NTUC Income AR 2017

Helping Youth-In-Need Be Future-Ready Through Education & Financial Literacy Since primary school, Foxin has had to shift several times from a children’s home to different foster homes, until his most recent move to work at The Salvation Army in 2016. Despite the upheavals, Foxin remains upbeat about the future. “I’ve learnt a lot about de-cluttering and living a minimalistic lifestyle,” he quipped. Since becoming an awardee of the FDP, Foxin can now set aside monthly savings and stop living hand-to-mouth. “I can now see a little further ahead. Hopefully now, I can also pursue my love for painting,” he shared. Foxin is currently a second-year design student at the Singapore Polytechnic. Lin Foxin, 21 “Life is not always fair but you have to find a way to move on.” The Income OrangeAid Future Development Programme (FDP) supports 400 underprivileged tertiary students from the Institutes of Technical Education and Polytechnics annually through bursaries, financial literacy workshops, as well as, personal and career development programmes. By empowering these youths through education and basic financial know-how, we aim to help them break out of their situations and give them the confidence and skill-set to succeed and secure a better future for themselves and their families. Between 2015 and 2017, Income disbursed 1,000 bursaries, amounting to S$2.55 million. More than 150 of our FDP beneficiaries have since graduated from the ITEs or Polytechnics. Of this figure, 55% successfully secured a job while close to 45% progressed to higher institutions of learning, with 93% of them placed in their desired course of study. A’Fowsh Flora, 21 Flora did not buckle when life threw her an unexpected curveball three years ago, when she had to accompany her father for weekly kidney dialysis sessions across the Causeway, while also juggling school, caring for her siblings, and working multiple part-time jobs to supplement her family’s income. The FDP bursary that Flora received meant that she worked lesser part-time and could devote more time to her studies. Flora is now a part-time student at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. “Stay Positive & Press on!” 7 EVERY DAY MADE DIFFERENT ANNUAL REPORT 2017