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Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore, formerly known as Spastic Children's Association of Singapore; Charis Centre; Chen Su Lan Methodist Children's Home; Chen Su Lan Trust; Cheng Hong Welfare Service Society; Cheshire Homes Far Eastern Regional Council; Children-At-Risk Empowerment Association (CARE Singapore) Children's Aid Society; Children's ...
Pages in category "Singaporean voluntary welfare organisations" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The organisation is the national coordinating body for Social Service Agencies (SSAs) in Singapore. SSAs are non-profit organisations that provides welfare or social service to vulnerable or disadvantaged groups in Singapore, and in 2018 were renamed from the term Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs). SSAs are members of NCSS.
The new policy took into account Singapore's falling fertility rate and its increased proportion of the elderly, but was still concerned with the "disproportionate procreation" of the educated versus the uneducated, and discouraged having more than two children if the couple did not have sufficient income, to minimise the amount of welfare aid ...
The year 1984 also saw Singapore Children's Society launch Tinkle Friend, a hotline dedicated to children aged between 7 and 12 for them to voice out their problems. Four years later, in 1988, the Society initiated and developed voluntary services for the prevention of child abuse .
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In June 2018, the Save The Children organisation's End of Childhood report ranked Singapore as the best country for children to grow up in. Its ranking methodology is based on eight indicators - under-five mortality rate, child stunting, out-of-school children and youth, child labour, child marriage, adolescent birth rate, child homicide rate ...
Critics argue that the child exclusion policy keeps children in poverty by denying them the critical supports they need at a young age to become self-sufficient in adulthood. A decrease in family wealth usually leads to negative effects on children. [8] Specifically, family caps were found to increase the poverty rate of children by 13.1%. [9]