SINGAPORE - Former drug addicts will get a bigger helping hand from the Government and community organisations to find jobs and reintegrate into society amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim.
"The Covid-19 pandemic has affected many lives, and this includes our ex-offenders who have gone through the rehabilitation process. One of the key things they look out for is jobs, and despite the challenges, we want to provide job opportunities for our ex-inmates," said Prof Faishal. Unlike the art therapy programme where the residents paint on standard sized paper, the new mural painting activity allows residents to use the walls of the halfway house as their canvas. Painting the first mural was undertaken in August this year by seven residents from the halfway house.
The halfway house said it will work closely with government agencies and community partners to fund and support the art therapy and music therapy programmes in the future. The weekly art therapy programme has proved popular with residents, with about 60 of them participating.
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