Ee Peng Liang Memorial Fund

You are cordially invited to the following free webinar, "Parenting and coping during COVID-19 Circuit Breaker in Singapore" on Tuesday, 17th November 2020 from 11am-12pm Singapore time (GMT+8).
You may register at https://forms.gle/YSYE8o5A9QcAEESj8
for the webinar. The zoom meeting link will be sent before the event.

Congratulations to Ms Ong Bee Yong, our EPLMF scholar for receiving the NVPC President’s Volunteerism and Philanthropy Awards 2020 Special Edition- Our Finest Hour in The City of Good! We are very proud of the impact she has created through her work at Crisis Relief Alliance and wish her all the best in continuing the good work!

"A life lived for others is a life worth living." As I matured in age and experience, I have found and decided to answer the call to helping people, especially those who belong to VPN groups. The EPLMF Scholarship allows people like me to fulfil the call in making a difference by providing us the support to study Social Work in university so that we may be effective and professional in administering help to those in need. I am currently a first year FASS student in NUS planning to major in social work. I am excited to learning what it takes to be a social worker and will be ready to handle any challenge that may come my way! It is going to be a journey of growth and one day I hope to impact the social sector to newer heights.

"I am a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) School of Social Work. My research interests include parenting, engagement of fathers in practice, child protection services, and risk assessment. My methodological interests include propensity matching, longitudinal growth modeling, person-centered approaches, data-driven methods, and exploring heterogeneity in intervention effects. Before my doctoral studies, I practiced as a social worker in a family service center in Singapore. I hope my doctoral training can help me to do research that will be impactful for social work practice in Singapore. Connect with me at www.gerardchung.com "
- 2020 EPLMF Scholarship recipient

You are cordially invited to the following free webinar, "Providing Psychological and Practical Support for both healthcare workers and migrant workers in pandemic situation" on Thursday, 27th August 2020 from 2.30-3.30pm Singapore time.

You may register at https://forms.gle/fd8JjqFJKsfW6Fxy7 for the webinar. The zoom meeting link will be sent before the event.

Phone Counselling and Support for Healthcare Workers in Singapore – COVID-19 Pandemic

Hotline: 8777-0019 (we can call you back to save on your outgoing talk time)
Time: 9am to 9pm, Mon to Sun

Counsellors will respect and safeguard the privacy and confidentiality of callers.

Ms Ong Bee Yong is a recipient of the Ee Peng Liang Memorial Fund scholarship.

Besides working as a social worker with Lakeside Family Service, Bee Yong helped to set up the Crisis Relief Alliance with a group of likeminded Singaporeans and serves as a Director in Training. She has served in post-disaster relief work in Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia. She is also an external Field Education Supervisor for social work students. As part of the SASW Crisis Response Crisis Response Committee member, Bee Yong assists in recruiting and interviewing social workers to join the SASW Crisis Response Team and the MHA Heart Team. She is part of a HEART team. Doing the Masters of Applied Science in Humanitarian Health with Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health will value add to her knowledge and practice in crisis work in the region. Her long term plan is to work towards research in disaster management in Asia to better train and prepare for the management and coordination of relief efforts.

Two books on community development in Singapore were launched on 25th October at Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, NUS University Town. The guest of honour for the event was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Mr Heng Swee Keat.

“Collected Readings on Community Development in Singapore” is a collection of Dr S Vasoo’s numerous publications over the last 48 years on community development and its issues in the Singapore context.

“Community Development Arenas in Singapore” covers a broad range of arenas including health, housing, ageing, community integration and bonding, social entrepreneurship, among others. Through the insights of contributors who are practitioners in the community development field, this book argues that more resources and initiatives must be accorded to community organisations so as to redirect to a community- or resident-centric approach towards community work intervention.

The book launch event was supported by the NUS Department of Social Work, Department of Political Science and the Ee Peng Liang Memorial Fund.

The books can be purchased from World Scientific at bit.ly/2JtJCFw

“Collected Readings on Community Development in Singapore” can also be purchased from NUS Co-Op.

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Help our Social Service Leaders Exchange Program alumni, Ronald Cervas win their entry to Child Friendly Cities Inititiatives- Inspire Awards 2019 by Unicef!
Kindly click the link and vote for Category 6 Video 2 - Zamboanga City on Break the Silence.

Vote | Child Friendly Cities Initiative Launched in June 2019, the first-ever CFCI Inspire Awards celebrate good, innovative and inspiring solutions or projects that foster child rights at the local level and improve the daily lives of children and young people in the cities and communities where they live. The call for applications close...

14 participants from 12 Asian countries are taking part in the 4th round of the Social Service Leaders Exchange Programme this year from 17-28th June.
Writeup by NUS News:
http://news.nus.edu.sg/highlights/exchanging-ideas-social-work

Social Service Leaders Exchange Program 2019 seminars open to local practitioners. Limited seats still available. Please register at https://forms.gle/NjiXvByEeS34ahU79