 Does that work for you? I have to say, I'm only doing this for this. I hate mikes. I'm only doing this for you. OK. Hi, my name is Minnie. And I work for the Singapore Committee for UN Women. So we're the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality. So we work very hard on raising awareness on issues like ending violence against women. Here in Singapore, one in 10 women report facing violence, and that's a lot. So something needs to be done about that. We have so many migrant workers, especially domestic workers, who come to Singapore to earn a living, support their families, and get exploited by their employers. We get trafficked into Singapore. Singapore is a destination country for human trafficking. So we need to do something to change that. We work on social entrepreneurship, and, of course, getting more women into leadership. Whether it's in the community, the workplace, or the government, right? So very important issues, tons of cool stuff to do. I have an amazingly cool team, that lot in the center, jumping up and down. But even cooler is Ala Mooravit, who's standing right there. She is a doctor who is in Libya. And she is Muslim. And she talks about what religion means and how it impacts women, and not in the way you think. She's so cool. So my job lets me meet all of these amazing people. There's Professor Anso Kim, who's a mentor, who gets more girls in the STEM. Melissa Kree, who runs Beautiful People. Mentors for young women from underprivileged backgrounds. Jermaine Lim, who runs a very cool thing called Nail Social, that empowers single mothers and the rest. Who was running to be president of Afghanistan, and rather Quarella. So amazing, amazing people. And my job allows me to work with the youth and change the mindsets of tomorrow, and to create a generation that maybe doesn't subscribe to these issues. So my job would be irrelevant. Sounds like great fun, right? I'm making a difference. The world's so cool. It's amazing. What could I possibly? The only reason I'm surviving is because this is the principles that govern my life. So obviously, a lot of the outreach we do, because awareness building, requires events. And events are always so much fun to plan. And everybody comes, events like these, so cool, so amazing. Maybe we should get the fuck up nice people to talk about all the fuck ups that happen in the background. Let's talk about this one. For example, very cool movie called 350. It's about human trafficking. It talks about the price to get a girl in Cambodia, which is $3.50. It is actually that cheap. Very cool, very amazing. We worked with some really amazing people for the premiere of this. And everything went really well. It was a fundraiser to contribute towards events that challenge human trafficking. And everybody subscribed. The W Hotel came in. They sponsored the whole space. It was so cool. Everyone was there. The canopies were amazing. We checked everything. Everything was so, so much fun. So I'm going to go back. Always remember, when everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. Half an hour before the screening starts, somebody presses something. And an entire phase goes kaput. And it's a hotel. They're really well prepared. So it all comes back. But somewhere in that, the projector, shot circuits, and we have rainbow-colored smoke going in every direction. And so we call the people. And they show up. And he goes, I think the projector is spot. No shit show look. But anyway, that's. And then we're like, so what can you do about it? You know, I think it starts in half an hour. We've got all these people. They've paid a huge amount of money to support this. What do we do? And he goes, that's funny. Oh my god. You know what? I'm not going out there and telling all those people that this event is not happening. You will fix this. I will give you anything. I'll give you my firstborn child. Just fix it. And he did. It was so cool. He actually did. We started half an hour late. But he did. The event went fabulously. No one knew anything went wrong except us. That was the panel. It was amazing. Everyone thought it was the best event. The money went towards a great cause. No one knew what happened. So we do a lot with you. And you know, assemblies, for those here Singaporean schools, assemblies, massive things, right? So we were doing an assembly with 1,200 kids. And we had this amazing speaker hood come in. Only she was about four feet something. And her voice could carry you up to about there. So we show up at the school and we're like, oh my god. Look, everybody's sitting here. And this is so much fun. And OK, she would get up there and they go, yeah. We're so sorry. Our speaker system's down. So you're going to have to talk without a mic. Oh, you know, I have a loud voice, but I can't convey my voice for 1,200 kids. So look, OK, how do we fix this? All right, so you know how the event happened? She was standing up there on