How Your Donation Makes a Difference
$10
$10 would help to subsidize the education costs of children from disadvantaged families and help them to stay in school.
$50
$50 would help to subsidize the medical costs for the needy.
$100
$100 would help to cover the costs of training persons with intellectual disabilities to be less dependent and gear them towards a good quality of life.
$200
$200 would help to cover the programme costs to slow down the progression of dementia and improve the quality of life for the elderly with dementia.
About Campaign
ends 17 Aug 2016, 11:59 PMMs Lily Kow, 66, is a volunteer at the Women's Initiative for Ageing Successfully (WINGS). She has been serving as a lead volunteer coordinator, trainer for the balloon sculpting class and "ChairXercise" Coach. Lily is passionate about reaching out to more women to encourage women to live active lives and stay engaged in the society even as they age.
The Fund aims to encourage more seniors like Lily to share their time, expertise and energy to social causes. Your donations will go to programmes that promote senior volunteerism including:
- Recruitment and retention
- Training
- Recognition
About the Charity
The President's Challenge is an annual community outreach and fundraising campaign for charities selected every year by the President's Office. It is a call to all Singaporeans in doing their part in building a more caring and inclusive society.
Initiated in 2000 by former President S R Nathan, the Challenge represents the coming together of people from all walks of life, to help the less fortunate. In 2012, under the leadership of former President Tony Tan Keng Yam, the Challenge was expanded to go beyond fundraising by including volunteerism and social
entrepreneurship.
In 2018, President Halimah Yacob announced a $10 million fund (Empowering For Life Fund) which will empower vulnerable groups through skills upgrading, capacity-building and employment. Visit http://www.pc.org.sg/WhoWeSupport to find out about the benefiting organisations supported by President's Challenge this year. 100% of the donations received go towards the charities we support.