Annual Report Apr’05 – Mar’06
““““If we don’t stand up for children, we don’t stand for much.If we don’t stand up for children, we don’t stand for much.If we don’t stand up for children, we don’t stand for much.If we don’t stand up for children, we don’t stand for much.””””
-------- Marian Wright Edelman Marian Wright Edelman Marian Wright Edelman Marian Wright Edelman
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Contents President’s Message 3
About MILK Fund 5
Programmes & Partners
• Local Programmes
• Overseas Humanitarian Efforts
7 8 12
Fundraising Activities 15
Financial Statements 16
Board of Directors / Secretariat 25
Acknowledgements 26
Support MILK Fund 29
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President’s Message Every child is capable of developing into a contributing member of society and
should be given the chance to a meaningful life, even the disadvantaged.
-- Dr Sheryn Mah
07 June 2006 Another year of excitement has passed for MILK; we have made
very encouraging progress during the past months and taken
significant leaps forward in our programmes. Our reach to the
disadvantaged children has grown from 4,000 to around 6,400 in
the last year. We are now able to help more chronically ill children
and their families through our Hope Fund-KKH partnership,
expand and improve the Kids United programme to cater
effectively to more at-risk children, and we witnessed the progress
of several educational projects for the impoverished children in
Luo Yuan, China, to name a few. To meet a need that has
presently fallen through the cracks, we initiated the Compassion
Fund to provide timely assistance to students in crisis so as to prevent the crisis from causing the students'
families to spiral into chronic poverty. As you can see, our programme focus has been on upstream,
preventative efforts that can help children from disadvantaged backgrounds break out of the cycle of
poverty.
MILK, in the past year, has slowly made its way into the hearts of Singaporeans through the work we do.
Through our programmes and supportive partners like Class 95FM, people have come to be familiar with us.
The Singapore Power mailers that went out in February to 1.2 million households in Singapore have also
helped to extend our reach into the heartlands.
We have witnessed many heart-warming gestures of generosity from the man on the street that lit up our
days at MILK. Amanda, who is turning 21 in July, is encouraging all her friends to channel their money
towards MILK instead of buying gifts for her on her 21st birthday. A gentleman turned up at the MILK
office one day to donate $1,000 in cash. A young lady, who works near the MILK office, pledges to come by
with $250 monthly to support our work. A young working executive also came up to us to donate his
Progress Package. These are people who have chosen to make their contributions silently or anonymously,
simply because they believe in our cause. We are also happy to note that last year, third party and general
donations to MILK accounted for 27% of our total funds raised.
Perhaps these early successes are indicative that our belief in raising only what we need and not for
accumulating reserves, our fund-raising principle of every cent raised going fully to the kids or programmes
and the stringent level of governance and transparency we hold ourselves to are resonating well with our
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donors. Another factor deserving special mention of course is the support we receive from MILK’s
Committee Members. Thanks all for underwriting our fund raising expenses so that we can keep true our
promise of 100% donation for the disadvantaged children. My special thanks to Joy and Stanley for their
tireless efforts behind all our programmes, Kee Lock for his guidance on governance and overseeing the
finances, Laura and Debbie for engaging their network of contacts to support MILK’s work, Ivy for looking
after the Hope Fund, Seow Juan for his legal input and introducing John Tan for our work in Luo Yuan,
Cheng Boon for taking such good care of the MILK office and the staff, and of course Ben for his efforts to
raise funds for MILK through 3rd party events. Going forward, we will need about $5.25 million to help
7,002 children in need. We look forward to your continued guidance and contributions.
The pro-bono services and dedicated support of corporations and individuals are what form the support
beams of MILK, and I deeply appreciate their faith in us.
Thank you for believing in us.
Dr Sheryn Mah
President
The MILK Fund
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About MILK Fund Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
-- Dr Martin Luther King
MILK (Mainly I Love Kids) helps disadvantaged
children and youths to develop them into
contributing members of society by providing
them access to the opportunities which they
otherwise would not have. Many of these children
come from troubled or low-income families, or are
born sick or physically challenged. MILK gives
them hope by funding their education, care and
guidance, medical treatment or other special
needs, both in Singapore and overseas.
MILK reaches out to disadvantaged children and
youths by focusing on advocacy and fund-raising
whilst working through our partners to implement
preventative and rehabilitative programmes.
MILK functions as a bridge in the society, by
filling the gaps that may trap children into a
vicious cycle.
All funds raised from donors such as yourself go
FULLY towards serving the needy. All costs are
sponsored or funded by MILK’s management
committee.
