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NTUC to aid 2,500 needy families through new $350k food scheme
Group chief executive of NTUC Enterprise Seah Kian Peng (in blue) presenting food packs to Mr Teo Peng Keng and his son, as well as Ms Lisa (not her real name) and her daughter. With them are (from left) CEO of NTUC First Campus Chan Su Yee, deputy CEO (development) of NTUC First Campus Phoon Chew Ping and principal of My First Skool in Chin Swee Road, Ms Darnyza.PHOTO: NTUC FIRST CAMPUS
May 12, 2021 06:00 am
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NTUC First Campus (NFC) plans to support an estimated 2,500 low-income families this year through a $350,000 Food and Nutrition Programme.
SINGAPORE - NTUC First Campus (NFC) plans to support an estimated 2,500 low-income families this year through a $350,000 Food and Nutrition Programme.
It aims to support families with a monthly household income below $4,500 - or monthly per capita incomes below $1,125 - and with a child enrolled in any one of NFC s over 140 My First Skool pre-school centres.
The programme, which involves food packs as well as health and nutrition workshops, is funded by donors to NFC s Bright Horizons Fund, which include investment holding company Pavilion Capital, chief executive officer (CEO) and executive director of Seviora Holdings Jimmy Phoon, and FairPrice Foundation, the charity set up by supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice.
SINGAPORE - Children of low-income families attending NTUC pre-schools will receive a one-time $400 top-up to their Child Development Account (CDA) from May this year.
In addition, one member of each of these 4,000 families will receive a sponsored NTUC membership, said NTUC First Campus (NFC) in a statement on Tuesday (Feb 9).
NFC, which operates My First Skool and Little Skool-House, said the initiatives are part of its efforts to give low-income families and their children additional support and a good start to the Chinese New Year.
In order to qualify, families must have a monthly household income of $4,500 or less, or monthly per capita income of $1,125 or less.
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NTUC First Campus to loan iPads to help kids bridge digital divide
Madam Susilawati Thamrin and her five-year-old daughter Alesha Nur Shareefa Haminorrashid, who attends a My First Skool centre in Toa Payoh, will benefit from the Digital Kampung Programme next year. The initiative is fully supported by a $250,000 donation from the FairPrice Foundation. PHOTO: NTUC FIRST CAMPUS
Pre-school operator NTUC First Campus will loan iPads to help more than 2,000 low-income families over three years
AMELIA TENG, EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT
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NTUC First Campus (NFC) will loan iPads to more than 2,000 low-income families and their children attending its pre-schools over the next three years, to help bridge the digital divide.