Global Schools Foundation has donated S$250K towards community development and welfare funds of Citizens Consultative Committees (CCC) of six constituencies in Singapore during the time of Covid-19 crises, as part of their initiatives to social responsibility.
The donation, which was raised by teachers and staff by contributing a portion of their next three months’ salaries, comes at a time when Covid-19 has severely impacted the poor and the low-income segment, particularly those who may have lost their jobs or income as a result of this crisis.
As part of #GIIS-United & #OWIS-United, GSF donated to the six community organizations including “Tanjong Pagar – Tiong Bahru CCC Community Development and Welfare Fund”, “Joo Chiat CCC Community Development Welfare Fund”, “Buona Vista CCC Community Development And Welfare Fund”, “Punggol North Community CCC Community Development And Welfare Fund”, “Tampines CCC Community Development And Welfare Fund” and “Taman Jurong CCC Community Development and Welfare Fund”. GSF has donated S$50k to each of the above CCC CDWF which will go towards helping the needy or the most distressed through food vouchers, and other social means.
“In #SGUnited, ours is a humble contribution towards the community, to ensure that the most vulnerable in the society get the right kind of help at the right time,” said Mr Atul Temurnikar, Executive Chairman of GSF - which runs the Global Indian International School and the One World International School in Singapore and other parts of the world.
“The CCC’s are already doing an outstanding job and they have an absolute pulse on these needy people and would be able to respond quickly to their specific needs”, explained Mr Temurnikar on why GSF chose to work with the CCCs.
“At a time when many companies are encouraging employees to take voluntary pay cuts to help with the bottom line, we strongly felt the urgency, instead, to help the needy in our own way,” he said. “Our teachers and staff applaud all the frontline health care contributors and our Migrant workers from the bottom of their hearts and have generously contributed to this social cause because each one of us appreciates their contributions in making Singapore the beautiful home that it is for all of us.”
The initiative is part of the Corporate Social Responsibility of GSF which has in the past made extensive donations for public welfare and social causes which will benefit the communities in Singapore,
GSF has contributed nearly S$1.25 million towards the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) towards curriculum development and as well as supporting tuition programmes and educational needs of students who come from lower-income strata of society.
“As social distancing and circuit breaker measures have come into force, many have lost a source of income,” Mr Temurnikar observed. “Ours is just a small helping hand to ensure that our overall social structure remains strong, and no one is left behind in this time of crisis.”
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