Youth volunteers needed for programme to mentor children from low-income families

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SINGAPORE - To ensure that disadvantaged children from low-income families are supported emotionally and have a role model they can look up to, a programme to recruit and train youth volunteers to befriend such children is set to be piloted.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - To ensure that disadvantaged children from low-income families are supported emotionally and have a role model they can look up to, a programme to recruit and train youth volunteers to befriend such children is set to be piloted.

Short for Uplifting Pupils in Life and Inspiring Families Taskforce, Uplift is a inter-agency task force that aims to help children from disadvantaged homes level up. South East CDC said it is planning to work with educational institutions within the South East District, as well as tap its existing pool of youth volunteers.

 

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