Our Programmes are:
• MEDICAL: We support children in need
who suffer from treatable illnesses. With medical
attention, they are able to live as normal a life as
possible. MILK extends its helping hand not only
to the sick children but the affected families as
well.
• EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT: In Singapore,
we provide general educational assistance and
help children from disadvantaged homes gain
access to early childhood education, thus
developing a learning foundation that will give
them an equal footing in life. Through our
partners overseas, thousands of children receive
assistance for their education and vocational
training.
• FIGHTING DELINQUENCY: We are
dedicated to reducing delinquency among
children and youth from less privileged
backgrounds by providing guidance, care,
protection and resources that keep young people
in school and out of trouble.
• TEENAGE CRISIS MANAGEMENT: We
provide alternatives and support to teenagers in
crisis so that they do not have to resort to drastic
measures. Through some of our partners, MILK
supports several programmes that offer
alternatives to troubled teenagers and the various
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forms of help available such as shelter, medical
assistance and counseling.
• OTHER AREAS (PLUGGING GAPS):
Where no other funding is available, MILK
assists with initial or interim funding whilst
working to plug the gaps. For example, grants for
transport costs and other educational and
nutritional needs for children with special needs,
assistive devices such as hearing aids.
• OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN
EFFORTS: MILK believes that part of its
mission is to contribute towards the welfare of
poor children in the region. As we are a small
organisation, we have identified partners in
various regions to implement programmes that
assist needy children, and at the same time, we
look for donors who are keen to support a
specific project. The work overseas specifically
focuses on working with ‘marginalised’
communities to improve their primary health
care, education, maternal/infant care and disease
prevention programmes.
Going forward in the year 2006, MILK needs to raise a total of S$5.25 million to help 7,002 children. The
table below shows a summary of the fundraising target for the year 2006.
No. Topic Total Local Overseas 1 Programmes supported 37 27 10 2 VWO partners 12 6 6 3 Centres supported 17 10 7 4 Beneficiaries 7,002 3,390 3,612 5 Commitment (target) 5,247,614 4,066,586 1,181,028
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Programmes & Partners Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us,
hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for
them is never wasted.
-- Garrison Keillor
MILK exists to help disadvantaged children and
youths who fall through the cracks. In Singapore,
where there exists a comprehensive range of social
services provided by both the governmental and
voluntary sectors, MILK plays the catalytic role of
meeting new or inadequately-met needs of
disadvantaged children while advocating for these
needs to be met in a sustainable way in the longer
run. In impoverished communities overseas
where the social service infrastructures are lacking,
MILK ensures that help is holistic and
transformational by bringing together resources
and committed partners of various expertise to
collectively uplift a community from poverty. To
ensure sustainable work of impact, MILK works
through our VWO/NGO partners to implement
preventative and rehabilitative programmes. The
following are the programmes MILK supported in
2005:
LOCAL PARTNERS Sl.
No. Programme VWO Centres Beneficiaries
1 20 programmes e.g., Healthy Start, Kids United, Babes etc
Beyond Social Services
8 2,978
2 Pathlight Bursary Autism Resource Centre
1 52
3 FM Loan Singapore Assoc for the Deaf
1 50
4 ATF Supplement NCSS - 53
5 Hope Fund KKH - 91
TOTAL: 24 Programmes 5 10 3,224
OVERSEAS PARTNERS Sl. No. Programme VWO Centres Beneficiaries
China
6 1 1,629
Luo Yuan Educational Grant
Luo Yuan Government Luo Yuan Church 983
Luo Yuan Housing 16 families
Philippines
7 MILK-Tuloy Educational Grant Tuloy Foundation 1 100
Tala Nursery & Feeding Program Our lady of the star Nursery & Feeding Centre
1 50
Timor Leste
8 Maternal/Child Health Clinic Café Timor 2 400
Maternal/Child Health Alola Foundation
TOTAL : 6 Programmes 5 5 3,162
TOTAL: 30 Programmes 10 15 6,386
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I. LOCAL PROGRAMMES
1. MEDICAL
1.1 Hope Fund
The Hope Fund started off with helping needy
children who suffer from treatable illnesses such
as thalassaemia, diabetes, epilepsy, Turner’s
syndrome and hormonal disorders. Today, in
addition to treatable medical conditions, the Hope
Fund has been extended to include disabilities and
a broader range of related needs such as milk and
diapers, transport and educational allowances etc.
