The 2023 run raised over $14 million, supporting 86 social service organisations.
SINGAPORE – The President’s Challenge, which has helped to raise funds for social causes for the past 23 years, will be reviewed and its scope broadened from 2025 to include nurturing sports and arts talents.
In 2024, 65 social service organisations will receive funding for their activities. They include a programme run by Lutheran Community Care Services, which supports survivors of domestic violence, and Psalt Care, an organisation serving individuals with mental health conditions. Besides helping children with their schoolwork, the programme also has art therapy, drama workshops and sports activities to help build social skills and self-awareness.
Ms Serena Soon, 48, enrolled her daughter, who was in Primary 1 then, in the Study Buddy programme in 2021 as she was worried about her studies.
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