Japan Flood Relief 2018

by Mercy Relief

On Sunday, 8 July, torrential downpours in western Japan have caused flash flooding and landslides, prompting the evacuation of more than two million people. With a death toll of 179 casualties (as of 11 July), it is Japan's deadliest weather-related disaster in more than three decades. More than 200,000 people remain without water under the scorching sun, with temperatures hitting 33 Celsius in some of the hardest-hit areas, such as the city of Kurashiki, where Mercy Relief will be conducting emergency relief operations together with a local NGO. Mercy Relief calls for an urgent appeal for donations to reach our initial crowdfunding goal of $10,000 to bring more humanitarian aid to the affected communities. Join us in empowering these communities! Donate now! *Donations for foreign purposes are not eligible for tax-deductions. Photo credits: EPA-EFE, AAR Japan, Mercy Relief

10th Caritas Singapore Golf for Charity 2018

by Simon Ong for Caritas Singapore Community Council - The Caritas Singapore Agape Fund

We seek your support for our 10th Caritas Singapore Golf for Charity 2018 fundraising golf tournament. Caritas Singapore, the official social and community arm of the Catholic Church in Singapore is organising Golf for Charity 2018 for the tenth year to raise funds to support Agape Village, an integrated social service hub located at Lorong 8 Toa Payoh, and the other various Catholic Social and Community organisations which provides services for the poor, marginalised and those in need in our society. We will be most grateful if you could support this charity golf event either by taking up a flight or/and a sponsorship. We will provide your company with the benefits that are accorded to our Sponsors. We also welcome your outright donations or/and joining us for dinner. All donations are eligible for 2.5 times tax deduction, in accordance to IRAS regulations. For Sponsorship and Donation form on the event, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] or call Pamela at 6338 3448 if you need any further clarifications. Thank you for your support!

Gala Dinner 2018: In aid of our Building Fund

by St. John's Home For Elderly Persons

Come and join us for a night of fun over an 8-course Chinese dinner and stage performances. Let our residents and volunteers bring you a series of performances that will surely stir up fond and cheerful memories! The Gala Dinner is held in aid of our building fund. We need a new home as the existing land lease has expired. The construction will begin in September 2018. Date and Time: Saturday, 25th August 2018 at 7.00pm Venue: Jubilee Garden Restaurant @ SAFRA Toa Payoh Ballrooms B and C. 293 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh, #03-01, Singapore 319387 Guest-of-Honour: Mr Sitoh Yih Pin, MP for Potong Pasir We seek your support to buy a table or a seat for the Gala Dinner 2018. You help is crucial to help make a new Home for our residents a reality!

The Enabling Fund Gala 2018 Online Campaign

by SG Enable Ltd.

The Enabling Fund Gala 2018 Online Campaign is organised in conjunction with the inaugural benefit dinner by SG Enable, to raise donations for TODAY Enable Fund and iC2 PrepHouse in support of persons with disabilities such as children and youth with vision impairment. We welcome support through table purchases or cash donations of any willing amount. If you would like to enquire about table purchases, we are contactable at [email protected] _________________________________ About the TODAY Enable Fund TODAY Enable Fund (TEF) was set up by Fund Patron ESM Goh Chok Tong in December 2016 to provide financial assistance to persons with disabilities to meet last mile needs and better integrate them into the society. TEF also supports efforts that enhance education and employment prospects of persons with disabilities. SG Enable (SGE), an agency dedicated to helping people with disabilities, is the fund administrator. TODAY is the media partner. About iC2 PrepHouse iC2 PrepHouse is a charitable organisation and the only resource centre in Singapore that provides comprehensive programmes for children and youth with visual impairment. Programmes include Early Intervention, Braille Instruction, Assistive Technology, Functional Skills, and Orientation and Mobility. iC2 PrepHouse aims to empower and enable children and youth with visual impairment to live confidently and independently.

UBS Private Funds Group - Mount Kota Kinabalu Climb

by Kelvin Chang for AWWA Ltd

Next week, the UBS Private Funds Group (APAC) will be embarking on a climb up Mount Kota Kinabalu - we believe that scaling one of the highest peaks in Southeast Asia is the perfect way to call attention to, and raise money for a special cause. As part of the UBS corporate philanthropy theme, we will be supporting the AWWA program - Special Student Care Centre - an after-school care for students with special needs. UBS will match all donations made by UBS employees to this initiative up to a certain amount. We encourage you to donate generously to support children and their caregivers in need via the link on the right.

Help 8 Residents Raise 100k for the Home

by St. John's Home For Elderly Persons

We are a team of eight residents from St. John's Home For Elderly Persons located at 69 Wan Tho Ave. We took up the challenge of helping the Home raise $100,000 to build our new Home. Even though with age ranging from 70 to 90 and not very savvy in digital media, we are eager to learn. We shot this video entirely on our own using mobile phone! In the process we had a lot of fund and learnt to work as a team. Please take 3 minutes to check out the video and support our effort to raise funds for our new Home by donating generously. Do share this video that we have created with your family and friends. Make it viral and help us achieve our target of raising $100,000 for our Home. Our Home needs to raise about a total of another $5 Million for our new building project! (The land lease of the current area St. John's Home occupies ended in 2015 and was returned to the state. This dictates that we occupy a much smaller piece of land (3,300sqm, down from 12,300sqm). Thanks to the support of many well wishers, we are on our way to building a new Home to care for existing and new residents. The building work will commence Sep 2018 and is slated to be ready end 2020. We have stepped up our fundraising efforts in recent years but with limited resources, it is a huge challenge to raise the remaining about $5 million).

