Name: Charin Lim
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Occupation: Cleaner in Nafa
Address: Blk 862 Woodlands Street 83 #02-100 Singapore 730860
Family Condition:Rented a HDB room from her friend.
Family members: Charin's husband has passed away because of illness and she has no children. Although she has a elder brother but they have no contact since she married.
Charin was a housewife. Unfortunately, her husband's got cancer after married and she was taking care him. Charin has no high education and working experiences so she took up a cleaning job after her husband passed away.
She has to wake up at early morning and arrive school by 7am to start her work. School starts at 9am so she has to make sure the cleaning was done before that, otherwise her work will become very inconvenience.Charin's back and neck were aching badly since she works as a cleaner, although she has see the doctor but it is useless so she always rub the medical ointment on them to smooth the pain out. She also fell down once in the toilet because of the wet floor was slippery.
Charin also suffering from lack of appetite when she started work as a cleaner, because it is quite used to see the toilet bowls with shit or piss in it, sometimes might be see it were splattered all over. Moreover, the hand-wash basins always stuck by some leftovers to stop the flow of water. Although Charin has handled it already but such an unhygienic sight will always be ruined her day.
During the rest time, Charin always has no places to go as her house is very far from school, so she always find out some shop or chair to rest. As a cleaner, she will feel satisfy to see people enjoying work or study in a cleanness environment. She is very responsibility and commitment to her job although she is given by a low wages but she has a willing heart to serve.
These are some picture and video that we have taken. They show how we try to act like the elderly cleaners who are doing the cleaning job. Although we are still young, but it is not so easy to do for us also especially when you do it for a long time then we felt very tired.
References:
https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/care/wp-content/uploads/State-of-the-Elderly_Release-2.pdf
http://thehearttruths.com/2014/07/16/my-life-as-a-cleaner-having-new-found-respect-for-our-cleaners/
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-there-so-many-old-people-working-in-hawker-centers-in-Singapore-I-noticed-some-old-people-cleaning-tables-who-are-having-a-hard-time-walking
http://singaporemind.blogspot.my/2008/04/elderly-cleaners-in-singapore.html?m=1
http://www.transitioning.org/2011/01/13/can-minimum-wage-system-work-in-singapore/
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