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E: Example of how the role helps
O: Outcomes of the role
L: Link to Question Focus

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You will:
- Understand one social problem in Singapore
- Explore how various groups has contributed to meet the needs of society
- Apply your understanding and knowledge to an SRQ Q7 using DEOL

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S'porean family sets up weekly free food pantry for needy

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Food Bank delivers excess food to the needy in Singapore

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Going Hungry In Singapore, A Cheap Food Paradise

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Singapore is famous for its cheap hawker food, including the cheapest Michelin-starred meal in the world. Why does hunger, or food insecurity, still exist in this city?

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SINGAPORE: The Government will provide free food and drinks for vulnerable families in the heartlands as part of a new islandwide initiative, South West District Mayor Low Yen Ling said in Parliament on Thursday (Feb 27).

"Community Development Councils (CDC) have been working together for a while to launch an islandwide initiative to provide meals in the heartlands for vulnerable families," she said in her Budget debate speech.

"The upcoming free meals and drinks schemes will be redeemable at participating coffee shops, food courts and heartland enterprises. Details are currently being worked out and will be released in due course."

The initiative comes after Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced in his Budget speech on Feb 18 that CDCs will get a S$20 million boost to do more for the community.

The fund injection is part of a S$1.6 billion Care and Support Package to help Singaporeans with household expenses amid the economic slowdown and COVID-19 outbreak.

The new initiative will complement the package and bring business to heartland food joints and coffee shops that have been hit by the economic slowdown, said Ms Low, who is also the Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Manpower.

"In the past few years, some constituencies have been working with heartland businesses and retailers to meet the nutritional needs of low-income families," she added.

"The mayors welcome the S$20 million injection of funds, which will provide additional resources for us to scale up these efforts across the nation and reach out to more of those in need, as well as boost the support for local businesses and heartland enterprises."

Ms Low expects the meals in the heartlands initiative to benefit 100,000 vulnerable families, stating that each CDC will administer the scheme accordingly to meet the needs of residents.

"Being able to have a decent meal is a form of security and support key to boosting the resilience of families in need," she said.

Currently, each of the five CDCs has schemes to provide meals for those in need. For instance, the North West CDC maintains a food aid fund to distribute food vouchers, cooked food and food rations to the vulnerable.
MORE HELP FOR LOWER-WAGE FAMILIES
Ms Low was speaking after some Members of Parliament (MP) stressed the need to help vulnerable communities.

For example, Nominated MP Lim Sun Sun described from experience how children from poor families who received monthly food goodie bags saw improved grades after parents used the leftover money for transport to school.

Beyond financial measures like GST and grocery vouchers, however, Professor Lim urged for more systematic mentorship for less advantaged children so they can be inspired by those who have overcome similar circumstances.

"We therefore need to invest strategically in more after-school programmes, where students from lower income families are offered targeted academic support and career guidance in order to bridge the privilege gap," she said.

When it comes to inequality, fellow Nominated MP Walter Theseira said the COVID-19 outbreak is likely to hurt the livelihoods of those who already live "precarious economic lives".

One solution, Associate Professor Theseira said, was to pay and respect low-wage workers better, as he highlighted how major companies like SMRT and Capitaland have restructured and reduced the wages of senior management staff amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

"They are important not just for the morale of frontline staff, who may yet face cost-cutting measures, but they also send a signal that the risks and costs of COVID-19 should be socially distributed," he said.

Assoc Prof Theseira said more efforts this year should go to protecting and increasing the wages of lower-paid Singaporeans by "restraining and restructuring" the wages of the more fortunate, including MPs.

"Let me suggest that this year, we orient all efforts towards protecting and even increasing the wages of lower-paid Singaporeans, and paying for it by restraining and restructuring the wages of those higher up - which would include, I would suggest, Honourable Members as leaders in their own professions," he added.
SUPPORTING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Meanwhile, other MPs said more could also be done for those with special needs.

This is despite the new Enabling Employment Credit scheme, also announced during the Budget, which offers wage offsets for firms employing persons with disabilities.

Mr Heng had said that the Enabling Employment Credit will replace the current Special Employment Credit and Additional Special Employment Credit schemes, which provide wage offsets for employers who hire persons with disabilities for less than S$4,000 a month.

Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Darryl David suggested that "more direct incentives" for companies, such as tax rebates, could "provide a strong impetus" for them to offer "fair and equal employment opportunities" for everyone.

MP for Jurong GRC Rahayu Mahzam noted that there was still a "lack of awareness" on the types of support available for families with children who have special needs.

She suggested customising the support to make it "more meaningful", as each family has different circumstances. One family, for instance, may have more than one child with special needs, and thus requires more support.

MP for Fengshan Cheryl Chan pointed out that affordable legal support and a more streamlined search process for assistance schemes would also be beneficial, as "some may have disabilities or are cognitively challenged to handle legal matters on their own when their legal guardians are no longer with them".

"Having trusted parties who have a long-standing relationship with them and being able to defend their interests, are crucial for those with special needs," she said, adding that support should be provided throughout their lives.

"There seems to be a lack of in-depth lifecycle planning support pillars for people with special needs from childhood to adulthood to old age."

Ms Chan said this has to start by "allowing (persons with disabilities) to be a part of our community from young".

For instance, pre-schools and schools should educate children to embrace differences and welcome those with special needs, while individuals should be "more gracious, accepting and forgiving" to families who have children with disabilities.

"There is no need for cold stares, harsh words or social media commentaries of any special needs individuals," she added.

Mdm Rahayu said the infrastructure and services for persons with disabilities could also be "more pervasive and accessible" to families, highlighting that some of such facilities, like the Enabling Village in Bukit Merah, might be too far away for some.

"One theme that repeatedly comes up from the feedback from parents and family members is the need to build a culture of care and compassion towards persons with disabilities," she said.

"There is therefore, a fervent hope that the Government continues to make effort to create awareness, build infrastructure and implement policies that would normalise inclusiveness and allow for people with different needs and abilities to be truly embraced as part of the community."

Ms Low said the "fresh resources" and specific measures provided by this year's Budget mean the Government is "closing ranks" with fellow Singaporeans.

"Although the months ahead may hold uncertainties, we can be sure on the ground the five CDCs are fortifying the network of support across the heartlands and strengthening our local businesses, vulnerable families and Singaporean workers," she said.

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Budget 2020: Free meals for vulnerable families islandwide as MPs urge more help for those in need

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SINGAPORE: The Government will provide free food and drinks for vulnerable families in the heartlands as part of a new islandwide initiative, South West District Mayor Low Yen Ling said in Parliament on Thursday (Feb 27)."Community Development Councils (CDC) have been working together for a while to

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1. There are many good outcomes in our society (Slide 3 of 13th April HBL deck) --> That is when society's needs are met

2. There are various groups that contributes to meeting the needs of our society --> Government (Slides 6 & 7), Organised groups (Slide 9) & Individuals (Slide 11)

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3A3 13 April HBL Chapter 3: Who Works for the Good of Society?

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1. Recap
2. Task 1 to 7

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Single Mums Help Feed Hungry Neighbours In Need

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18-year-olds Step Up To Volunteer Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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1. Who is contributing to solve the problem?
2. What are being done to solve the problem? (Details/Key ideas)

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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/budget-2022-households-to-get-more-rebates-100-cdc-voucher

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Budget 2022: Households to get more rebates, $100 CDC voucher

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Eligible HDB households will receive double their regular GST Voucher - U-Save in April, July and October. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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1. Who is contributing to solve the problem?
2. What are being done to solve the problem? (Details/Key ideas)

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1. Who is contributing to solve the problem?
2. What are being done to solve the problem? (Details/Key ideas)

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1. Who is contributing to solve the problem?
2. What are being done to solve the problem? (Details/Key ideas)

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1. APOR(A Packet Of Rice) is a project participated by volunteers
2. APOR is a self funded project initiated by a group of volunteers who distribute meals and food items right to the doorsteps of the needy senior citizens who are living in rental flats in Singapore. Food staples such as bananas, buns, bread, biscuits and packet drinks are purchased from local supermarkets or wholesaler.   These items are then transported to the stipulated meet up point for volunteers to bundle them into convenient take and go packages according to the recipients’ HDB block numbers. APOR will extend their care and concerns to needy senior citizens in other parts of Singapore as well. They welcome any contributions or sponsorships. Nothing is ever considered too small for their old folks.

