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Epworth Community Services had the honour to host President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Ms Jane Ittogi on their visit on Epworth’s centres this week on 20 February 2024.

President Tharman and Mrs Tharman visited Epworth’s Literacy Centre (Jurong West) which runs early intervention programmes for children with learning needs. They had an opportunity to chat with a few of the children during their intervention classes.  

They also visited Epworth’s Centre for Positive Recovery (CPR), which works with children and youths to help them heal from their adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) through trauma-informed therapy. 

We really appreciated President Tharman’s support through his visit as Epworth Community Services continues to help the less privileged and underserved communities in Singapore. 

For me, it was such an honour to be part of Epworth’s host team! It has been a blessing to serve with Epworth in various capacities in the past two years. I just did not imagine that it would lead to meeting President Tharman and Mrs Tharman! They were both so warm and friendly to everyone, which created a relaxed atmosphere through their visit.

Epworth staff present that day were hoping for a photo with President Tharman and Mrs Tharman at the end of their visit, which they readily agreed to!

(Photo credits: Photos 1&5: Ministry of Communications and Information, Photos 2,3&4: Epworth Community Services)

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This October, in commemoration of Children’s Day weekend & World Mental Health Month, my charity-creative buddy Josef Lee and I have produced our 4th community e-book!

I Really, Really Don’t Feel Well is Josef’s and my gift to our community to raise awareness of children struggling with traumatic stress. We hope that our inspirational children’s picture book will raise awareness that early detection and timely intervention can help children to cope better with distressing and traumatic events in their lives.

This e-book resource is produced as our voluntary community initiative in support of Epworth Community Services’ work in early intervention and support services in trauma-informed care.

You can download the FREE e-book from my blogsite.

Link is also here in this post:

Together, we can look out for these children in our community and provide them with the support that they need!

So, please help to share this e-book widely with families and friends caring for and working with children 12 years old and below!

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I was asked to contribute an article to Epworth Moments on my personal story, with a focus on how resilience played a part.

I believe my journey was one of searching for a lost voice and finding a new God-given voice. It was when I discovered that in my brokenness of voice, I have worth in my Maker’s eyes. I’m grateful for this writing voice of over 15 years now.

Epworth Moments is the official publication of Epworth Community Services, a non-profit social services agency that focuses on promoting mental well-being of children and youths by building strong families and imparting skills for resilient living.

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