Update
21.Sept
Outing Trip with Junior students to visit families & later to visit Sifu in the afternoon.
Exposure for students to learn👇
General Overview
The families we are visiting support are seeking a bit of kindness from good Samaritans.
Common Circumstances Among These Families:
1. Limited Education & Skills: Most members have little formal education and are not trained in specific skills
2. Blue-Collar Work & Health Challenges: Many have worked as blue-collar workers most of their lives. Now in their 50s and 60s, they face age-related illnesses and health complications. Their physical conditions often limit their ability to work, and psychologically, many struggle to cope — and would accept help especially financial
3. Caring Responsibilities: When a family member falls ill, another member usually becomes the caregiver, reducing the household’s earning capacity. Employment, if available for such a category in society, is often part-time — as cleaners, shop assistants, or through odd jobs.
4. Limited Mobility: Without transport, they can only work near their flats and must balance work with caring for a sick or disabled family member (OKU).
Summary
These families face multiple challenges — poor education, declining health, advancing age, emotional strain, and low motivation. In the light of Buddha’s teaching on the inevitability of old age and sickness, we see that these hardships are part of life’s natural suffering. Today, these struggles are made worse by financial pressures and rising living costs.
Take-Home Message for Students
Teachers and mentors encourage students to motivate themselves, work hard in their studies, and seek skills training or a career path. This preparation is one way to shield themselves from avoidable hardships later in life and to face life’s challenges with strength and resilience.
Hope the mentor teachers can highlight these to the students before the trip so that they can reflect and see for themselves why we are helping them with the hope they can be self reliance and do well enough to help others. ..that is our main aim in so many making efforts to take them to visit such families...an experiential ' understanding "
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Update on the Outing
We have 5 teams meeting 10 families as a means to give the junior students
1) a most welcome break/outing - instead of sitting every Saturday in the classroom receiving moral lessons, presentations on selected, reading English- generally the teachers are mentors giving them guidance and care to ensure they remain viable to enter tertiary education in years to come. Mon to Friday, occasional 4 days for some, they attend tuition classes. The time - Saturday morning, spent with them by the current team
Lilian Chooi
Karttin Chin
Anne lee
Elizabeth
GohTB
Yim Khong- gave the results yesterday.
The visit to families is designed for these teenagers to understand the difficulties of life and for themselves to try to do better in life and return some kindness to others in the future.
Below are a few photos on behalf of my team 👇
The boy who has had multiple surgeries since infancy. He has many congenital deformities including cleft palate, webbed feet and hands, craniotomy etc. He completed mainstream schooling.
Father in his 70's has had several episodes of CVA - stroke.
Mdm Ah Lai, gave very positive advice to 2 students as she share on the journey of her family 's life
2nd family 👇
👇 Her home has a Kuan Yin altar. The students gave respect at the altar when they arrived into the home of 2nd family. Aged retirees with aged related illness rendering them not suitable for normal employment.
She has blockage for intestines - and surgery to remove growths at HKL and has trouble avoiding frequent trips to the toilet since.
👇 naturally she is very troubled and asked to be guided on prayer. Patrick advised her to chant more consistently Om Mani Padme Hum
🙏 Tune in to Om Mani Padme Hum on the website
Shared by: KCC, 21/09/2025