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1. The Yeo Family is contributing to solve the problem

2. The Yeo Family solves the problem by creating an 'Unmanned free food Pantry' at HDB's with 1 to 2 room flats for the needy to take food whenever they need. They also make it more 'approachable' by not manning the pantry so that people won't feel embarrassed when they come to the pantry and take food.

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1. volunteers
THey give food out to old people who are single or are abandoned by their children, to help them survive.

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Food Bank is contributing to slove the problem why donating food to beneficiaries like low-income families.

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1.   community
2. formal organizations like food bank set up food donation spots and gather unused, not expired food and go to bakerys to get extra unsold fresh cake or pastrys and distribute them to their beneficiary centres

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charity organisations like a Packet Of Rice (APOR) are contributing to solve the problem

donations and weekly distribution of food items like bananas buns and bread are given out and purchased with the donation funds

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1. the government - Community Development Councils (CDC). Finance Minister Lawrence Wong
2. free food and drinks scheme for vulnerable families which can be redeemed from participating coffee shops, food courts and heartland enterprises. $100 Community Development Council (CDC) voucher

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1.Volunteers, Food Bank, kind-hearted locals.
2. Peoples donate foods to low-income/needy families then volunteers from Food Bank go collects and pack them for distribution

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1) helpful people are trying to contribute to solve the problem
2)people are donating food through foodbanks. foodbanks then then helping the different community centers to help donate to the needys. there are also "guailan"( i know its a bad word but im quoting from mothership) people who throw half eaten mcflurry and diapers inside :(

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1. The government is contributing to solve the problem
2. The Government is distributing CDC vouchers to Singaporeans household to be used in heartland shop and hawker centers

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1. Taxpayers? Government?
2.About 950,000 Singaporean households will get the additional rebates.

Children below 21 will also get a top-up of $200 each in their Child Development Account, Edusave Account or Post-Secondary Education Account. This is on top of the annual Edusave top-ups they already receive.

Around 790,000 children will receive the top-ups, which will be made in May to their Edusave or Post-Secondary Education Account, or from September to their Child Development Account.

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1. community
2. Comm.UnitySG works with New Hope Community Services to help the elderly people in certain HDB flats. they help the elderly by delivering food and painting their gates and doors.

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1. Locals in Singapore are donating their time foodbanks

Singaporean Government setting up Foodbank Singapore LTD. Singaporean locals are being helping out here and they set up boxes around Singapore to collect leftover food. Volunteers collect food from these boxes

2.To collect leftover food that is not expired and then donate leftover foods to beneficiaries such a donating to specific CC's that require specific types of food or directly to the people

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1. youths, 18 year olds
2. from the video, youths volunteered to deliver food to the needy elderly and helping the elderly to paint their house.

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1. Local residents
2. They help by providing / setting up a 'community fridge' or something similar to help residents in need to have easy access to food for consumption

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1.  A Packet Of Rice (APOR) - a self funded project initiated by a group of volunteers
2. they distribute meals and food items right to the doorsteps of the needy senior citizens who are living in rental flats in Singapore. Packed lunch and food items are ordered a week prior to the distribution date. Food staples such as bananas, buns, bread, biscuits and packet drinks are purchased from local supermarkets or wholesaler and volunteers will bundle them into convenient take and go packages according to the recipients’ HDB block numbers.

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1. The individuals, single mums of rental hdb blocks are contributing to solve the problem of residents of the block having demand of food
2. the single mum from yishun runs a community fridge with donated food at the void deck, allowing the low income families to have assess to them when they are unable to afford to buy it. Also, the another single mum also share food with elderly neighbours that are physically unable to buy food from coffee shop downstairs whenever she cook extra.

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1. The government - Community Development Councils (CDC)
2. Free food and drinks scheme for vulnerable families in the Heartlands can be redeemed by participating coffee shops, food courts and heartland enterprises.

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1. The Yeo family is contributing to solve the problem.
2. The needy needs food but they feel shy to take food and they may not eat food like instant noodles so they started a food station and many different food at the station so the needy maybe just choose and take what they want therefore food will not be wasted.

