To thank town council cleaners for keeping the community clean amid the COVID-19 outbreak, two groups banded together to distribute appreciation packs ahead of Hari Raya Puasa.
Interfaith organisation Roses of Peace and youth ground-up initiative IM Collective came up with the Raya Kindness Pack initiative and gathered enough resources to put together 1,000 packs.
The packs were distributed over the past week to town council cleaners in Tanjong Pagar GRC, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC and Jalan Besar GRC.
Roses of Peace founder and president Mohamed Irshad said: “There is a sizeable number working as cleaners day to day and on the front line, but not as much is being done for them.”
In the spirit of Hari Raya, items such as festive cookies, murukku and biscuits were included.
Each pack also contained a thermal bag, a T-shirt with a Singapore-themed design, a towel, a sarong as well as a roll-on perfume.
Mr Irshad, who is also a Nominated MP, added that the vast majority of cleaners are Bangladeshi, but the packs were given out regardless of race or religion.
The items were funded by Our Singapore Fund under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, as well as the Singapore Kindness Movement and religious education outfit SimplyIslam. Our Singapore Fund, announced in 2016, supports projects in the social and community domains initiated by citizens.
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Source: The Straits Times, 25 May 2020