Total number of children served in 2005: 91
Immunodeficiency Syndrome 1 Thalessaemia 12 Infective Endocarditis 1 Bilateral hearing loss 9 Turner’s Syndrome 4 Diabetes 10 Growth Hormone Deficiency 1 Infant Formula and Diapers 22 Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy 3 Diapers and Child care 2 Milk protein allergy 3 Panhypopituitarism 1 Prolonged QT Syndrome 1 Moderate Language Delay 2 Propionic Acidemia 1 Educational allowance for family with disabled child
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Asthma 3 Dental Surgery 2 Congenital Heart Disease 2 Allergic Rhinitis 2 Congenital Hydrocephalus 1 Perinatal Asphyxia 1 Chronic Peripheral Neuropathy 1 Chronic Neutropenia 2 Pediasure and Iron supplements 1
TOTAL 91
To ensure holistic support so that the families do
not spiral into poverty as a result of the illness or
disabilities, it has also extended its helping hand to
the affected siblings and families of the sick
children. This more comprehensive coverage
accounts for the almost 2-fold increase of cases
from 55 in 2004 to 91 in 2005.
MILK continues to work closely with Social
Workers in KKH and community organisations to
ensure that the sick child gets continuous support
and integrates back to normal life in the
community, after the medical treatment.
2. EDUCATIONAL and GENERAL
ASSISTANCE 2.1 Beyond Social Services Our partner, Beyond Social Services provides
guidance, care, protection and learning support
that keep young people in school and out of
trouble.
2.1.1 Healthy Start The Healthy Start Programme helps children
from disadvantaged households gain access to
early childhood education. It targets disadvantaged
children not attending any early childhood
development programmes because of their
families’ inability to afford educational expenses.
Without early childhood education, these children
are at a back foot when they start primary school.
Many continue to experience learning difficulties
and poor family support, resulting in their pre-
mature school leaving. Healthy Start is therefore
an important early intervention programme to give
disadvantaged children a leg up in life to break out
of the poverty cycle.
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The Healthy Start Child Development Centre will
open its doors this year to provide infant and
childcare to high-risk children from unstable
families requiring intensive follow-up from social
workers; or children who are socially not ready for
placements in mainstream childcare centres. In a
safe, stable and nurturing environment, these
children are able to learn and grow healthily. 83
children have benefited from its current half-day
preschool programme so far.
To reach children-at-risk as early as infancy, social
workers outreached to the maternity wards at KK
Children’s and Women’s Hospital. Mothers and
their newborns were then linked to a Healthy Start
Programme Operator near their place of stay.
Volunteer nurses and social workers visit the
families regularly, especially first time or teenaged
mothers, to guide and support the families to
ensure good nutrition, and good infant and
childcare. We were able to reach 210 mothers and
babies from disadvantaged backgrounds.
2.1.2 Life Programme LIFE (Learning is Fun for Everyone) is aimed at
helping disadvantaged children with learning
difficulties. These are children too far behind in
their learning abilities to be helped by tuition or
remedial lessons. Guided by the learning corners
concept, LIFE uses creative learning methods,
which takes into consideration each child’s
learning style and pace, to make learning fun and
to motivate them for life-long learning.
In its first year of programming in 2005, we were
able to help 64 children with learning difficulties
through the help of trained staff and volunteers.
2.2 Singapore Association for the Deaf
(SADeaf) MILK is supporting the Singapore Association for
the Deaf (SADeaf) with the purchase of 25 sets of
Frequency Modular (FM) System for loan to needy
hearing-impaired children during the interim
pending the outcome of their ATF applications or
while their own sets are under servicing or repair
Families hard pressed for money for the repairs
found immediate relief for their children with the
loan sets without unnecessary or prolonged
disruption to the child’s daily routines.
In the coming year, in addition to the FM Loan
system, MILK will be working closely with
SADeaf to meet the needs of the hearing impaired
children through the following programmes:
1) Deaf Parents Support Group (DPSG)/ Kids of
Deaf Adults (KODAs), support groups for
hearing children and their deaf parents. The main
objective of these support groups is to encourage
bonding and mutual understanding and enhance
communication through sign language for the
hearing children and their deaf parents.
2) Financial assistance for maintenance and repair
of assistive listening devices to needy
hearing impaired children who are unable to
afford the repairs.
3 Provide teaching aids for learning support for the hearing impaired children in mainstream schools.
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2.3 The Pathlight School Every year, about 35% to 45% of the students at
Pathlight School for autistic children are from
low-income families. Families face difficulties in
bringing up an autistic child especially if the family
also faces financial burdens. These low income
families have to struggle to pay the higher school
fees of a child with special needs, and the other
education-related expenses such as transport,
textbooks etc. MILK’s educational grant provides
supplementary support to cover school transport,
pocket money, uniforms, textbooks, and
enrichment programme.