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1. A family
2. give food unmanned
ppl wont be shy
so they will receive the help

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1. Food bank is contributing to solve the problem
2. Food bank is donating food to low income families. Although sometimes there are things that are just not pleasant

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1. The Yeo Family
2. They give out free food and necessities like mosquito repellents, biscuits and bread on cardboard boxes along streets beside HDB blocks with only 1/2 rooms. The needy can take what they need and give what they do not need. Therefore everyone can have something.

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1. Ken Yeo and his family contribute and do good for the society by ensuring that less fortunate families or people get their hands on some food that they may not be able to afford.

2. The family has created the "Unmanned Free Food Pantry" , where there are pantries placed around void decks of HDB blocks, unmanned by anyone, to supply food such as Indo-mie and Gardenia bread to the less fortunate people. The reason why these pantries are unmanned is because the family believes in respect for the less fortunate, since some of them may feel shy and have no dignity from receiving free food from someone else. Hence, if they are unmanned it gives the less fortunate the chance to receive food without feeling like they owe the family too much. Moreover, trust between the family and less fortunate is established, though they might not know each others' identities.

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1. SG govt, mainly Ministry of Finance
2. Giving  vouchers to low-income families for them to afford meals by CDC, U-save vouchers. Upon receiving an additional source of money to pay for meals; burden on the family on budgeting for food is lessened.

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1. APOR, a group of volunteers who want to help elderlies cope with inflation and rising prices.
2. They are giving food to the elderlies. They are also interacting with them, to make them happier.

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1. Singapore government (finance minister)
2. Singapore government (finance minister) are increasing the gst but he is also planning to give U-save vouchers to locals staying in HDB flats such that people will get vouchers ranging from $55-$95 depending on the type of hdb housing you live in. these vouchers allows citizens to use them to pay for food.

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1. CDC, finance minister Lawrence Wong
2. There is a  free meals and drinks schemes which   will be redeemable at participating coffee shops, food courts and heartland enterprises. Vouchers are also given for low-income family to afford the meals

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Projects like APOR(A Packet Of Rice) is a self funded project initiated by a group of volunteers who distribute meals and food items to the doorsteps of the needy citizen. Examples like food staples such as bananas, buns, bread, biscuits and packet drinks are purchased from local supermarkets or wholesaler.   These items are then transported to the stipulated meet up point for volunteers to bundle them into convenient take and go packages according to the recipients’ HDB block numbers. So this will lead to those in need of food citizens able to receive the food they need. As such those needy people have enough food and resources to use and eat. So such informal groups are able to meet the needs of our society.

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Informal groups contribute to the needs of society by finding problems and thinking of initiatives to solve these problems. An informal group is Comm.UnitySG, which works with New Hope Community Services and helps the elderly people at Jalan Kukoh housing estate. These student volunteers help elderly residents by delivering food and groceries to their doorstep and painting the their gates and doors. These initiatives help the society as it will be more convenient for the residents to get food. These residents will feel touched because they know that they are looked out for and not forgotten and therefore feel grateful. Hence, these informal groups meet the needs of society.

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Informal groups is like me and my friends we form a group together that is not registered but nevertheless we are an organization and our goal is to contribute to the society be it big or small. There are many informal groups out there such as the Singaporean family who set up unmanned food stations at poor neighborhoods for people who need it to take it themselves. This kind of groups are informal groups because they are not registered, they do not have an official name, they are not known or only known due to them being spread mouth-to-mouth, they do not have a uniform, their characteristics are unlike those official formal government recognized groups like Ci Yi, Fei Yue, and Food from the Heart, they do not seek permission from the authorities to be set up as an organization, but nevertheless, they do contribute to their cause, just anonymously.

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The government - Community Development Councils (CDC) and finance minister Lawrence Wong have been trying to contribute to the needs of society by implementing schemes packages like the household support package to help Singaporeans household families.
By introducing the free food and drinks scheme for vulnerable families which can be redeemed from participating coffee shops, food courts and heartland enterprises, will help those families that are facing financial problems. The CDCs will also be giving out $100 Community Development Council (CDC) voucher to the citizens for their daily expenses and $200 for Singaporeans aged 20 and below for the Child Development Account, Edusave Account, or Post Secondary Education Account.
This would help low income families to reduce their financial stress as they can make use of the vouchers the government gave. Thus boost the support for local businesses and enterprises as well as improving the lives of low income and vulnerable families.
Therefore, the low income families of the society will also be grateful to the government's contributions to meet their needs.

