Project X

Project Description

Project X was established in November 2008 by Wong Yock Leng, a social worker who recognized that sex workers in Singapore are amongst the most marginalized and discriminated in society, and saw a gap in services for the sex worker community. She started with a small team of committed volunteers who would walk the streets of Geylang regularly in order to speak to sex workers and close the gap between sex workers and non-sex workers.

Their vision is to create a fair and safe sex industry for everyone involved and a society that respects sex workers, their clients, partners, and families.

Job Description

You will be trained on basic communication and ethics skills when dealing with sex workers, and the laws and procedures revolving around the sex industry. A basic counselling manual will also be provided to specifically tackle common issues sex workers face. Handbooks will also be provided for online outreach.

You will get to meet Project X’s awesome and diverse team of various sexual orientation and gender identities. As well as have the opportunity to meet their NGO, governmental, and corporate partners.

Interns work on some of the tasks listed. However, please note that the needs might change depending on the period you choose to do your internship and where the organisation thinks your time will be more well spent.

● Assisting with Research Work or Event Management
● Articles/Posts for our social media pages
● Assisting with casework
● Managing and analysing data
● Putting together newsletters or reports
● Curating marketing material (Pamphlets, Posters, Brochures, etc.)                                                              ● Project X Volunteers between Nov 2020-Jan 2021 will be assisting with the conducting of surveys and writing of annual reports.

Don’t see anything that is of interest? Let Project X know how you would like to contribute and the areas where you think you will value-add the most!

Expected working hours: 3:00pm – 11:00pm (expect some Saturday work)

Preferred Skills

• Volunteers should have initiative, be self-reflexive, curious, open-minded, and have a strong sense of empathy
• Project X is open to volunteers with diverse skill sets – from counselling to data analytics, from research to cryptocurrency, from law to management
• Volunteers should have a passion for, or experience in working with vulnerable communities and/or human rights
• Volunteers are to be mature enough to handle difficult topics such as sexual trauma, drug addiction, and incarceration
• Bilingualism would be an advantage

For more information: https://theprojectx.org/