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PROGRAMMES
MILK ensures that help provided is holistic and transformational
to the family by bringing together resources and committed partners.
MILK also hopes to ensure sustainable work of impact to the society.
We focus on the following broad areas of work for our preventative
and rehabilitative programmes:We support children in need who suffer from chronic treatable illnesses or disabilities such as thalassaemia, diabetes, epilepsy, turner's syndrome and hormonal disorders. With medical attention, they are able to live as normal a life as possible. MILK extends its helping hand not only to the children but the affected families as well. In Singapore, we provide general educational assistance and help children from disadvantaged backgrounds gain access to early childhood education, thus developing a learning foundation that will give them an equal footing in life. Through our partners overseas, thousands of children receive assistance for their education and vocational training. We are dedicated to reducing delinquency among children and youth from less privileged backgrounds by providing guidance, care, protection and resources that keep young people in school and out of trouble. We provide alternatives and support to teenagers in crisis so that they do not have to resort to drastic measures. MILK supports various programmes that offer alternatives to troubled teenagers and the various forms of help available such as shelter, medical assistance and counselling. Where no other funding is available, MILK assists with initial or interim funding to meet inadequately met or unmet needs whilst working to plug the gaps. For example, ATF top-up subsidy for children who are unable to provide their co-payment for the assistive devices they need and the Compassion Fund for students whose families maybe in crisis due to a sudden death, accident or illness of a significant family member so as to prevent the family from spirally into poverty. MILK believes that part of its mission is to contribute towards the welfare of poor children in the region. As we are a small organisation, we have identified partners in various regions to implement programmes that assist needy children, and at the same time, we look for donors who are keen to support a specific project. The work overseas specifically focuses on working with ‘impoverished’ communities to improve their primary health care, education, maternal/infant care and disease prevention programmes. Our efforts have taken us to Fujian Province [Luo Yuan County] in China, Timor-Leste, Thailand and the Philippines. The work overseas specifically focuses on working with marginalized communities to improve their primary health care, education, maternal/infant care, and disease prevention programmes. |
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