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We enable businesses, non-profits and communities to achieve higher impact through our core focus work in impact monitoring and evaluation and social sector research, capacity building and CSR consultancy services.

Our Purpose

To support poverty alleviation and reduction of inequalities in communities in ASEAN.

Our Vision

Strive to be enablers for social change through our social impact developmental work.

Our Mission

Enable businesses, non- profits and communities to achieve higher impact through our core focus work.

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Social Connex Series

To Toda day: Where Basic Ne Needs Are No Not Met

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Where Basic Needs Are Not Met.

Why are we here today?

“Inequality is often studied as an objective fact, a question of

• numbers. It is of course that. But the numbers are derivative – they

are drawn from patterns of social realities, but do not fully describe

the realities themselves.

Inequality, as a social phenomenon, is experiential. It is a lived reality, felt in everyone’s everyday lives. These lived experiences tell us important things about how inequality is enacted and everyday reproduced.

Youngest son stage 4 cancer patient. Sick and wheelchair bound, no income. Unemployed, Husband in prison. Husband sole breadwinner, 4 kids schooling. Eldest daughter has 2 types of cancer. Youngest son stage 4 cancer patient.

Is there a need complement existing help? Is there a gap in provision of Basic Needs?

Is there a Basic Needs Gap?

Is there a Basic Needs Gap?

12 Lives. Hardships and Pains.

• 1. Low Income Families With Children
• 2. People with Health Issues
• 3. Seniors

Name Eileen

Age 48 Employment status Part-time worker at a Japanese restaurant Marital Status and Partner Single Mother, Divorced

• No. of

children 2

Obstacles

• Inability to fight for child support.
• Unable to get full-time work.
• Cannot receive financial assistance

due to living with her mother.

• Cannot take advantage of Child

Development Account (CDA)

• Fears that subsidies will be taken

away if she gets a better job.

Her wish is for her children to be able to eat and live well, not to struggle daily.

Name Mdm Ho

Age 73 Employment status Unemployed Marital Status and Partner Married to a 75 yo husband who suffered a stroke.

• No. of

children 3

Obstacles

• Hard to get by when both adults are

unable to work.

• Has just enough to get by, but it

would be hard if there were unforeseen circumstances.

• Lack of awareness about government

support.

Her wish is that one day she will no longer have to worry about tomorrow.

Basic Need Gaps

a) Lack of jobs with sufficient income for basic needs. b) Poor food nutrition. c) Insecure housing. d) Insufficient support for quality education. e) Poor mental well being.

“A basic standard of living in Singapore is

about, but more than just, housing, food and

• clothing. It is about having opportunities to

education, employment and work-life balance, as well as access to healthcare.”

Source: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/government-economy/single-elderly-households-in-singapore-need-s1379-a-month-for-basic-needs-study

12 Lives. Hardships and Pains.

Key challenges faced by those who lack basic needs

Criteria of some program eligibility are inflexible.

Because of unusual and different circumstances, some people might fall through the cracks of program eligibility. Benefits do not seem consistent to the beneficiaries as they are dispensed on a case-by-case basis. Public schemes (e.g. housing) are pro- family, and favour nuclear families than single-parent families.

Unemployment concerns: difficulty in finding a suitable job.

• Marginalised individuals may not have a good

education and are often in blue-collar jobs with low pay.

• Marginalised individuals may have complicated

personal/family issues which hinder them their ability to commit in a full time, permanent job.

• Better program benefits are only given to

employed individuals (e.g. childcare subsidies)

“The Poverty Line”: the minimum level

• f income deemed adequate in a

country.

Poll time: How much do you need to meet basic needs in Singapore?

$1,250

Average Household Expenditure on Basic Needs (AHEBN) NUS LKY School of Public Policy’s study in 2019*

*single elderly households, >65 and without illness; single persons aged 55-64

$1,250 – $1,500 per month $1,370 – $1,721 per month

Measures of ‘poverty’ in Singapore: How much is needed to meet basic needs?

How do they work?

• People either post items they would like to bless, or

request items to receive.

• Other members of the Group would then request

for the item in the comments, usually mentioning their circumstances.

Blessing Groups

Priority Items to Bless

• Home Appliances – Ovens, Fridges, TVs, Washing Machines
• Infant Care Items – Milk Powder, Diapers, Potty’s, Strollers. Clothing
• Usable furniture – Tables, Beds, Wardrobes
• Wet and Dry Food
• NTUC vouchers

Priority Items to Bless

• Home Appliances – Ovens, Fridges, TVs, Washing Machines
• Infant Care Items – Milk Powder, Diapers, Potty’s, Strollers. Clothing
• Usable furniture – Tables, Beds, Wardrobes
• Wet and Dry Food
• NTUC vouchers

Focused Blessings can make a direct difference to their lives.

Key Challenges to Address Basic Needs Gaps

• 1. Criteria of some program eligibility are rigid.
• 2. Unemployment concerns: difficulties finding a suitable job.

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What can you do?

Social Health Growth

www.socialhealthgrowth.org shgsupport@socialhealthgrowth.org @SHGSocialHealthGrowth @SocialHealthGrowth

• Donate for their various work for underprivileged children and low-income

families

• Volunteer for their financial literacy class, women empowerment programmes,

enrichment lessons for underprivileged children and computer literacy lessons

https://tinyurl.com/ SHGcampaigns

Keeping Hope Alive

Keeping Hope Alive

• Donate for their work with low-income families at rental flats.

Donate preloved items in good condition to their beneficiaries who genuinely need them.

• Volunteer for their weekly Sunday visits to low-income families at rental flats. Check their

Facebook every Friday for the location and time. Restarting after CB.

OpenJio

@OpenJioSG @OpenJio @OpenJio

Soristic’s initiative

Fundraising for the Child Development Accounts (CDA) of underprivileged children

Low income families have no spare cash to set aside for their children's educational and medical expenses. Contribute $10, $25 or $50 once-off or monthly to asset-build for primary school children from low-income families.

• Matched 100% by the government.
• Used only for educational and healthcare

expenses

www.giving.sg/campaigns /cdafundraiser

Soristic x Social Health Growth CDA Fundraiser

www.soristic.asia connect@soristic.asia @soristic @soristic Keeping Hope Alive www.socialhealthgrowth.org shgsupport@socialhealthgrowth.org @SHGSocialHealthGrowth @SocialHealthGrowth @OpenJioSG @OpenJio @OpenJio

Watch out for our upcoming event on the impact of covid-19 within Singapore!! Soristic x Social Health Growth CDA Fundraiser Social Health Growth General Fundraiser

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