Independent · worker-first · research-led

Built for the people who keep the world running

Work that worksfor cleaners.

Cleaners make homes, hospitals, hotels, schools, streets, offices, and transit systems work. Cleaner.ngo is building the research, trusted support, and collective infrastructure their work deserves.

No public case submissions. No worker stories without consent.

A diverse group of professional cleaners in a bright workplace

Cleaner.ngoSkilled work. Essential work. Global work.

One purposeCleaner power
Four layersResearch → Evidence
First ruleDo no harm

Start with your role

This is a working system, not a charity story.

The right next step depends on who you are. We keep public information useful while sensitive support stays with verified worker-side partners.

01

I am a cleaner

Understand the project, see safer help steps, and know what not to share on a public website.

Go to safe support
02

I support cleaners

Bring trusted local knowledge, worker-led organizations, and a safe referral path to the network.

See the partner role
03

I want to contribute

Add research, legal, safety, translation, design, or technical capacity without accessing worker identities.

Find a contribution lane

The operating model

Four layers turn scattered concern into worker power.

Cleaner.ngo starts with evidence and trust. Support expands only when governance, consent, and local partner capacity are ready.

Research

Map cleaner groups, employment chains, risks, rights, and the questions that still require fieldwork.

Listen before building

Network

Connect worker organizations, legal clinics, safety experts, translators, researchers, and builders.

Trust before scale

Support

Route help through verified partners for wages, safety, injury, migration, harassment, and emergency needs.

Consent before routing

Evidence

Turn anonymized patterns into better standards, procurement, enforcement, and organizing leverage.

Review before publishing

See the whole system

The cleaner is essential. The power chain is often invisible.

Pay, safety, schedules, and retaliation can be controlled by different actors. Effective support traces responsibility instead of placing the burden on one worker.

01Client or public buyer
02Main contractor
03Agency or platform
04Cleaner

Cleaner.ngo maps where decisions are made, where responsibility disappears, and where workers can gain leverage.

One global project, many forms of cleaning work

Domestic workHospitalsHotelsOfficesSchoolsStreetsTransitWaste & recyclingPlatform work

Safe support

Need help? Protect yourself before you tell your story.

Cleaner.ngo is not accepting public case reports yet. Until a verified local pathway is ready, do not post names, employer details, immigration status, health records, wage documents, photos, or allegations here.

1

Pause before sharing

Keep identifying details off public websites, social posts, and open chats.

2

Find a worker-side route

Prefer a union, worker center, legal clinic, trusted organizer, or established local rights group.

3

Choose what happens next

Ask who can see your information, how long it is kept, and whether you can withdraw consent.

What a safe intake should explain

What is collected · why it is needed · who can see it · whether it is shared · how to withdraw · when it is deleted.

Build with gates

Start in one place. Learn deeply. Expand only when it is safe.

The first pilot should map two cleaner groups end to end before any broad support launch.

01

Listen

Worker and partner interviews in workers’ languages.

02

Map

Employment chains, risks, rights, and trusted capacity.

03

Validate

Worker-side review of findings and privacy rules.

04

Pilot

One narrow support lane with accountable partners.

The network

Build capacity around cleaners—not access to cleaners.

Contributors begin with low-risk work. Sensitive access is never the reward for volunteering.

01

Worker leadership

Set priorities, consent boundaries, and the definition of useful support.

02

Research & fieldwork

Map sectors and power chains; separate evidence from assumptions.

03

Legal, health & safety

Validate support lanes and local referral standards.

04

Translation & culture

Make the project usable across language, literacy, and local context.

05

Design & technology

Build accessible tools with privacy and low bandwidth in mind.

06

Funding & operations

Resource the work without shifting attention away from worker outcomes.

A global front door. Local trust. Worker-side governance.

The public site explains the mission and the model. Real support begins only where trusted relationships and safeguards exist.

Open research workspace