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Formal grous, such as businesses selling food items, can donate excess food to the needy through organisations such as Food Bank and Food From the Heart. When businesses sell food items, they tend to cook/prepare extra as they do not want the food items to run out in the middle of the day. Therefore, at end of each day, there will usually be an amount of food that is left unfinished/not sold to consumers. These food items are beneficial to people in need such as the low-income families. For exmaple, bakeries schedule for non-government organisations to collect bread or other perishable foods to give out to the needy.

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The government such as the Community Development Councils has been trying to contribute to the needs of society by implementing schemes with packages such as the Care and Support package to help Singaporeans with household expenses. By introducing the free food and drinks scheme for vulnerable families which can be redeemed from participating in coffee shops, food courts and heartland enterprises, it will help those families with financial problems. This would improve the lives of low income and vulnerable families. Thus, the low income families will be grateful to the government's contributions to society and support local businesses and enterprises.

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The individuals in sg can work together as a community or as a group to help people around them by lending a helping hand by starting a food donation to the needy around them. For example, one way of starting a donation the volunteer leader in Yishun, Rahimah Rahim came out with is “Free Food For All” , where she runs a community fridge with the residents such that they can donate food that they do not need it but still in good quality to consume into the fridge and are able to take the other food that is sufficient for their family to eat. This can allow the Low income families to be able to have assess to food when they are unable to afford buying food themselves and able to continue with live. This would then allow lesser families having shortage of food and essential items, which then help to reduce the demand of food supplies from the needy families as the residents can help one another in such way.

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Formal groups work with the community such as bakerys to gather extra food or setting up food donation spots so that everyone is able to donate. One way of working with bakerys is by bakerys giving the leftover extra fresh pastries or cakes to the formal groups to distribute to formal groups’ beneficiary groups. Formal groups gather the donated food from the bakerys and donation spots and give it to beneficiary groups and from there, the beneficiary groups will separate and distribute the gathered food from the formal groups hence meeting the needs of society as the people unable to afford food are being fed

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Formal groups such as food drives can help to collect food that are being donated by the public and give them to Food Bank. The food collected will then be re-distributed to others such as the low income families who may need the food as they are unable to afford for the food themselves. This will then lead to everyone getting enough food. When everyone have enough food, there will not be hunger throughout the country. This in turn will lead to the country being free from hunger as everyone has food to eat. Therefore, formal groups can help and contribute to meet the needs of society.

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One example of how individuals contribute to meet the needs of society is Ken Yeo and his family, and the project of "Unmanned Free Food Pantry". The family created the UFFP to ensure that the less fortunate get their hands on some food that they may not be able to afford. These pantries are placed around void decks of HDB blocks, unmanned by anyone to supply food such as Indo-mie and Gardenia bread. The reason why the pantries are unmanned is because the Yeo Family believes in respect for the less fortunate, since some of them may feel shy or have no dignity for receiving free food from someone else. By having no one manning the pantries, the less fortunate can receive food without feeling like they owe the family. The trust that will be established between the family and these less fortunate people will result in the increase in likelihood of these fortunate people visiting these pantries because they are grateful and will let other people know about this. The more people will know about the kind deeds done by the Yeo Family and the pantries will gain popularity. Some non profit organisations may take notice of the idea and collaborate with the family to expand the project, throughout the whole of Singapore. Hence, a larger proportion of the less fortunate in Singapore will receive the aid of free food , further enhancing the contributions done by the Yeo Family in doing good for the society.

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A self funded project like A Packet Of Rice (APOR) which was initiated by volunteers distribute food to the needy. Like buns or bananas which are purchased cheaper using the donation funds. The items are then brought for processing and sorted at the meet up point and then handed out to the needy so that they can have food and wont starve hence they contribute to meet the needs of society

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Formal groups such as Food form the Heart or Food bank collect food from local Singaporeans and appealing to students through assembly tlaks in different ways. But the object is the same and that is to donate food the needy groups for them to benefit. For example food form the heart collaborates with Pei Hwa Secondary conducting a food drive. A certain week students are parents are being asked by the Sec 4s to donate food items. The Sec 4s pack the food by categories and help load into the food form teh heart trucks. These foods will go into their food from the heart inventory. Food from the heart has a community shop that sells food just like at Fairprice but at a heavily discounted price for the needy to afford basic food items such as packets of noodles, soups, bread, etc... The food that is in there inventory is used to restock these community shop to ensure a continual supply of food to the needy, the needy can then pick and buy food according to their needs at home at a heavily discounted price, this would not burn a whole in their wallet and save them in the long run as they have what they need, thus they have food to eat at home for the kids and family and thus meeting the needs of society

