We aim to provide better welfare for our migrant workers.
Project Chulia Street was formed in 2016. It is a ground up initiative that serves as a platform to bring together entities and individuals for specific projects that enhance health and happiness for migrant workers in Singapore and increasing their social and economic mobility at partnering workers accommodations.
“We are all common inhabitants of Singapore, so we should do what we can to strengthen our social fabric.”
— david gOH, CO-FOUNDER
One of the main goals of Project Chulia Street is to help change the "Kling" mindset towards our migrant workers, one Singaporean at a time, building bridges and friendships with the Chulias- the ones who helped build our nation.
The name Chulia was chosen as the history of Chulia Street holds lessons and significance for the awareness and recognition of all who contribute and share in the development and wellbeing of Singapore. “… when Singapore was founded, the earliest immigrants from Southern India were known to the first European merchants and officials as the Chulias. During Farquhar's administration, a Chulia kampong was marked out for them”, and "from January 1, 1922, the name of the street extending from Raffles Square to South and North canal Roads was changed to Chulia Street”.