A Beacon of Hope In Chinatown For Young And Old (15 Mar ‘08)

Yong-en Care Centre was featured in Straits Times on 15 March (Sat) in Charity at Homepage page H9. Click the following link to download the feature:

Copy of Yong-en Feature in Straits Times, 15 March (Saturday)

Yong-en Blog Site
We thank the student project group from Singapore Management University, Raison De’tre, for helping us to engage local “netizens” to be more aware of the plight of dementia clients through an online campaign.Check out the newly created Yong-en Care Centre blog site at http://dementia-ycc.spaces.live.com. This project was also posted on the Strait Times Online Media Portal (STOMP) at http://mediaclub.stomp.com.sg/hotstuff/view/page/1.

Wild Girls (Straits Times 22 Mar ‘08)

The Straits Times on 22 Mar 08 (Sat) had a seven-page feature on “Wild Girls” at our local scene on Pg S14. Yong-en’s Manager (Kids, Teens and Family), Ms Stella Tan was quoted on Pg S2 to comment that most neglected youths misbehave to get their parents to notice them.

Sunny In Their Twilight Years (Straits Times 7 Apr ‘08)

In the article, our home help client Mdm Woo was mentioned to thrive on the activities organized by Yong-en Care Centre nearby her home. She has heard of old people who went back to China healthy but died shortly after because they had no friends and nothing to do there.

A Story Was Told Of Resilience And Self-Reliance (Lianhe Wanbao 24 Apr’08)

Though the price of food and groceries are going up, our home help client Mdm Chan was mentioned to always maintained a positive outlook on life.  It was mentioned that she takes pride in working with her own hands and does not believe in relying on hand-outs.