WHO WE ARE
Set up in October 2002, NuLife Care &
Counselling Services Limited is a non-profitable organization providing
youth with tuition services intergrated together with counselling.
NuLife also specializes in preventive, developmental and remedial work
targeted at youth-at-risk who are not receptive towards their family
support or lack the support from their families. We also cater to youths
who have sufficient family support yet still go wayward.
We have embarked on a project
whereby tuition classes and remedial work to rehabilitate the youth at
risk are available to
NEEDY STUDENTS WITH NO FEES INCURRED. Counselling
services are available from 12noon to 9pm at our office located at
Blk 226A, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, #01-629, Singapore (561226)
RATIONALE BEHIND NuLIFE
Youths need to cope with biological,
cognitive, emotional and social changes. Youths also face pressures from
school and from their families, which add on to the stresses in their
lives. Those who are unable to cope or face serious behavioural and
psychosocial problems which are manifested onto behavioural problems
like dropping out from school prematurely, joining teenage gangs/ secret
societies, defiant behaviour, engaging in pre-marital sex and substance
abuse. It has been noted when these youths encounter problem in school,
emotional and sexual development, majority of them turn to their peers
instead of their parents or teachers for advice. They are at a stage
where they like to “hangout” with their peers as they
seek to have a group identity.
The centre was initiated due to
the increase in need of care and counselling services limited apart from
tuition services that are being provided. Having a drop-in centre will
not only allow Welfare Organisations to reach out to the youths more
effectively but also provide youths with a safe yet friendly environment
to “hang out” in.
OUR OBJECTIVES
-
To provide a learning shoulder for youths with little support
from their families.
-
To deter youths from street crimes.
-
To tailor the group activities and programmes to meet the
specific need identified through outreach.
-
To create a change in mindset among youths towards a positive
outlook in education.
-
To create an impression of adults in youths that adults are not
only authoritative, rather they can be friendly too.
-
To teach tuition to youth who are academically incapacitated to
handle their weak subjects.
|
WHAT WE DO
NuLife aims to enable needy and
hyperactive students to have opportunities to be engaged in enriching
activities, which otherwise might not be available to them. Primary
activities include tuition classes from Primary One up to O levels,
workshops, seminars, excursions and indirect counselling. We also liaise
with the schools of our students to minimize negative behaviour and poor
academic performances in school.
Tuition classes and remedial work to
rehabilitate the youth are available, especially to needy students. We
want to ensure that students who come from low-income families have an
equal opportunity to be involved in these activities.
NuLife focuses its attention on
school drop outs and ‘late bloomers’ too. It gives importance to
students who wish to study but have surpassed the age criteria in main
stream education. NuLife will ensure that it coaches these students
accordingly so that they may attain their desired education. Many
students who approach NuLife want to do their N or O levels privately.
All our students have made it to the course of their choice in the
polytechnic thus far.
Our motto is “Don’t Find Fault, Find
A Remedy”. We strongly believe in sourcing for a solution rather than
blaming the youth and harping on the problem. We also have a programme
for students who are suspended from school. Suspended students who want
to be on par with their classmates in terms of school work during their
suspension period can choose to attend lessons at NuLife. Lessons will
be tailored according to the students needs.
Most importantly, the drop-in centre
makes the youths feel comfortable, it allows them to view youth workers
as friends and not as authoritative figures.
