Singapore is working hard to make the lives of maids and domestic helps better and to ensure that they do not face exploitation at the hands of ruthless employers.

Centre for Domestic Employees (CDE), a voluntary welfare organization that takes care of the interests of Foreign Domestic Workers (FDW) provides counseling, shelter and assistance to maids who have come to the city-state to earn a respectable living.

An Indonesian maid had recently sought assistance through a friend from the organization after her job led her to depression. Now, she is being counselled and is doing much better, reports The New Paper.