Summit helps fundraise for migrants
September 07, 2022 00:00:00
Summit organised a charity concert in Singapore recently to fundraise for low-wage migrant workers. From left to right are Muhammed Aziz Khan, founder chairman, Summit Group, K Shanmugam, Singapore's Minister of Home Affairs and Law, and Tagore singer Shama Rahman.
In an effort to fundraise for the Migrant Workers' Welfare Fund, HOME in Singapore, Summit with the Tagore Society Singapore organised a charity concert performed by Shama Rahman, a global ambassador of Rabindra Sangeet, says a statement.
All the proceedings were given to HOME to assist low-wage migrant workers in Singapore, who suffer abuse and exploitation such as unpaid salaries, excessive working hours, work injuries, physical and psychological abuse.
Muhammed Aziz Khan, founder chairman of Summit Group of Companies, remarked, "Today we all need a philosophical guru like Rabindranath Tagore in this world, where war-mongers are gaining grounds, poverty is being self-created by nations and divisions of humanity are being built once again."