Dear RGS Class of 1991 & friends,

Congratulations on hitting your campaign’s fundraising goal of $30,000! 

A sincere thanks to the 114 donors who donated to give hope and opportunities to women who have fallen through society’s safety nets. You are now part of the Ray of Hope community, with our promise that 100% of your donations will go to the beneficiaries. 

$11,794 has already been disbursed to 13 women over the course of this 2-month campaign, and the remaining sum of $18,696 will continue to be used to empower women through the newly-created Empowering Women Giving Circle. 

Your encouraging words to the beneficiaries are also deeply appreciated:

“Don’t lose hope. There are still people who care. You must be strong too … hang on to see the light at the end of the tunnel!”

“In the spirit of our school’s motto: Filiae Melioris Aevi. Here’s hope for a better future for all women.”

Once again, thank you for giving back to the community! We hope that you will continue your giving journey with Ray of Hope.

Tan En

General Manager, Ray of Hope

1. Ace
2. Catty
3. Mdm Chan
4. Devi
5. Mdm Faziahna
6. Mdm Jainah
7. Mdm Mages
8. Nur
9. Rita
10. Mdm Ro
11. Ruby
12. Rumi
13. Mdm See

… and counting. The good work continues through the Empowering Women Giving Circle.

The Class of ’91 Empowering Women Fund disbursement update: The Fund contributed towards Ruby’s crowdfunding campaign, to provide her with some support while she works out her finances and employment. Ruby is a 31-year old single mother currently co-sharing an open market rental flat. She has 2 young children under her charge, aged 11 and 5 – the older child is currently residing in a shelter while the younger child is under foster care. As she is of Vietnamese citizenship holding a Long Term Visit Pass (LTVP) in Singapore, she is not eligible for financial assistance from the government. Unfortunately, she is experiencing difficulty securing stable employment. The odd jobs that she took up in the past few months, including freelance make up jobs, ad-hoc painting and food delivery jobs, allowed her to receive about $500, while her flat rental fee is $950 a month. With a long term goal of providing her children a better life, she hopes to secure more stable employment soon to better care for herself and her children. https://rayofhope.sg/campaign/ruby-2

Thank you for donating towards the Empowering Women Fund to help more women such as Ruby as they seek to rise above the life challenges they are currently facing. ❤https://rayofhope.sg/campaign/rgs91-empoweringwomen/

The Class of ’91 Empowering Women Fund has made a disbursement to Nur, a resilient mother with a painful past. Having survived countless hardships growing up, including sexual abuse, Nur has picked herself up and courageously moved on in life. She is now married with 4 young children aged 1 to 5. Her husband is the sole breadwinner and while he tries his best to provide for his family, Nur hopes to start work as well to help with the family’s finances. The funds disbursed to Nur will go towards skills upgrading and family grocery expenses. Learn more about Nur’s story: https://rayofhope.sg/campaign/Nur

Contribute to the Empowering Women Fund here: https://rayofhope.sg/campaign/rgs91-empoweringwomen/ 🙏
100% of your donations will go towards the women in need, and all beneficiaries are fully verified. ❤

Grateful thanks to everyone who shared with your family and friends about the Empowering Women Fund! With the donations, disbursements could be made to more beneficiaries.

A recent beneficiary of the fund is Mdm Rumi, a single mother staying in a rental flat with her elderly mother and 2 children, aged 6 and 1. Mdm Rumi faced financial distress as her ex-husband has refused to provide regular financial support, and she encountered difficulties securing employment due to her caregiving duties at home. Her elder daughter is due to start Primary School next year and she hopes to enroll her younger daughter in a childcare facility so that she can focus on full-time employment to provide for her family.

The Empowering Women Fund contributed towards Mdm Rumi’s crowdfunding campaign, which will go towards childcare registration fee and groceries expenses. https://rayofhope.sg/campaign/rumi-2

The fundraising for the Empowering Women Fund continues, and every donation matters. Thank You ❤https://rayofhope.sg/campaign/rgs91-empoweringwomen/

RGS Class of ’91 Empowering Women Fund: A disbursement update! The Fund has contributed to Mdm Mages’ ongoing crowdfunding campaign. Mdm Mages struggles every day with permanent leg injuries from a vehicle accident. She also suffered from domestic abuse and is trying her best to provide for her 11-year-old daughter by working more overtime hours, despite her leg injuries. Even so, she only brings home $700+ a month, so she has proactively sought to upgrade herself at Lifelong Learning Institute in hopes of better job prospects. The funds raised for Mdm Mages will go towards defraying her groceries expenses during this period while she works on up-skilling. Read more about her campaign here: https://rayofhope.sg/campaign/mages/

We are still a long way away from our Empowering Women Fund target of $30,000. No donation is too small, and do continue to share about this initiative to family and friends! Thank You! https://rayofhope.sg/campaign/rgs91-empoweringwomen/

We have reached the 18% mark in our fundraising goal of $30,000 for the Empowering Women Fund! Still some way to go, but we would like to assure our donors that while the fundraising continues, the donations are already being used to help women in need.

Mdm Faziahna, a single mother of 4 school-going children, encountered difficulties in getting fully paid for her work as a full-time school cleaner. Her supervisors also ignored her requests for her last pay slips, which were needed to renew her social assistance.

Desperate to provide for her children, Mdm Faziahna embarked on a search for new employment. The Empowering Women Fund helped to complete her crowdfunding campaign, with the funds going towards daily necessities for her children. You can read more about her story here: https://rayofhope.sg/campaign/mdm-faziahna-2

The Empowering Women Fund aims to encourage women to persevere and seek a better life, even if they are faced with challenging circumstances. If you would like to contribute towards this cause, please consider donating and sharing about the fund with family and friends. Or, how about making it a fun event with your RGS classmates/ECA mates? Perhaps a bake sale for the bakers amongst us, or a charity run for the sporty folks? Or it could even be an auction of RGS keepsakes from 30 years ago! Let your creative juices run wild! https://rayofhope.sg/campaign/rgs91-empoweringwomen/

A big Thank You to everyone who has donated to the Empowering Women Fund since its launch on 5 September! We are pleased to update that the first disbursements have been made with the initial donations. One beneficiary is Mdm Chan, who is a single mother of a 20-month old boy. Mdm Chan’s employment was disrupted by the Covid-19 heightened measures and she was struggling to support her child alone. The Empowering Women Fund helped to complete the crowdfunding campaign for her, so that she has some financial aid to tide through this difficult time while she secures employment. You can read more about her story at: https://rayofhope.sg/campaign/mdm-chan/
Would you like to help more women like Mdm Chan? The Empowering Women Fund has just passed the 10% mark of our fundraising goal of $30,000. So we have some way to go, and many more people we can help. Please consider donating, and sharing this with your family and friends. All fundraising campaigns are fully verified, so that you know your donations will go towards real needs. https://rayofhope.sg/campaign/rgs91-empoweringwomen/