approx $450-500 per hawker stall, for 20 hawker stalls)
2. Publicity for their businesses during the month of June, 2021
3. Many hawkers share that they love cooking and it is their passion. These orders would hopefully create opportunity for the hawkers to stay engaged in purposeful activity
For the migrant workers:
4. We hope to build a bridge between our community and our migrant brothers through food exchange. We would love to expose them to our hawker culture and to let them taste food items they may not have tried before
5. Workers who have received our food will engage in an online program to learn more about the history of the cuisine and where their food came from
Who we are:
Covid19 Migrant Support Coalition:
Established on 6 April 2020, the COVID-19 Migrant Support Coalition (CMSC) is a fully volunteer-run group-up initiative that started as a collaborative effort between a few smaller migrant workers supporting groups, together with other like-minded volunteers, to meet the needs of our migrant friends affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, we also actively engage their dorm operators and employers, the relevant Ministries as well as the wider public, so that the issues can be dealt with through a multi-sector perspective. The effort is a highly collective one, and we believe that everyone has a part to play.
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Shabir Music Asia
Headquartered in Singapore, Shabir Music Asia is a music & sound production house with a 15-year track record of producing premium audio, hit songs, and delivering exceptional sonic experiences in Singapore, Malaysia and India. Mooted by founders, Shabir and Buvan, the dynamic duo envisioned SMA to be a collective where people with similar ideologies came together with a goal to create exceptional soundtracks, digital media content and initiatives that can change lives. The musicians behind SMA are a group of individuals who are committed to contribute to society through various ways. SMA has provided free music and arts education to at-risk youth who come from low-income backgrounds and has provided financial support to organisations that bring change to the community such as Genesis School Singapore and Seed School in India. Shabir Music Asia previously collaborated with CMSC to produce LETTERs, a series of music videos aimed to bring cheers to the lives of migrant workers through messages of strength, resilience of faith, with inspiring words by significant poets.
In collaboration with:
24 Asia
Nazmul Khan runs “24asia” the platform which has 115k Facebook followers (https://www.facebook.com/the24asianews) at present and reached around 22 countries audience. He wants to promote Singapore and Singapore migrants to 100 and more countries of the world. He believes that we have so many success stories in Singapore which can be share to 100+ countries to inspire many others. His Live shows are watched from 20+ countries and reaching more day by day. He collaborates with CMSC to run Wetalk, a cultural and language exchange platform between Migrant workers and Singaporeans.
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July 26, 2021
Reached out to 2,000+ migrant brothers!
It’s been close to 2 months since WeEat started. 2,108 brothers have tried our local delicacies, which includes dosai, nasi goreng ayam, bawah penyat, rojak and many others! We have supported 14 different hawkers from hawker centres located at the Central Business District (CBD) with about $500-$1000 given to each stall. Our hawkers have expressed……
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June 14, 2021
Extended campaign and raised crowdfunding goal
We are so thankful that our $10,000 goal has been reached! To date, we have distributed 1141 hawker orders to 941 migrant brothers living in dormitories all over Singapore. We spent $5004 in orders and have supported 9 hawkers from various food centers located at the Central Business District (CBD) — Amoy Street Food Centre,……
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Reached out to 2,000+ migrant brothers!
Jul 26, 2021
It’s been close to 2 months since WeEat started. 2,108 brothers have tried our local delicacies, which includes dosai, nasi goreng ayam, bawah penyat, rojak and many others! We have supported 14 different hawkers from hawker centres located at the Central Business District (CBD) with about $500-$1000 given to each stall. Our hawkers have expressed their immense gratitude towards our bulk orders and a few of them have opened their stalls on Sundays just to cook for our brothers. With the recent announcement of Phase 2 Heightened Alert (HA), we have decided to continue WeEat and render support to our hawkers whilst letting more brothers try our local food! All proceeds go towards supporting our hawkers 🙂
Extended campaign and raised crowdfunding goal
Jun 14, 2021
We are so thankful that our $10,000 goal has been reached!
To date, we have distributed 1141 hawker orders to 941 migrant brothers living in dormitories all over Singapore. We spent $5004 in orders and have supported 9 hawkers from various food centers located at the Central Business District (CBD) — Amoy Street Food Centre, Market Street Interim Food Centre, Lau Pa Sat, Chinatown Complex, Maxwell Food Centre and Seah Im Food Centre.
Our migrant brothers got to taste a variety of delicious food from different cultures. Food ranging from nasi lemak to naan to nasi kuning to chili lala in chilli crab sauce were delivered to our migrant brothers. They loved our local hawker food and one of them commented, “Before I always eat Bangladesh makan, Bangladesh food so I never try Singapore or Indonesian food. Today my friend give me makan so I try. This is very awesome, tasty also and very nice. Before, I no makan this so I don’t know this Singaporean food so tasty.”
However, we note the rising number of covid19 cases and the possibility of a review of dine-in. It is also uncertain when office workers will be able to return back to the CBD and we think that hawkers will continue to struggle. In response, we have extended our We-Eat initiative to the end of July and raised our crowdfunding goal from $10K to $20K. We hope to continue supporting our hawkers, uncovering their stories, and at the same time, allow our migrant brothers in the dormitories to taste our hawker food.
Jonathan Lim donated
S$100
Thank you for doing this. Love and respect!
3 years ago
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S$50
thank you for doing this ?
3 years ago
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S$10
Stay strong and hang in there
We all can see our loved one’s soon
3 years ago
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