The Archdiocesan Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (ACMI) is a Catholic non-profit social service organization in Singapore that helps and supports migrant workers in Singapore. Co-founded and chaired in 1998 by Bridget Tan, ACMI was founded after being commissioned to help migrants and itinerant people in Singapore.
Programmes and services
ACMI has worked on their community outreach by providing Skills Development Programmes for migrant workers regardless of race, language, or religion.
Services that ACMI performs include:
Case Management and Counseling
Educational and Vocational Treatment
Pastoral Care and Formation Programmes
Educational Sponsorship for non-Singaporean children
Public Education
History
ACMI was co-founded on 15 June 1998 by Singaporean activist Bridget Tan after being commissioned by the catholic church. She later left the organization after a lack of support from the church.
In 2016, ACMI became registered as a charity under the Charities Act.
On 22 September 2017, then-President of Singapore, Halimah Yacob, visited Caritas Singapore at Agape Village in Toa Payoh and visited ACMI.
In 2021, ACMI was selected as one of the charities to receive a special charity donation from KK Christmas.