This is a project for the BB Citizenship Stage 2 Module.

1. Recognition of Poverty
Timothy James Chong
Jonathan Foo Ming En
Matthew Aw

2. Introduction…
 We are from the Boys’ Brigade 12th(I) Singapore company.
 Our goal is to show you the conditions that Singaporean
citizens who earn below the average income live in.
 We want to show you how many citizens, just because the
barely meet the average income rate, are neglected by
charities as they are deemed by the government to be able to
live a comfortable life.

4. Singapore Today…
 That picture was of a family of 7 living in a four-room HDB
flat.
 Mr Ang works as a driver and only earns $800 a month, while
his wife is a homemaker.
 In the family, 4 of their children are visually-impaired; 2 of the
oldest children attend daycare at the Singapore Association
for the Visually Handicapped.
 Their fourth child is studying in polytechnic and the other 2
have behavioral issues, which prevents them from further
education.

5. Singapore Today…
 It’s these sort of people that many organizations are trying to
help to their best ability, those who truly need it.
 Our aim as a group is to do the same too; but we have a
different target audience.
 There are 105,000 households in the bottom 10% of the
income scale, the working poor, yet there is no readily
available information on the number of retired and
unemployed households that are struggling financially.
 It is our aim to help those who do not meet the criteria to
receive financial aid from the Ministry of Social and Family
Development.

6. Singapore Today…
Sales
Low Income
Middle Income
High Income

7. Singapore Today…
 Recently, the Straits Times had released an article, urging
the government to define poverty in Singapore.
 Mr Mohammed Faizal and his wife have 5 children, whose
ages range from 3 to 12. Although Mr Faizal has a monthly
income of $2000, it is difficult for him as he has two jobs
working as a security guard taking the night shift and a clerk
during the day.
 Mr Faizal works everyday to support his family and rarely do
his children see him at home.

8. Organizations…
 Methodist Welfare Services is an organization that shares
similar values as us.
 Their aim is to be a leading organization that exemplifies
God’s love, enabling the poor and the needy to have life to
the full.
 Similarly, we also share the same vision in wanting to meet
the poor’s physical needs and spread the gospel through
such means.

9. Methodist Welfare Services
 They currently have:
 Children and Youth Services
 Family Services
 Elderly, Sick and Destitute Services
 These services are targeted at specific groups and have
different schemes of work under it.

10. Appeal to Public
 We hope that after this presentation, you know how the poor
in Singapore truly need your support and every $ counts
toward helping a family in need.