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Started in 2018, Safe Place is an initiative of Lakeside Family Services that aims to empower women and families with unsupported pregnancies by providing services such as residential respite and counselling.
Miss Chong was linked up with a social worker and given temporary housing during her pregnancy, until she reconciled with her parents five months later and moved back home.
Her baby girl is seven weeks old.
Fully funded and supported by donors and volunteers, Safe Place often relies on collaborations with maternity brands to provide better support for its beneficiaries. It has helped more than 200 women.
Safe Place is collaborating with local confinement food catering service Tian Wei Signature to provide better post-partum nutrition.