that podium. I was standing next to her. She would say something. I shouted out to the audience. Then my colleague who was standing down there would shout it out to the rest of the audience. And that's how we had that event. It was fun. It was traumatizing, but it was fun. So like I said, I get to meet the coolest people, right? But you know what I want? Hey, planning that itineraries. So we run our own social entrepreneurship competition. And we have these amazingly cool people flying from all around the world for it. So there was one group. And they said, hey, OK, we're flying from Jetboard in India. I'm like, OK, we'll book you tickets from Jetboard in India. All booked, sent over. They said, look, we got invited for this conference in Bombay. So could you change my tickets from Bombay to Singapore? OK, we can do that a few weeks later. So we decided not to go. But we need to pick up something on the way. So could you change my tickets to Delhi instead? OK, fine, we'll change it to Delhi. And everything seemed OK. And then the day before we were supposed to fly out, we realized that there were floods in Delhi. So we're like, look, guys, there's floods. It's raining really heavily. There's floods. Are you sure you want to fly out of Delhi? I'm like, yep, no problem. We're going to fly out of Delhi. Are you sure? Yes, no problem. We'd rather fly out of Delhi. OK, so we call them again the morning. Are you sure? It's getting worse. Yep, we're going to fly out of Delhi. We're leaving right now in 10 minutes. Fine. So they left, and we didn't hear from them. And then we went to the airport. And they went there. And we waited. And we waited. And they didn't show up. So we called them, and the phone's off. Like, crap, what's going to happen now? OK, then we call everybody. We call the lady's father, the founder's father. And we're like, do you know where she is? No, they're on the flight. Oops. OK, so we keep going on and on like this way. And then they finally call us and say, yeah. So we got stuck on the road. And we're coming back to Jebore. And we need to fly out. OK, sure. We'll fix this right now. And then the lady comes up and says, you know, I'm so traumatized by this whole thing. I'm not coming anymore. I'm going to send somebody else, my place, like some other person. And yeah, they'll come and talk. But the whole point of this is we wanted you. You're the founder of the organization. No, I'm not coming. That's the moment you're just like, oh, OK. But I have to admit, the coolest person in all of this is my travel agent. I've called him at all hours of the night, any time going, you need to change the ticket right now. Now, if anybody else had been there, they'd have gone, I'm going to kill you. This guy goes, it's OK, I mean, no problem. I'll change it for you right now. Give me five minutes. So if you ever want to do a booking, please call Alain at BCD Travel, best guy in the world. But OK, so then we had the speaker who called us and said, you know what, I'm on this cruise and I'm coming to Singapore. And you've been calling me so many times to do stuff with you. And I thought, I'm coming on a holiday, why not? I can do something with you. So excited. She's one of the most amazing people I know. So yes, OK, you're coming here. That's so cool. That's so amazing. When you're coming, and we call up everybody, and we fix up 100 events with embassies and other organizations, and all cool, yes, you're coming, all right, you're fantastic. And then the day before, I messaged her, and I was like, OK, so I know that your cruise is landing at this time. And I'll be there to pick you up, just verifying that this is exactly the location you're coming to. And I get a message saying, oh, I forgot to tell you, I changed my plan to come next month instead. My husband and my colleague will never let me forget the day they got a call, where there was this high-pitched voice going, she's not coming, she's not coming, she's not coming. And I hung up. And that literally was my state for the whole day. I didn't know what to do, because I had to actually call embassies and tell them, yeah, so you know how you took so much time out and invited all these important people to come? The person they're coming to see isn't actually coming anymore. But it went much better than I thought. Everyone was really excited. They said it's OK. The next month, we had all the events again. The lady came, she was totally unrepentant, and actually asked me to buy her an iPhone, because hers wasn't working. But then, you know, when everything goes well, yes, because here you think this is what it's going to be like, right? She's talking, and everyone in the audience is going to be so happy and so excited. And it's all perfect. So we had this amazing speaker, and she was in town for five days. And the first four days went really well. Well, no, not really. She landed, and she said, oh, I'm landing in Singapore. Please don't