My First Skool Food and Nutrition Programme – Feeding Mind, Body and Soul

Testimonial from beneficiary – Mdm Lisa and Chloe (not their real name)

‘Mdm Lisa, a single mother lives with her daughter Chloe in a rented flat. Mdm Lisa is currently helping out at her parent’s food store while actively looking for a job. She shared that it is not easy to provide milk and daily necessities to the table – spending most of her monthly income of about S$200-S$300 on daily necessities for her child and herself.’

With the support of this program, it helped lessen some of their financial burdens and help tide them over these trying times. She shared how beneficial the food pack is to her child, because of the program, Chloe is now able to enjoy more nutritious food, grow and learn better in school. In addition, she also mentioned how the workshop will help widen her knowledge which she can then apply in her cooking in the future. 

Testimony from beneficiary – Mr Teo and Ming Fa

‘Mr Teo and his family currently reside in a rented flat. Both parents are currently unemployed and face financial constraints. While the mother is the main caregiver of their two children, Mr Teo is proactively looking for possible employment opportunities. Mr Teo and his family spend about half of their monthly finances of about S$600-S$700 on daily necessities.’ 

They mentioned that the Food and Nutrition Programme, helps Mr Teo lessen his financial burden with the food pack and daily necessities provided. He also mentioned that his child likes drinking milk and the milk provided in the food pack helps to support his child’s nutrition and growth. Similar to Mdm Lisa and Chloe’s story, Mr Teo mentioned that the workshops would help impart knowledge to him enabling him to cook nutritious and delicious meals for his family in the future. Through this program, Mr Teo was able to learn how to cook macaroni with carrots that that family enjoy a lot.

From both testimonials, we can see how important this program is to the beneficiaries. A child’s nutritional needs and development should never be compromised and overlooked.

• Monthly household incomes of S$4500 or less OR Monthly per capita income of S$1125 or less 
• And the child is enrolled in NTUC First Campus’ My First Skool (MFS)  

Share with them that they can write to NTUC My First Skool for additional support.

A child’s nutrition is the first step to having a good start to their education. Let’s not deprive the younger generation of basic daily necessities. Do lend a helping hand and together we can overcome poverty in Singapore.