Help the homeless in Singapore! New Hope Community Services, a voluntary welfare organisation which provides shelter to men-in-crisis and displaced families, is organising a fundraising concert ‘Multi Racial Charity Ride’ on 16 May 2009, Saturday, 7.30pm at Republic Polytechnic, TRCC Theatre.
Guest-of-honour: Mr. K. Shanmugam, Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs.
It’s a concert not to be missed! Expect high energy and feel good tunes with performances by :
Suhaimi Yusof
Ismail Haron
Mathilda
Violet 97.2FM
Pamela Wildheart
The Pinholes, Shabir
James Lin, Moliano
Moses Vadham.
Make a donation of $45 for each ticket. Tickets are available at Trumpet Praise Book Store, #04-06, Junction 8@Bishan or Muzika Rekod, Joo Chiat Complex.
For ticket bookings, call Ms Leah Tan at 6755 5560. www.newhopecs.org.sg
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Invite all e stupid MPs to attend and let them see e reality in society!
Whoa! Why are so many events falling on 16th May? First, there’s the Singapore Animal Welfare Symposium, then there’s the Pinkdot event, and then this! Unfortunately, I’ve registered for the first, so I’ll have to let this pass.
And I think it’d be better to publicise as early as possible… 16th May is this Saturday, and it’s kinda late for this poster to go up, isn’t it?
It’s because the SUN aspects Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune on 16th May 09. A special day, highly energised day with jammed packed activities. A day not for the faint hearted. On this day also Saturn turns direct n ends it’s retrograde. So u can except forward march from than on. Push on fellas!
Good ainitiative by the New Hope Community to minister to the homeless.
Ia m sure with thsi recession, many will be made homeless especially with sky high HDB flat prices.
A few days left to Charity Concert and we need all the help out there to help promote this event. Those who cannot make it are welcome to support his event by making a donation to New Hope Community Services. Help us spread the message of hope to the displaced families and the homeless men. Call Ms Leah Tan at 67555560 for more information
>>Help the homeless in Singapore
>>Make a donation of $45 for each ticket.
where u think these $$ eventually go into? no need another NKF fraud
it will be good if ticket bearers know how much of the proceeds actually go towards the the use for these homeless.
there are too much disappointment in charity, from the nkf to the ming yi case.
there are many people who are willing to contribute to the cause of charity, transparency is truly needed.
$45 for 1 ticket?
How about $2 for one ticket, but feel free to top up to any amount?
Singapore charity….see bey expensive.
To some families, $45 is a month’s food budget.
Usually funding by NCSS and/or Community Chest provides for only about 40% of the actual operating budget of any Voluntary Welfare Organisation. If the VWOs do not raise funds, they would have to eventually close down the work. There are hundreds of charities doing good in Singapore. Of the hundreds, only 3 (NKF, Ren Ci and Youth Challenge) have had bad governance. it is unfair to the other charities to be judged by the minorities.
In the case of New Hope Community Services, if they are not able to raise enough funds, the shelters for the displaced families and the men-in-crisis (the only ones in Singapore), may have to be closed down. Please support this fund-raising effort of New Hope Community Services.
I think the money will send to MP pockets for their contribution to SG.
If thats going to real, i will chase them for good!
u chase them they chase u out of spore, cos u r not part of the famiLEE
I have been homeless at several points in my life. Contrary to popular belief, most homeless did not become so out of choice and not because they are lazy, stupid, or immoral. Many homeless people are victims of abuse in the form of neglect and abandonment by their parents or other caregivers. Some of them are simply victims of life’s tragedies, such as hurricanes, fires, or other catastrophes from which they simply don’t have the resources to recover. I invite you to my blog devoted to raising awareness on homelessness: http://www.freethegods.com. There you will find an article I wrote on homelessness and pictures I have taken of homeless people. I always give them a dollar or two for the privilege of photographing them. I am often surprised by their cheerfulness and sense of pride. Often, they will show themselves to have some kind of talent. There is a fine line between genius and insanity.
How many homeless people are there in Singapore, I believe just a small numbers compared to the huge numbers of foreign workers who required the government to build dormitories for them. Can’t just the government come out the money to build one huge dormitory to house them and provide their daily needs after the amount of money involved are peanuts to the government. I believe the government can if it do not treat this as an economic project.
Good initiative
Congratulation for the successful event .May GOD bless all the donators,volunteers and Commitee members for the contribution to NEW HOPE,
by noble Rider!
singapore got homeless people?
I definately agree with that