Two Stories, One Hope to Overcome Poverty

by Methodist Welfare Services

Finding His Own Way A year ago, if you were to ask Mr H'ng Seng Huat about his bills, he would have been hard-pressed to tell you how much he owed. The odd-job worker was slogging more than 10 hours a day, 7 days a week. In early 2017, MWS started to provide debt-matching help to Mr H'ng for his bills, milk powder for baby Isabelle, and monthly school support for school-going kids. He cleared his debt in May 2017 and progressed to savings-matching under the guidance of MWS Family Development Programme (FDP) volunteers. Mr H'ng voluntarily exited the programme in Dec 2017. He had saved over $2,000 that he intended to use for his kids' education. "When I started on FDP, I told myself that it was a temporary solution and I needed to find my own way," he says. A Home Of Her Own For many years, single mother Mdm Ong MZ, who lives in a one-room rental flat with 3 daughters, felt downtrodden. She found it tough to get stable employment due to her low education, health problems and caregiving duties. Things started to look up when the FSC serving her gave her a part-time admin assistant job in 2014. In 2016, her case-worker recommended her for FDP. During the past year, many of her impossible dreams have materialised - her job was converted into a full-time position in April; she managed to save more. "Never in my life have I imagined that I could buy my own home, but now I'm applying for a three-room flat. I'm really proud of myself and grateful to MWS."

Urgent Funds Required For Move To New Government-Built Facility In Sungei Tengah

by Animal Lovers League

In March 2018, we will be moving to a Government-built facility in Sungei Tengah called 'Animal Lodge'. The construction and setting in our new premises will be different from our present open concept shelter in that our dogs and cats will be in flatted-two-storey buildings in kennel enclosures. We require $351,000 to manage the costs of making this move. Firstly, we have a total of 10 units; each unit comprises of five kennels, four store rooms, flexi-areas and quarantine and prep rooms. We have to engage contractors to carry out fit-out works involving the building of steel enclosures, gates, fencing and partitions, along with the installation of piping and electrical appliances like ceiling & exhaust fans, lights, fittings and equipment. Expected cost is $20,000 - $25,000 per unit; and an estimated $250,000, if not more, in total. Secondly, $66,000 has to be paid to our present landlord for extended TOL (Temporary Occupancy Licence) from January to March 2018, before we move to the 'Animal Lodge' in March 2018. A 3-month deposit totalling $35,000 may be required by AVA. This will be confirmed in due course.

Gobi March for TTSH Community Fund (Help Me Go Home programme)

by TTSH Community Fund

The Gobi March for TTSH Community Fund is an initiative by Ray Loh, Dominic Tung & Lee Sow Fong of Tan Tock Seng Hospital. As they journey through the fully self-supported 7 day 250km Gobi March (Mongolia) footrace, the team hopes to raise funds for two programmes under the TTSH Community Fund: 1) Help Me Go Home programme (see description below); and 2) Programme of All-inclusive Care for the Terminally-ill (PACT) (visit: http://bit.ly/2Kda18q) All donations raised from this campaign page will be dedicated towards the Help Me Go Home programme. Patients who need breathing machines to stay alive would love to return home to their loved ones but they cannot afford the high costs. The Help Me Go Home programme helps to alleviate their financial burdens so that they can go home to their families. Your donations will help support the following: 1. Cost of respiratory associated equipment (e.g. ventilators, cough assist machines, etc) and its consumables 2. Cost of non-respiratory associated equipment and consumables (e.g. hospital bed, pressure relieve mattress, wheelchair, milk feeds, diapers, etc) 3. Cost of preventive maintenance or parts replacement of equipment The Home Ventilation & Respiratory Support Service was featured on 1. On the Red Dot - Work In Progress. Watch here: https://video.toggle.sg/en/series/on-the-red-dot-2017/ep6/491313 (from 15:53 min mark) 2. The Straits Times Mind & Body section on 22 August 2017 Connect with the team on FB: https://bit.ly/2

NUHkids Fund

by NUHS Fund Limited

Managed by NUHS Fund Limited, NUHkids Fund raises monies for financially disadvantaged children seeking treatment at the Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children's Medical institute (KTP-NUCMI) at the National University Hospital (NUH). Our Vision: To enable all children and youth to achieve good health and well-being regardless of their financial circumstances. Our Mission: To help children and adolescents who require financial assistance for their medical treatment. For more information, please visit: http://www.nuh.com.sg/ktp-nucmi/outreach/financial-support.html

New Centre at MacPherson

by Brahm Centre Ltd

Brahm Centre has served more than 10,000 people since its launch of the first centre in 2012 in Ren Ci Hospital at 71 Irrawaddy Road. It opened its 2nd centre at Simei - Block 227 Simei St 4 in October 2017. Its services extend from FREE health education to home visit support by our team of professional care coordinators and dedicated volunteers. Our centres also offer dementia screening, counselling, weekly programs and courses to engage and stimulate all ages to live happier and healthier lives. With the support from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), Brahm Centre is extending its physical presence to MacPherson, will be setting up its 3rd centre this year at Pipit Road, scheduled to be opened in October 2018. MacPherson has a high density of elderly and people living in rented flats. We would like to invite you to be part of this worthy project with a contribution that will be 250% tax deductible and matched dollar for dollar by the Ministry of Health, to support this endeavour.