Hear how you can donate in terms of financial assistance or even in other ways if you can set aside your time.
Synopsis: Every second and fourth Monday of the month, The Straits Times takes a hard look at Singapore's social issues of the day with guests.
The Forward Singapore exercise began in June 2022, and over 16 months, more than 200,000 Singaporeans from all walks of life have taken part in engagement sessions on a wide range of topics. The engagement exercise ended with the Forward Singapore Report released by Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Oct 27, 2023.
The report reflects Singaporeans’ collective aspirations and shared understanding of our roles and vision for the future.
Today, about 14,000 families with children who live in public rental housing are supported by the Community Link programme – in housing, employment and education. It’s a programme to support lower-income families in all HDB towns, with a focus on those living in public rentals with children under 21.
In this episode, we’ll look at the new and boosted ComLink+ programme.
ST's podcast editor Ernest Luis hosts three guests in this episode:
This podcast is brought to you by the Ministry of Communications and Information, in support of Forward Singapore: https://str.sg/wFbY
Highlights (click/tap above):
3:35 Why Mr Manas became a "befriender" to a low-income family, and how they have interacted with him
5:30 Mr Malminderjit on how the financial assistance scheme was crucial in shaping his own life, and what low-income families actually want, what moves the needle
10:56 Mr Lim explains how the new ComLink+ programme will work
16:05 Ensuring longer-term financial support and reducing gaps in early childhood development - befrienders can also link the dots for ComLink+ new "family coaches"
18:30 Can potential donors reach out financially? Also, can the community chip in more, besides just financial donations, such as in mentorships, internships, jobs
21:50 The ComLink+ programme's new “family coaches”: How this new role works, and other volunteer partnerships
More on how you can help in ComLink+:
ComLink+ programme: https://str.sg/ixLQ
Select your preferred cause: https://str.sg/ixLM
MSF website: https://str.sg/ixLY
Listen to other instalments of this Forward SG-themed series:
Pt 1: Jobs & upskilling - https://str.sg/iqXa
Pt 2: Youth panels - https://str.sg/iqXR
Pt 3: End of profit-flipping BTO mentality - https://str.sg/ixLf
Produced by: Ernest Luis (ernest@sph.com.sg), Hadyu Rahim & Amirul Karim
Edited by: Hadyu Rahim
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