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Individuals can contribute to meet the needs of society by providing needy citizens with what they need. For example, a family in Singapore has set up temporary cardboard stalls with free food and household items like bread, biscuits and mosquito repellents along roads near 1 to 2 room HDB blocks and the people living in these blocks are free to grab a few of the items. Since the residents can take what they need, they will be feel grateful for what they have received and will also try to give back to society and help those who need the items. This can help maintain a constant cycle of needy people being able to receive what they need and and the individuals giving will be able to contribute to the needs of society.

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formal groups with with other formal groups such as offices and shops to set up food dontion spots for people to donate food. the formal groups can then collect extra unsold bread or cakes from different stalls such as breadtalk, to give out to the needys. this will end up being a good thing as the country will be free of hunger, and formal group  can also jelp amd contribute while meeting the needs of society.

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informal groups such as self funded volunteers can donate food to the people in need to solve food insecurity. for example, A Packet Of Rice (APOR) distribute meals and food items right to the doorsteps of the needy senior citizens who are living in rental flats in Singapore. the food items include packed lunch and food staples such as bananas, buns, bread, biscuits and packet drinks, volunteers will then bundle them into convenient take and go packages according to the recipients’ HDB block numbers. needy senior citizens will have assess to food and they will spend less money on food, allowing them to use their money on other essentials and continue with their daily lives, meeting the needs of society.

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The government official and financial minister Lawrence Wong as well as the Community Development Council (CDC) are contributing by starting schemes to help families that live in HDB as well as executive/multigeneration housing. They do this be implementing a e-voucher system called the GSTV U-Save where as the prices of food and daily necessities are increasing, U-Save is able to help act as cash such that the people in the housing are able to buy the food they require. This will lead to the families feeling a sense of appreciation as the government are stepping up to help the people, thus the government will continue the act of giving out U-Save vouchers ranging from $55 to $95 every month to HDB owners to continue helping out the locals, with these vouchers, the locals will be able to get the food they need, and with the government giving the vouchers to the locals, it shows them giving to the society, and with the locals buying the food with the vouchers they get on a monthly basis, they will not have any lack of food, hence food insecurity is slowly being handled.

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Informal groups can initiate their own projects to volunteer and help out people in need. One such group is Comm.UnitySG, where youths volunteer to deliver food to needy elderly and helping the elderly to paint their house. Such actions bring awareness that youths are helping others in need which could help raise more funds in these projects and bring in more volunteers . Thus, more people will start helping others in need.

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The government contributes by provision of funds for society's needs; the Singapore government has provided a hundred dollars worth of Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers for their low-income families in mid-2022; this was done so through the Household Support Package as part of the country's Budget 2022.
By providing these vouchers for households, low-income families will receive a separate source of money from the government that can allow them to pay for meals. Through this, families will be able to cut down on expenditure for meals from their own income, relieving the burden of workload and budgeting on low-income families while at the same time, making sure they receive proper meals for a period of time; this is how the government provides basic necessities for low-income families in Singapore.

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Informal groups can work for the good of society as they can solve problems without the need to think about the restrictions brought by government organisations. As an example, apor is one such group that distributes rice to needy elderly. The self-funded organisation gives staple foods such as bananas, buns, bread, biscuits and packet drinks. This would let the elderly eat and

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Individuals are mostly Singaporean locals that help contribute to the needy population. Individuals can personally set up a community fridge stationed at somewhere accessible for other residents who need the groceries to take them. As the needy residents are able to get their hands onto fresh groceries at the community fridge, they are able to sustain a healthier diet with these fresh groceries. Being able to get their hands on these groceries limit the possiblity of them being unable to meet their needs for food. Hence, individuals are able to contribute to meet the needs of society.

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Formal groups such as food bank goes around collecting donated foods and leftover pastries, breads and cakes from bakeries, then separate and distribute them to low-income or needy families.