Clinical Instructor, Ms. Saravanan Mahalakshmi was presented the Community Care Manpower Development Award (CCMDA) on 5 September 2022 for her continuous upgrading and professional development as she pursues her Specialist Diploma in Community Gerontology, Nursing.

The CCMD is a part of MOH’s and AIC’s commitment to increase the manpower capabilities in the Community Care sector through professional development of in-service staff.

Congratulations to Mrs Carol Chong, Mr Owen Tan, Mr Derek Ong and Ms Sharon Khoo, the four winners of the Silent Heroes award! The winners were chosen from 52 nominees, of which, 13 were shortlisted as finalists and 4 were chosen to be award recipients. Out of the 4 winners, we are honoured that 2 of them are active volunteers with SNM! 
 
Mrs Carol Chong won the Compassionate Foreigner award for her multiple volunteering activities in bringing our residents out on trips within the neighbourhood, being a tele-befriender and leading seniors in daily exercises. She continues to lend her support as our volunteer and our seniors look forward to spending their time with her.
 
Mr Owen Tan won the Inspiring Youth award for his activities with Cycling Without Age (CWA), spreading joy to seniors by bringing them out on cycling rides which brought about a refreshing change of pace and environment. Our seniors from the Nursing Home and Senior Care Centres actively participates in CWA’s ‘Moving Generations’ programme, where Mr Owen had piloted them on trishaw rides during these sessions.

 

Thank you, Mrs Carol and Mr Owen for your meaningful contributions to the community and our warmest congratulations on winning the well-deserved awards!

𝑂𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑀𝑑𝑚 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑖 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑑𝑚 𝑅𝑎𝑗𝑒𝑠𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑖 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝 5 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 29𝑡ℎ 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑀𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐴𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 (EMA). 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐽𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑦𝑎ℎ 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠.

𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑑𝑚 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑖 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑀𝐴 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑎ℎ 𝑌𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑏, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝑀𝑑𝑚 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑁𝑀’𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒-𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑖𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑆𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑌𝑜𝑢, 𝑎 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 100=50 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒.

𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢  Jamiyah Singapore 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦!

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Major (Retd.) Ishwar Lall Singh, a 92-year-old Singaporean veteran of the Indian National Army (INA) who served under the leadership of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and then the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).

He was one of the small group of officers that were present when Singapore gained its independence in 1965 and helped shape the SAF into what it is today. He served as the Vice-Chairman of the Residents’ Committee for two years at SNM (Singapore) and was cared for till his peaceful passing on 5th August 2022.

May his soul rest in eternal peace.

SNM’s CEO, Mr S. Devendran, was quoted in Tabla! on July 27th, 2022.

He said, “She (Mrs Drishti Bablani) is a very energetic lady with a heart of gold. Last year, we got 2,000kg of rice. This year, it has more than doubled. Such donations help us defray our operating expenses. On average, we use 1,500kg of rice a month at our nursing home. This donation will last us at least three months.”

Thank you The Kindness Ripple : An initiative by Wordions.com for the generous donation of rice! The impact of your gift will go a long way in bringing a smile to our beneficiaries’ faces!

 

Congratulations on your 90th Anniversary Jamiyah Singapore!

Jamiyah Singapore has established multi-racial peace and harmony since 1932 providing welfare services to the community regardless of race and faith.

These 90 years of service to the community is a remarkable achievement and is a strong example of what we can achieve together when we stand together as one.

Thank you for the Inter-Faith Harmony Book that was presented to our President, Mr Jayadev Unnithan. As an organisation sharing a similar vision, SNM looks forward to continuing our efforts with Jamiyah Singapore to achieve greater good for the community.

To commemorate the start of our 75th anniversary, we organised a Heritage Walk for our members and staff on June 18th. Joining us were also volunteers from SNM Youth, Agilent Technologies (Singapore), Red Cross First Aid Volunteers, SNM Individual Volunteers, who braved the morning sun with us.

75 people from our members, management and staff walked 7.5km to mark the start of our 75th anniversary celebrations and created beautiful memories together. The walk trailed from the Momentary Monument, where Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew made his first public appearance after his televised public announcement of Singapore’s separation from Malaysia on 9th August 1965. His appearance on 12 September 1965 was made at the former Sree Narayana Mission, which stood at No. 48 Soon Keat Road, where he delivered his clarion ‘Never Fear’ call to all Singaporeans. Today, this spot is marked by the Momentary Monument, which currently stands at 313 Sembawang Drive.

Our celebrations also provided our participants the opportunity to do voluntary service, where they put their hands together to clean some of the residents’ wheelchairs.

Assoc Prof Faishal Ibrahim, Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of National Development, also graced our event as Guest-of-Honour and shared words of appreciation for the contributions of SNM to the community over the last 74 years. The event concluded with a sweet serving of cake for all and our Resident’s Committee Chairman, Mr Eric Lim, presented a token of appreciation to Assoc Prof Dr Faishal Ibrahim.

The event was covered by Indian Beat, who featured this event on their show on July 8th. You can view the feature via the link here: SNM’s Feature on Indian Beats, July 8th.

We would like to thank Indian Beat for the feature!