Below you'll find a list of all posts from September, 2022
Dear friends, 10 days ago, we had the privilege of being a part of the Caring Communities Carnival organized by Yishun Health. The carnival commemorated their 10-year endeavour in nurturing an asset-led eco-system that supports communities to take ownership of improving their health and wellbeing. Minister of Health, Mr Ong Ye Kung was the Guest of Honour and he did …
Dear friends, We initiated a meeting with 4 mothers who had previously expressed their concern about the well-being of children in their neighbourhood during incidental conversations we had with them. To break the ice, we asked everyone to raise their hands if they identified with a statement we were going to put forth. “As a child, I was often in trouble …
Dear friends, 15-year-old year Habib serves as an interpreter for his Tamil speaking mother regularly. Last Sunday was yet another occasion but this time he found himself really interested in what he had to convey to his mother. He was accompanying his mother to meet a chiropractor, and he found Dr Brian Teo’s assessment and explanation of the procedure intriguing. …
Dear friends, Our Community Tabung is a savings programme to supplement children’s Child Development Account (CDA). Each month, families within a community, pool their savings and the entire amount is tripled with matching funds from donors and then divided equally among all who participated. We will help deposit the amount into their respective CDAs and the government matches dollar for …
Dear friends, A teacher at our early childhood centre got her students to clap as they spelt out “papaya” loudly together with her and everyone was moving energetically to the rhythm of a rhyming cheer, “P-A-P-A-Y-A, P-A-P-A-Y-A, P-A-P-A-Y-A, PAPAYA-YEH!” When it was clear that everyone could easily spell “papaya,” she carried on with the lesson by introducing the fruit for the …
