SINGAPORE — Driving by where the dead lie to rest is a white van driven by social workers and loaded up with youth-at-risk, looking out for gravestones of those who died in their youth.
SINGAPORE — Driving by where the dead lie to rest was a van driven by social workers, with youth-at-risk as passengers. They were looking out for gravestones of those who died at a young age, in the Lim Chu Kang cemetery area on one of their trips during the past three months.
Mr Tan was speaking to TODAY on Monday at YGOS Woodlands Centre on Woodlands Street 81, during the launch of the non-profit organisation’s outreach van and initiative named Mobile Outreach Support Team.The electric van is part of YGOS’ outreach efforts and will visit “hot spots” where youth-at-risk tend to be — places in Jurong, Woodlands and Ang Mo Kio housing estates where young people have been spotted loitering. The team seeks to build friendships with them and keep them out of trouble.
Social workers from YGOS will drive the van from 6pm to 10pm every Wednesday and Friday, with the aim to reach youth-at-risk at “two to three ‘hot spots’ each day”, Mr Tan said. These retractable shelters provide shade for an outdoor seating area when needed, where the youth and volunteers may relax on camping chairs while enjoying refreshments, and watch movies projected on a cloth screen draped across the van’s exterior.Teenagers supported by Youth Guidance Outreach Services gathering at the launch of the Mobile Outreach Support Team van on May 29, 2023.
“YGOS helped me find trust and confidence in myself and nurtured my passions in basketball, where I didn’t have to feel like a burden to the team,” the Pierce Secondary School student said.The mentors from YGOS and other outreach groups have also inspired another teenager's career. Mr Ryan Tan, 19, hopes to become a counsellor or social worker. He is now pursuing a diploma in psychology at private school Kaplan.
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