come and pick me up, because I have family there. And they'll come, and they'll pick me up, and they'll sort everything out. And you're like, OK, fine. So she was supposed to land like 10 30 at night at around 11 30. And I called her hotel, and I'm like, hey, she checked in. They said, she came, and she left. What do you mean she left? She checked out. Huh? Where? I don't know. She didn't tell you where you're going? No. And I was sitting there crying. I lost my speaker at 12 at midnight. So she called me at 2 30 in the morning, saying that, oh, she went to the hotel, and she didn't like the room. So she checked out, and she checked herself in somewhere else. Oh, well, OK. And so, well, the next few days went really well. And we were on the last day, and we were talking to the school. So now this speaker had an issue where she couldn't have anything that had citrus in it, because she would fall very ill. And we were at the school, and someone came and offered her a glass of orange juice. Now, you aren't supposed to have something citric, and somebody offered you a glass of orange juice. What would you do? She drank it. So then, later, we're at another event, and in the middle of it, you see her going. So we were like, OK. We kind of need to wind this up and get her off the stage. And she's doubled over in pain. I'm like, OK. Go to a doctor right now, take her to the doctor, and she had to take an injection that knocked her out for the next eight hours. And she had a flight to catch, and other events to go to. And the first spot was one of them said, no. We don't believe that she's in pain. I don't care what you do. You come here, and you explain to all, I guess, why she is not here. And you answer on her behalf. But I don't know anything about what she does. No, you get your ass here, and you do the work for her. And I did. And she made a flight. Despite all of that. So even though the nonprofit world is a fantastic thing to do, it is very stressful. Very, very stressful. But that doesn't stop me. And it never will. Because ultimately, it all contributes to making the world a better place. And so, being a glutton for punishment, I now also do events for two more nonprofits. Thank you. We have time for a few questions about your quality on the stage. OK. Or I can start. A number of your stories were about people bailing on you at last minute. Was there a case where you bailed on someone at last minute? And how did you handle that? The answer to that is yes. I've bailed on someone in the last minute. But thankfully, being in this situation and knowing exactly what it does to you, it gives you the strength to say, well, OK, I'm really very sorry. I can't make it. But let me try and find you someone else who can take my place and possibly do as good a better job than I can. So yes, that's what I did. I'm pretty sure that if you invited that person, they're going to be standing here talking about the bitch who bailed on them. But I did have an excuse. Like I had Salmonella poisoning. Sure. We're entirely self-funded. We don't get money from the government or the UN or from anyone else. So we fundraise to do every single thing that we do. We reach out to corporates. We reach out to individuals. And we reach out to anyone who will be willing to support the work that we do. And it is very tough because everyone wants to fund the environment and child rights. But violence against women is not sexy. I grew up in a household where I had parents who shared every task. Fantastically equal. They both worked. They both did everything at home. I'm an only child. They were really not well to do. But they brought me up and gave me everything that I needed, a very good education, the opportunity to do everything I wanted. And it pisses me off that other people don't get that. So no matter what this is, I still have the privilege of being up there, doing a job, something that gives me a purpose every day. And there are plenty of people who don't. So no matter how stressful this is, or the crazy things that happen, and these are just a few, I mean, I've done everything from running across Singapore to find one particular shoe that a speaker wanted, one. And she ultimately never wore it. But it's still, it's so cool. I mean, for all their idiotic crises, these are people who are changing the world 10 times better than I could. And they might be crazy, but they're fun. And they're really amazing. So that's why I keep doing what I do. How did I get into it? I don't have a fun. Yeah, when I moved to Singapore seven and a half years ago, I knew I wanted to do something in women's rights, children's rights. And you and women had an internship. At that point, I applied. I was lucky enough to get it. And then I refused to leave. It's been seven years. I'm still here. I get to go out and meet more crazy people who could possibly create the world that I'm working to achieve. Many will be back at the very end for.