Our Story
“Bringing out the best in every child”
Overview
KidzCare primarily reaches out to primary and secondary school students living in Chai Chee and surrounding neighbourhoods. Since our founding in 2013, we have worked with over 200 children and youths, and benefited from the help of more than 100 volunteers and partnerships with over 30 organizations. KidzCare is a non-profit initiative driven by volunteers. KidzCare runs a series of free programmes for children and youth who may require additional support. Our mission is to ensure every child is given the opportunities to succeed in life, regardless of family background and household resources.
Who we help
KidzCare serves children and youth living in Chai Chee and nearby areas, particularly those living in public rental flats. We aim to ensure every child has the opportunities to succeed regardless of financial status, family situation, or other personal challenges.
What we do
KidzCare provides holistic developmental support to our beneficiaries. We have academic programmes (e.g. tuition, tutoring, reading), enrichment programmes (e.g. digital skills, sports, excursions), and character development programmes (e.g. community service).
Mission
Giving every child the chance to succeed
How we started
It all began with a group of children loitering around void decks even till late at night… We started KidzCare 9 years ago when we noticed many parents living in the rental flats are unable to provide the guidance which the children need in their formative years. Children are loitering around void decks even till late at night, which makes them vulnerable to negative influences from older youths, some children do not even go to school and financial constraints also limit their opportunities. Through interaction, we feel that there is a need for us to intervene and help the children. We noticed many older children cannot even understand simple English and many children actually retain in their primary levels. We garnered a few friends and started KidzCare with the objective to provide additional support to these children in this neighbourhood.
Over years, KidzCare has grown from a humble beginning with a few foldable chairs and tables borrowed from the nearby senior activity center to place at the open pavilion where “Homework Club” took place to air-conditioned classrooms. Our goal of reaching out to and remaining embedded in the community has remained constant. We are committed to actively reaching out to more children through house visits, referrals and other outreach events.
Our Logo
Our KidzCare logo is chosen by our children. This logo design is adapted from our previous logo which portrays an adult holding the hands of a child. The 2 children in our new KidzCare logo are illustrated as if they are running on a field, this is to portray the playful and youthful nature of children during play. The child on the right has a heart logo above his hand which represents KidzCare’s role, to provide ‘Care & Love’ to the children. The use of soft and soothing pastel colours in the logo is to evoke a sense of openness and relaxation as well as to amplify the youthful characteristics of Children. The saturation of the red hue has been tone down as compared to the earlier versions to complement the pastel colours of the logo.
Our Journey
- 7 Dec 2013 – We started KidzCare with our first outing to Singapore City Centre and Snow City. An outing that had inspired the children to work hard so that they see the real snow in the future
- 9 Mar 2014 – We had our first outing sponsored by a corporation. Our children actually caught a small snake at Bollywood Vegetable Farm.
- 25 May 2014 –We started our outreach by setting up booths at events and schools to recruit volunteers for our programmes.
- 26 Jun 2014 – Homework Club started at an open air pavilion with foldable tables and chairs borrowed from the nearby Senior Activity Centre.
- 13 Dec 2014 – We had our first volunteer appreciation at the community club to thank our volunteer
- 11 Jan 2015 – We moved our Homework Club to the nearby Resident Committee Centre to provide our children with a more conducive environment for learning.
- 15 Mar 2015 – With the support of the parents, we kicked off our KidzCare Mentoring Club where we paired each child with a mentor(s) to maintain regular contact and guide them positively.
- 2 Apr 2015 – Our first partnership with YMCA, we introduced a weekly swimming programmes to our lower primary students.
- 16 Apr 2015 – We organized our first PSLE preparation programmes for our primary 6 students.
- 18 Dec 2015 – We had our first collaboration with ESR which lead to many more in the future. Our children enjoyed their time at SEA Aquarium.
- 13 Feb 2016 – We arranged for our children to prepare meals for their parents under Food for Love programme by YMCA.
- 19 Aug 17 – We introduced a Ukulele programme where our children held a mini concert for their parents after their 10 weeks of lessons.
- 17 Oct 17 – We organized our first Children Day Carnival at Ping Yi Secondary School. We invited more than 200 parents and children to participate in activities like bubble soccer and taking a joy ride around the estate in vintage cars.
- 10 Nov 18 – We organized our second Children Day Carnival. The children had participated in activities like nerf gun battle, archery, remote controlled car racing. At the end of the carnival, we invited our children to a toy buffet set up by our volunteers for them to choose any toys that they like.
- 22 Jun 19 – Our KidzCare Futsal Team won the 3rd and 4th place in SG CARE Futsal Tournament.
- 2 Jul 19 – We had our own air-conditioned classrooms at ESR Business Park with the help of ESR.
- 8 Jul 19 – We started another weekly Homework Club session at Sun Love Study Spot.
- 8 Apr 20 – In the midst of COVID, we introduced an online version of Homework Club where parents and children can post questions on a dedicated WhatsApp chat group and our group of volunteers will respond to it.
Ways to help
KidzCare welcomes your valuable support, whether in the form of volunteerism, gifts for the children, cash donations and/or corporate sponsorship. Till date, we do not charge families any fees for our programmes and we will continue to adhere to this principle
Volunteer
We look forward to you joining us on this fulfilling journey where hope shines! Leave us a message! We will contact you within 5 working days.
CSR at KidzCare
KidzCare is seeking the kind generosity of corporate sponsors who aim to align their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) cause with helping our children and families. It is with your kind support that we are able to continue providing the best support for our children.