Moving Forward: Building skills and community through training residents at a halfway house

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Ex-offenders face multiple challenges reintegrating into society, such s finding stable employment, social stigma and discrimination, rebuilding familial relationships and finding new, supportive networks. These mutually reinforcing challenges make it difficult for individuals to build new professional and social circles, which are integral to reintegration into society and re-establishing themselves.

3 organisations have come together for this social impact project.

Upskilling Jamiyah residents by providing training in laptop refurbishment on a sustainable basis

Goals:

to support a strong and healthy learning community among Jamiyah residents as they learn a new skill;
to …
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3 organisations have come together for this social impact project.

Upskilling Jamiyah residents by providing training in laptop refurbishment on a sustainable basis

Goals:

to support a strong and healthy learning community among Jamiyah residents as they learn a new skill;
to offer Jamiyah residents the opportunity to be part of a skills-based network that can potentially serve the broader community beyond the halfway house; and
to leverage on each partner’s strengths to achieve these goals.

Host partner: Jamiyah Darul Islah (registered charity and institution of public character)

Training partner: Engineering Good (registered charity), with partial support from IMDA

Campaign partner: Ray of Hope (registered charity and institution of public character)

How will the funds be used?

Training, logistics, laptop components: $10,290

Campaign management and coordination: $1,290

Encouragement awards and incentive allowance for residents who complete the training programme: [tbc]

About Jamiyah Halfway House (Darul Islah)

Jamiyah Halfway House serves as a centre for rehabilitation of drug abusers to lead a new life before they are released and reintegrated back to the society.

We are the main liaison point with the residents for Moving Forward. It will provide the training venue and ensure that the physical infrastructure is in order: classroom, storage, etc., and select the residents to attend.

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About Engineering Good

EG is a Singapore-based non-profit organisation that connects vulnerable communities through engineering and technology solutions. As a ‘charity for charities’, EG serves over 200 social service agencies in Singapore. We support persons with disabilities (PWDs), low-income families, and other disadvantaged groups.

For Moving Forward, EG will plan the syllabus, conduct the training programme and provide the trainers, training materials, laptops, etc.

About Ray of Hope

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Ray of Hope spearheads the crowdfunding campaign for Moving Forward.

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