Volunteer: Volunteer Mentor for Migrant Domestic Workers
Project Details
What We Need
The 2025 Financial Mentoring Programme entitled “LevelUp Guiding migrant domestic workers through consistent and wise saving habits” offers a valuable opportunity for financial empowerment and personal development for both Mentees and Mentors. Mentors can benefit from this program in various ways, including: 1. Broadening skills and knowledge, 2. Gaining new perspectives, 3. Expanding personal and professional networks through meeting other mentors, 4. Finding fulfillment from witnessing and supporting others as they develop from their experiences, 5. Having the opportunity to guide and empower migrant domestic workers towards financial independence, among other advantages. Mentees in this program have completed the Enrich financial education workshops, giving them a basic understanding of budgeting, saving, and investing. They also learned how to discuss their financial goals with family members. The key focus areas for mentees include: 1. Identifying medium & long-term savings goals, 2. Managing spending and savings, 3. Managing debts and, ideally, avoiding them to maintain financial stability. Watch this video to learn more about the program: https://enrichhk.org/volunteer
What We Have
We will provide a training session for mentors, and our staff will work closely with you throughout the mentoring programme.
Why this is important
We recognize the need for migrant domestic workers to have individualised support about their personal financial goals and plans for their future. External advice and neutral guidance from a qualified mentor may be extremely helpful for our participants who can also keep the learning momentum going after completing our financial education workshops.
Project Period
02 Mar 2025 - 18 May 2025
Location
Hong Kong
This project is part of the Swire Trust Go-Givers Program
Swire Trust Go-Givers Program aims to encourage skilled volunteers to support Swire Trust NGO partners in education, marine conservation, and arts.
From now until 2025, 10 outstanding volunteers will be selected annually as the “Swire Trust Go-Givers of the Year" with special and empowering rewards. 40 volunteers who contribute the highest number of hours annually will also be recognised! Meet our previous Go-Givers here and view the rewards here .
About The Organization
Enrich
https://www.enrichhk.org/
Causes
Poverty
Education
Gender Equality
What We Do
We believe that financial and empowerment education is the solution to the challenges faced widely by Hong Kong’s migrant domestic workers Most domestic workers arrive in HK in substantial debt due to recruitment fees. They are vulnerable to financial exploitation in the form of scams or unfavourable loans. Did you know the legal interest rate for loans is 60%? HK's domestic workers receive little support to save or plan for their own future. With salaries as low as HK$4,630 per month, domestic workers face enormous pressures on their finances - for example, to pay off debts, send large amounts home or lend to friends. As a result, they might work for decades with little or nothing to show for it. Our interactive workshops and activities run on weekends and public holidays, in native languages of domestic workers (Tagalog and Bahasa Indonesia), equipping them with skills, knowledge and confidence to escape debt, plan for their future and achieve their goals. We are impartial and do not sell or promote any financial products as part of our programmes in order to create a safe, trusted learning environment.
What We Need
- Join a mentor online training session
- Join programme kick-off session (face to face)
- Meet-ups with your assigned mentee (at least one meeting per month, usually on Sundays but flexible)
- Review progress and address any challenges in mentee's financial plans during the meet-ups, share your personal experience
- Join programme closing session (face to face)
- English is compulsory, proficiency in other languages eg. Bahasa/ Filipino will be ideal (optional)
The 2025 Financial Mentoring Programme entitled “LevelUp Guiding migrant domestic workers through consistent and wise saving habits” offers a valuable opportunity for financial empowerment and personal development for both Mentees and Mentors. Mentors can benefit from this program in various ways, including: 1. Broadening skills and knowledge, 2. Gaining new perspectives, 3. Expanding personal and professional networks through meeting other mentors, 4. Finding fulfillment from witnessing and supporting others as they develop from their experiences, 5. Having the opportunity to guide and empower migrant domestic workers towards financial independence, among other advantages. Mentees in this program have completed the Enrich financial education workshops, giving them a basic understanding of budgeting, saving, and investing. They also learned how to discuss their financial goals with family members. The key focus areas for mentees include: 1. Identifying medium & long-term savings goals, 2. Managing spending and savings, 3. Managing debts and, ideally, avoiding them to maintain financial stability. Watch this video to learn more about the program: https://enrichhk.org/volunteer
What We Have
We will provide a training session for mentors, and our staff will work closely with you throughout the mentoring programme.
Why this is important
We recognize the need for migrant domestic workers to have individualised support about their personal financial goals and plans for their future. External advice and neutral guidance from a qualified mentor may be extremely helpful for our participants who can also keep the learning momentum going after completing our financial education workshops.
Project Period
02 Mar 2025 - 18 May 2025
Location
Hong Kong
This project is part of the Swire Trust Go-Givers Program
Swire Trust Go-Givers Program aims to encourage skilled volunteers to support Swire Trust NGO partners in education, marine conservation, and arts.
From now until 2025, 10 outstanding volunteers will be selected annually as the “Swire Trust Go-Givers of the Year" with special and empowering rewards. 40 volunteers who contribute the highest number of hours annually will also be recognised! Meet our previous Go-Givers here and view the rewards here .
About The Organization
Enrich
https://www.enrichhk.org/
Causes
Poverty
Education
Gender Equality
What We Do
We believe that financial and empowerment education is the solution to the challenges faced widely by Hong Kong’s migrant domestic workers Most domestic workers arrive in HK in substantial debt due to recruitment fees. They are vulnerable to financial exploitation in the form of scams or unfavourable loans. Did you know the legal interest rate for loans is 60%? HK's domestic workers receive little support to save or plan for their own future. With salaries as low as HK$4,630 per month, domestic workers face enormous pressures on their finances - for example, to pay off debts, send large amounts home or lend to friends. As a result, they might work for decades with little or nothing to show for it. Our interactive workshops and activities run on weekends and public holidays, in native languages of domestic workers (Tagalog and Bahasa Indonesia), equipping them with skills, knowledge and confidence to escape debt, plan for their future and achieve their goals. We are impartial and do not sell or promote any financial products as part of our programmes in order to create a safe, trusted learning environment.
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