In Rice Media October 19, 2019: “If we, the public, truly want to help, the best solution is often the simplest one: to listen and pay attention to the communities …
Helping the needy ‘makes the days more bearable’ for mother of four
In The New Paper newspaper August 26, 2019: “Madam Zuraida, 42, had given up hope of finding work but Beyond Social Services, a voluntary welfare organisation, did not give up …
Pair of rental-flat-living “kaypoh makciks” turned a drug-ridden estate in S’pore into a big family
In Mothership newspaper, Dec 23, 2018: “When we went door-knocking to meet the residents, I found out that a lot of people actually need help, the senior citizens and big families …
Youths living in rental flats feel empowered when engaged with their communities: Study
In Mothership newspaper Nov 21, 2018 “The research project looked at how children, youths, and their parents living in three different HDB rental estates viewed their living conditions as well …
Meet Diljan, home baker, cook, and mummy to her AMK neighbours
In TodayOnline newspaper November 21, 2018: “’The kids also come to us with problems… Parents come to me and say their kids are doing well, and share incidents,’ said the …
How Beyond Social Services scheme gets rental block residents to help one another
In Straits Times newspaper Nov 21, 2018: “It is such strong neighbourly ties that Beyond Social Services hopes to foster through its Youth United Programme. It facilitates the building of …
The Big Read: Educators flag absentee rate of children of low-income families as a concern
In TodayOnline newspaper August 1, 2015: “Beyond’s Healthy Start Child Development Centre, more than 90 per cent of its children are from households in the lower income bracket. The centre …