Heard of a call centre run by persons with visual impairments? That’s Eureka Call Centre Systems! Let’s find out how it dials up the potential of each employee through assistive technology as we celebrate World Braille Day on 4 Dec. #SeeTheTrueMe #InclusiveSG
 
👉🏻 Learn more about Eureka here: http://www.eurekaccs.com

You know 李国煌 Mark Lee but do you know his story? Let him share his lesser-known past gambling 🎲addiction that almost ruined his life. Share this with those who might need help to break free of their gambling addiction!

Know of anyone who needs information ℹ️ or advice to better support persons with disabilities? Share with them the Enabling Guide: https://www.enablingguide.sg, a first-stop resource for finding suitable schemes and services, and planning ahead for various life stages and transitions.

How does the #SGTogether movement enable us to build a better Singapore? 👉🏻 Watch this video to find out!

Take a break with your family 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 this weekend and check out some of these family-friendly activities happening this month. #MustShareFridays #FamiliesforLife

👉🏻 Find out more at: go.gov.sg/familyactivitiesinjan

Shopping for festive snacks? 🍪You need to visit social enterprise @crunchy__teeth and be spoilt for choice with their unique variety of delicacies, lovingly handmade by youths with special needs.

It was a meaningful weekend as 1500 volunteers from all walks of life joined hands to pack and deliver festive bags to over 6,000 elderly and families. The Community Chest Fú Dài 2020 was co-organised by Community Chest and Heartwarmers, in support of #SGCares. Big thanks to all our passionate volunteers for your hard work! 👏🏻💞

Happy midweek! 😄Ever thought of how you can build your child’s character and emotional maturity? We got the tips to help you get started here: go.gov.sg/childdevelopment-goodcharacter

Hey, come say hi to Jarran Khoo, a Samsui Kitchen employee with special needs. With the help of chefs in Samsui Supplies & Services and Sodexo's “train-and-place” programme, Jarran whips up yummy dim sums for hotels and events, paving the way for this dream job in the F&B industry. 🧑🏻‍🍳#SeeTheTrueMe #InclusiveSG

👉🏻 Find out more here: go.gov.sg/samsui-sodexo

Here’s a first look 👀at the Marsiling Community Link programme space, a one-stop-shop for families living in rental flats to conveniently access a suite of social services as well as programmes that they have co-created with our Social Service Offices and community partners as #SGTogether! #SGCares

How’s your week going? We’ve got some delightful news to share! 😋Professor Brawn Bistro is now officially open at the Enabling Village! Check out their hearty menu here: https://www.profbrawn.com.sg and head down together with your family and friends to make a difference to the special needs community. #InclusiveSG

In response to the novel coronavirus spreading in Wuhan, MSF issued advisories yesterday to the preschools and Student Care Centres to inform them on precautionary measures to ensure the well being of children and staff. https://go.gov.sg/advisory

Let @nightowlcinematics share with you how you can bond over a card game🃏without letting gambling get in the way this festive season.

Happy Lunar New Year everyone!🍊🍊Wishing you an abundance of happiness and good health.

Let’s usher in the Year of the Rat 🐭with this artwork by Law Yean Cheng, a designer in BizPower, a centre-based programme of the Muscular Dystrophy Association Singapore which develops the vocational skills of young adults and engages them in gainful employment. With a keen eye for detail, Yean Cheng often portrays modernrealism with a tinge of surreal in her designs.

How’s your Saturday so far? Here’s a tip on how to protect yourself this holiday weekend.

As the Wuhan coronavirus situation evolves, we are stepping up precautionary measures in our social and community services.

We are reaching out to our frontline social services - for example, Early Intervention Centres (EIPIC), Disability Day Activity Centres, Family Service Centres, Student Care Centres, Social Service Offices, social residential facilities such as children's home and senior group homes, and more https://go.gov.sg/msf-directories - who have sustained interaction with vulnerable groups (such as children and seniors) to implement the following measures.

Staff who have returned or are returning to Singapore after visiting Mainland China should:
(1) inform their institutions of their travel history and;
(2) take a Leave of Absence (LOA) for 14 days upon their return.

This applies to all affected staff returning to Singapore:

(a) on and from tomorrow, 28 Jan 2020, as well as
(b) between 14 – 27 Jan 2020.
Counting from the date of return to Singapore, they should return to work only on the 15th day.

This is a precautionary measure to protect those whom we collectively serve, as well as our social service and community workers.

To illustrate:

i. If a social service worker returns to Singapore from Mainland China tomorrow 28 Jan 2020 (Day 0), they may return to work on 12 Feb 2020 (Day 15), provided they are well.

ii. If they had returned to Singapore from Mainland China on 14 Jan 2020 (Day 0), they may return to work on 29 Jan 2020 (Day 15).

iii. If they will be returning to Singapore from Mainland China on 3 Feb 2020 (Day 0), they may return to work on 18 Feb 2020 (Day 15).

Employers should grant the LOA as paid leave over and above the affected staff's annual leave entitlement, and monitor their health.

Students in Student Care Centres, children in EIPIC centres/PPIPs and service users enrolled with social/community-based facilities (e.g. Day Activity Centres) with a travel history to Mainland China in the last 14 days are also advised to stay away from the centres and from crowded places, and to monitor their health closely.

We seek your understanding and support for these measures. Let's keep our community, our families and our children safe and healthy together.

For information on ECDA’s Preschool advisory visit https://go.gov.sg/ecda-advisory

You can get the latest on the Wuhan coronavirus and other important Government information by signing up for the gov.sg WhatsApp channel (https://go.gov.sg/whatsapp) or at the MOH website (www.moh.gov.sg).

How’s your mid week so far?

In light of the Wuhan coronavirus situation, Minister Desmond Lee visited My First Skool preschool centre at Buangkok Crescent, Banyan Home @ Pelangi Village and the Singapore Cheshire Home to look into the implementation of enhanced public health precautionary measures. 

Our MSF family has been visiting preschools, as well as social and community facilities, to look at how health safeguards are being implemented.

Let's work together to keep our children and families safe and healthy, shall we?

Wash, wash, wash your hands
To keep them nice and clean

Our little friends Zen and Vuitton shared this with our Senior Parliamentary Secretary Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim when he visited PCF Sparkletots Preschool @ Telok Blangah this morning.

Great sharing, Zen and Vuitton on how we can keep ourselves safe and healthy!

Love this vid taken by Senior Parliamentary Secretary Faishal on his Facebook page.

Enjoying the Lunar New Year festivities with your family? Remember to keep yourself and your family safe and healthy. As we do that, let’s not forget to thank them for all that they’ve done for us. Watch this short film here and stay till the end for a heartwarming surprise.

Video credit: Ministry of Communications and Information