MORE Malay single-mothers are turning to Mendaki's training arm Social Enterprise Network (Sense) for help in finding jobs.

The number has gone up three-fold in the last three months and the organisation expects more such women to seek its help as the economic downturn worsens.

Mendaki Sense will be stepping up efforts to ensure that as many of these women get jobs.

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