Q: Who is
this child care centre for?
A: For children from low-income families. Applications are considered
on a case-by-case basis. Priority will be given to families with low income
per person.
Q: Why do you want to set up a child care centre for needy families?
A: There is a need for such service. In a 1994/1995 survey of several
rental blocks in Ang Mo Kio, Child
at Street 11 volunteers
found about 100 families with children aged two to six. Most of these
children stayed at home with
their mothers because their families could not afford the fees to place
them in child care centres. Mothers could not go to work because they
could not afford baby-sitters. Child
at Street 11 found
that many mothers would prefer to go to work, as a dual income would
help the family break out
of poverty trap in the long term. A subsidised child care centre for
the
children means the mothers can go out to look for a job to support the
family.
Q: You mean there are such poor people in Singapore?
A: Yes, there are many needy families. Child
at Street 11 would
like to do its part to make life easier for some of them.
Q: How much will parents pay?
A: They will pay what they can afford and Child
at Street 11 will
subsidise the rest.
Q: Will you only be helping Indian children?
A: No. Child at Street
11 will help
children of all races. Poverty is colour-blind and does not discriminate
by race, and neither will Child
at Street 11.
Needy children can make a better life for themselves if they are helped
by
the
family and community. This child care centre is one small way of helping
a child and his family get a head start in life. We can make a small
difference
- but only with your help.
Q: How can I help?
A: You can donate money. Child
at Street 11 needs
to raise more than S$350,000 each year to run the centre. More than seventy-five
per cent of this
will
provide children from underprivileged homes with foundation education.
You can also help in its fund-raising projects. In the past months, Child
at Street 11 volunteers
- who include corporate citizens ,housewives, professionals, students,
journalists, expatriates - have raised funds for needy families.
Please drop a note
in the mail if you would like to help. Donations above S$50 are tax deductible.
child@street11.org.sg |
