Since 2018
Art For Good uses art to reach out to children from low-income families in one-room rented flats in Toa Payoh (Singapore), hence the name Art Outreach. We provide free art enrichment classes and art excursions to underprivileged children who would otherwise not be able to afford them. We hope to use art to improve the quality of life, promote good mental health and well-being to the less fortunate, starting with the children.
We aim bring more awareness to the poverty situation in Singapore through this program. The program is fully supported and funded by Art for Good and by the volunteers who have come to support us.
We started the program from making art on picnic mats. We interacted with the children under their blocks and engaged them to make art together and build friendships. Toa Payoh Central Constituency Office gave us a classroom to work in until December 2018. We are currently conducting the classes for the children at Toa Payoh CC Blk 93, Room 05-03, every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm. If you would like to volunteer to be part of this program, please contact us.
We hope to continue this Art Outreach Program and look for other creative ways to continue to engage these children who thrive in this environment!
Amanda Chen