It started with an idea to help children from needy families pass the time at home during the circuit breaker period.
Since then, national golfer Jen Goh and three friends have put together “survival kits” for these children, and distributed them to 192 families in the past few weeks, mostly by post.
The Tinker Kit, as the group calls it, consists of craft materials, activity sheets, reflection journals and simple science experiments such as plant-growing kits.
Most of the families live in Woodlands, Choa Chu Kang and Yishun.
As a volunteer for nearly two years with the Milk and Diapers Programme in a Catholic charity, Ms Goh said she found out from parents that kids are stuck at home with nothing to do.
She roped in friends to start the project, HopeFull, to tap community resources and help these families. They are Ms Wilshia Maruli, a digital marketing and creative strategist, Ms Victoria Chen, an arts entrepreneur and Ms Nur Hadziqah, who works in branding and public relations.
HopeFull now has 10 volunteers – some of whom are local athletes and artists – who provide the content for the kits.
They include former national sprinter U.K. Shyam, basketballer Ng Han Bin and cyclist Calvin Sim.
HopeFull, which is supported by Mr Mark Richmond, team lead of Team Singapore, plans for the boxes to be sent to the families on a regular basis, even after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Source: The Straits Times, 1 June 2020