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Last year, Mr R enjoyed a “typical” Father’s Day – celebrating the occasion with his wife and young 2-year old son. Life was fairly simple and straightforward with Mr R working hard and long hours as a cleaning supervisor while…

SSVP’s Vincentians befriends and provides assistance to the low-income and needy in Singapore regardless of religion, ethnicity and nationality. SSVP SFX Conference co-organised an Easter outreach initiative on 7 May, knocking on the doors of a rental block at Serangoon…

It’s a wrap! 2,550 appreciation care packs have been collected and are now making their way to the homes of our low income and vulnerable beneficiaries from all religions, ethnicities and nationalities across the island. We’re very grateful for the…

Vincentian came together last Saturday to attend the SSVP Forum held at St Francis Xavier Church. It was a jam-packed afternoon with presentations on key topics including Leadership and Community Building, Financial and PDPA SOPs as well as becoming more…

As we celebrate Lunar New Year and visit our family and friends, when we greet each other with well-wishes, we will also invariably grumble and complain about the overabundance of food causing our expanding waistline! Indeed, we are often stuck…

When my father passed away in 2012, my aunt highlighted our plight to the Vincentians at SSVP Christ the King Conference. With their support we managed to live a better life and did not have to worry all the time.…

Abused, divorced, and too poor to feed her children, Shanti (not her real name) didn’t believe she could take her family from hurt to hope, until she met the SSVP family and received support, guidance and aid.

The Pannerchelvam family was adopted by SSVP in 2011 when Mr Pannerchelvam, the family’s sole breadwinner, became unwell and was not able to work. His wife Mdm Pusppa also had to stop work because of health issues. To help the…