Online courses for domestic workers

Financial education and micro entrepreneurship

Our FREE online signature programme ‘Dare to Dream’ provides education on money management, personal development and mental well-being. 

Since our inception, we’ve had over 9,000+ participants who are managing their finances successfully and using the life skills they learned from our online courses.

  • 100% FREE
  • No laptop needed, students can use their phones
  • 3-week online course – about 30 minutes per day
  • Fully online and flexible: courses are available on our students schedules. No in person meetings required. 

Our students learn:

  • To manage their money in order to achieve financial stability (budgeting, saving, avoiding loan pitfalls and investments scams).
  • Plan the way to life goals to make their dreams come true.
  • Learn how to care for themselves by empowering them with confidence and joy.
  • Improve their communication so to create healthy relationships with family, friends, and employers.
  • Learn how to think independently to help make better decisions in life.

After completing Dare to Dream, our students can access for free our caregiving classes and our micro-entrepreneurship course “Start a small business”. 

Join this programme now!

FAQ

Only an internet connection and a mobile phone are needed to participate. Students can login through the same system used to register. If you are a registered student, check your Facebook chat if you are unsure.

Course dates are announced on our Facebook page. Our courses are 100% self-paced. Students can participate whenever it works for them, without any scheduled meeting times, students can login and access the material at all hours.

It’s 100% online. We do encourage students to join optional gatherings during days off to meet classmates “in real life”. It’s a great way to make friends and discuss lessons!

No, basic English is sufficient. This course will also help improve English skills! We are currently working on translating the programme into additional languages, starting with Bahasa Indonesia.

All the lessons take place within an online classroom, but students don’t study alone. A team leader, who is a domestic worker herself, will invite new students to join a chat group. The class interacts and participates together, led by the team leader who has already completed the course. There is a maximum of 20 students per group chat, which enables everyone to participate and feel comfortable in asking questions. You can mute the class chat discussion to avoid being disturbed at work.

Yes! At the of every course, a certificate of completion is issued. Although this is not an official educational certification, accreditation or diploma, it’s something to be very proud of!

IMPACT

13000+

community members (1)

7,000+

Enrolled in our core programme ‘Prepare for the Future’ since 2018

110+

Alumni volunteering to support their peers in our programmes

99%

satisfaction ratio(2)

84%

Say Uplifters made a major difference in their lives (2)

89%

Have now or are building emergency savings (3)

71%

Now save money compared with only 43% before (3)

X2

Increase in confidence in managing finances well (3)

Feeling happier and rating their general feeling of happiness about their lives 9 out of 10(3)

(1) Online Facebook community Uplift Your Life
(2) 1,132 respondents, enrolled in our ‘Prepare for the Future’ programme in 2021
(3) 35 respondents, domestic workers enrolled in our signature programme ‘Prepare for the Future’ in 2021. We compared their answers before taking the module 1 of the programme ‘Dare to Dream’ and 6 months after completing it.

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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