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31 May 2014

My Lovely Hannah

Category: Kid's Haven,

“Hannah has grown to like the beach, where she would run and play freely. The seaside environment used to make Hannah very nervous.” Hannah turns 7 this year and has been learning with Kid’s Haven for three years. She displays symptoms that point towards a learning difficulty called dyspraxi ...

31 May 2014

Love you Benny

Category: Kid's Haven,

Benny Lim Yee Ben, 6.4 years old Benny is diagnosed with autism at 43 months old. I was shocked when the doctor said Benny has autism. I was in deep sadness. I hoped that it was a wrong diagnosis. I had no clues how to help him. However I knew I must move forward. There was hope and there was ...

31 May 2014

No More Home Alone

Category: Golden Club,

Encouraged by my cell group members and a friend, I started helping out at Golden Club in 2002. Up till today, I have no regrets because I find that I have benefited more than what I have contributed. In the early days at DUMC Sea Park, we had the facilities to learn cooking and making moon cakes ...

31 May 2014

Recovery is just the beginning

Category: Breakthrough Drug Rehab Centre,

My name is Paul Heah; I started getting into trouble when I was in primary school. I was very rebellious and always wanted to do the opposite of what people wanted or asked me to do. I had good parents who did their best in every way to love and give me all I needed. I was getting into trouble ...

31 May 2014

Journey of Restoration

Category: Breakthrough Drug Rehab Centre,

My name is Prakash Pillai, this is my testimony on how drugs ruined my life and how it nearly cost me my family. I am 49 years old and I got involved in drugs from the age of 21. I grew up with my mother as my parents were separated and this greatly affected me. My father was a soldier, sergeant ...

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Patience, a Way of Loving

Nov 30, 2016 0 Comments

“Slow down, Erin.” “If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. Love is patient...” 1 Corinthians 13: 3-4a (NLT) Over the past three months, I had the opportunity to help out at the [ ...
People-building Matters

Nov 25, 2016 0 Comments

Over the past two weeks, I have had the privilege of listening to the stories and experiences shared by staff and volunteers of CES. As part of the crew for a video project, I noticed a common thread running through all their testimonies, which is - people matter, but people building matters even mo ...
Preparing children for the world through English

Jul 26, 2016 0 Comments

First published in Floodgates April - June 2016 by Yuen Ting Ai and Debbie YM Loh It is always daunting for a child to speak in an unfamiliar, non-native language. While teaching English is what we do, building confidence in using the language is part and parcel of our work. But from a larger perspe ...
What is Homelessness to you?

Jul 26, 2016 0 Comments

first published in Floodgates April - June 2016 By Jerry Teo and Debbie YM Loh People often think that a state of homelessness is about not having a physical shelter to stay. To a certain extent, that is true, but the heart of the matter lies beyond what is obvious. Homelessness is a situation where ...

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