Uplifting Lives Through Online Education and Peer Coaching

Empowering migrant domestic workers and underprivileged communities by helping them break the cycle of poverty through online education and community support.

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About Uplifters

Global Reach with students in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Middle East
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Community members(1)
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Enrolled in our core programme ‘Prepare for the Future’ since 2018
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(1) Online Facebook community ‘Uplift Your Life’
(2) 1,132 respondents, enrolled in our ‘Prepare for the Future’ programme in 2021

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Our programmes

Our core services combine technology with human interaction to enable personal growth. We offer online empowerment courses as well as skill-based training. Our courses are created by experts and follow online teaching best practices with a ‘behaviour-change’ design approach. All of our courses are accessible to anyone with a simple smartphone.

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What makes us different

Read more about us and our unique approach to underprivileged communities’ education and empowerment.
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Leveraging Technology: fully online and accessible

Self-paced with asynchronous interactions. Participants can connect from their mobile phones when they are free. Easy to use through social media our participants use on a daily basis (Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp etc.). Accessible without WiFi. No high bandwidth required.

Community-led

We believe that people often know themselves the best regarding what they need and tend to care more about the things they’re able to contribute to. Our community-led model involves participants from programme design to delivery.

Scalable

Our programmes are all online with our courses being delivered by alumni volunteering their time to support new students. Participants learn from and motivate one another, fostering long-term learning and behaviour change. Peer support is making our programmes both scalable and impactful.

Applying Behavioural Science

The design and content of our programmes are based on behavioural science. We ensure students apply what they learn by increasing their ‘capacity for change’, i.e. by increasing their abilities, sustaining their motivation and providing a supportive environment. We have a holistic approach to education, combining financial literacy with personal development and mental well-being education.

Our students Are making their dreams come true

Our students all have something in common: their passion to make change happen in their lives.

I joined Uplifters because I wanted to save money but I also wanted to make friends. It was great to be able to support each other during the course, great to hear about different people’s experiences and great to share ways to change things from negative to positive.
Maylene M.
Maylene M.
I had been working for 6 years in Singapore but had nothing to show for it. In just one year after I joined Uplifters, I started building a house in the Philippines. I don’t have a weekly day off to attend face to face classes so Uplifters was a unique opportunity.
Nelie N.
Nelie N.
I came to Hong Kong two years ago and I was struggling to save money. I’ve joined other classes before and they’re almost the same but Uplifters has had the most positive impact on me as I was able to put my learnings into action.
Catherine A.
Catherine A.
hat is unique about Uplifters is that there are chats in the online classes where students can share their difficulties and motivate each other without fear of being judged.
Ayu C.
Ayu C.
Thanks to Uplifters I’ve finally learnt to say ‘No’ in a nice but effective way. My kids now understand the value of money and the importance of savings.
Evelyn O.
Evelyn O.
Before Uplifters, I was easily discouraged and thought I was not brave enough to face life. However one story from the Dare to Dream course inspired me to stop listening to negative criticism from other people. The course helped me learn how to manage my money well and say no to people in a nice way.
Freda P.
Freda P.
In Uplifters, I found my purpose and that is to be an instrument to make a change in the lives of foreign domestic workers. It is satisfying to know that I am part of how these students find their own self, dreaming and working towards achieving their goals. I love what I am doing right now and I will continue to give back to the community that impacted me deeply.
Janelyn D.
Janelyn D.
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