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Female prison inmates create tiger lanterns for Gardens by the Bay's Mid-Autumn Festival

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SINGAPORE - Five tiger lanterns will take centre stage at the Supertree Grove in Gardens by the Bay's annual Mid-Autumn Festival event that will run from Aug 27 to Sept 11.

But the lanterns mean more to the 19 female inmates from the Yellow Ribbon Project's Arts Behind Bars programme who designed and painted them. "We have been able to see that if we put our minds and efforts into it, we can produce something that impresses us." "In the same way, we hope that our families don't give up on us. We are very happy to be able to contribute to the festival and it gives us a sense of touch with the society out there."

Most of the participants do not have a background in art and picked up skills by engaging with their more experienced peers in the programme. They also attend art classes run by volunteers.Teochew Foundation commits $2m to Yellow Ribbon initiative to fund prison inmates' tertiary education

 

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