Pathlight School caters to the needs of ASD
students (aged between 6-16 years) who are
cognitively able to access mainstream academic
curriculum but require additional support to be
carried out in a safe autism-friendly and caring
environment. MILK’s educational support enables
these autistic children to reach their fullest
potential for mainstream integration.
In 2005, 52 students benefited from this
educational grant. In the first half of the school
year of 2006, the number of beneficiaries has
increased to 76.
2.4 Assistive Technology Fund (ATF) The ATF, in collaboration with NCSS, provides
persons with disabilities with financial assistance in
purchasing assistive technology devices, to pursue
mainstream education or gain employment.
Applicants who qualify can receive a subsidy of a
maximum of 90% of the cost of the device or
S$10,000 whichever is lower from NCSS. Because
of the co-funding principle, the amount of subsidy
ranges between 40% to 90% of the device cost,
depending on the applicant’s household income.
Often, low income applicants are not capable of
affording their portion of the co-payment and
hence run the risk of not getting the much-needed
equipment at all.
For the year of 2005, MILK has assisted a total of
53 applicants referred by the NCSS. Of these, 22
were school-going children requiring assistive
devices such as wheelchairs, hearing aids and
Braille computers etc. The total amount disbursed
as of March 2006 was $24,284.25.
3. FIGHTING DELINQUENCY 3.1 Beyond Social Services Our partner, Beyond Social Services is dedicated
to reducing delinquency among children and
youths from less privileged backgrounds.
3.1.1 Kids United Kids United Care and Guidance programme
targets at-risk children aged 7 to 13 years from
multiple-problem families who are unable to
provide adequately for the children’s care. At
home, these children are often left unattended
when sick or troubled and have to fight from
scarce resources to meet their basic needs for
food, shelter and safety. Left to their own devices
on the streets, these children are very prone to
delinquency, truancy and premature school
leaving.
Kids United provides meals, care and guidance
daily from 9am to 10pm for at-risk children before
they are sent home to their families at night. It
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provides a small group living experience that
replicates a family environment where children
grow up with stability, love and accountability to
themselves and others.
There are presently 3 Kids United Care and
Guidance units catering to 80 such children. By
June 2006, when a 4th unit is set up, Kids United
will have a capacity to provide 120 at-risk children
with daily care and guidance.
3.1.2 Community Beyond Community Beyond is a small group bridging
home aimed at helping marginalized youths
beyond residential services and integrating into our
community. Each year, a significant number if
youths aged between 14 and 20 are discharged
from institutional care and left “homeless”
because their families are unwilling or unable to
care for them. Youths who find themselves in
such a situation may experience a strong sense of
rejection and alienation. Without
the appropriate care and guidance,
they are likely to re-embrace high
risk behaviours that push them to
the wrong side of the law and at
worst, into incarceration. Hence,
there is a pressing need to offer
these youths stability in their lives
and prepare them to live
independently and responsibly
within our community.
3.1.3 Campland Beyond and Juvenile Justice in Schools
Staying motivated in school is an important factor
that keeps young people away from trouble.
Hence, during the year, we helped schools
enhance their efforts in nurturing and integrating
their students who were in need of such support.
In 2005, Campland Beyond helped 6 primary
schools while the Juvenile Justice Programme
helped 3 secondary schools, a total 1045 students.
These programmes targeted the Foundational and
Normal Technical Streams respectively. Students
were provided opportunities to assume leadership
roles and strengthen their relationships with their
teachers. In the process, they began to feel more
positive about themselves and school life.
Moreover, the Juvenile Justice Programme helped
schools implement ‘care-plans’ for students who
committed minor offences. These ‘care-plans’
rallied the support of the student’s family, the
school and other community partners to ensure
that the student does not re-offend. The plan also
provided the young offender the opportunity ‘to
put things right’ through a series of efforts that
demonstrated his or her sincere remorse.
4. TEENAGE CRISIS MANAGEMENT
4.1 Beyond Social Services 4.1.1 BABES With the support of several other
voluntary welfare partners and the
endorsement of both MCYS and
NCSS, resources were pooled
together to launch Babes, a
programme to curb the incidence
of abandoned babies in Singapore.
Supported by partners who
provided shelter, medical aid,
counselling and publicity, we were
able to meet and help 110 youths
troubled by an unplanned pregnancy in 2005.
Since the programme’s launch on 21 February, we
have received around 6,500 SMSes and were able
to help many troubled teenagers through their
pregnancy crises. We are also very heartened to
note that there has been no reported incident of
an abandoned baby since the launch of Babes.
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II. MLK OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN WORK 5. TIMOR-LESTE 5.1 Alola Foundation 5.1.1 Maternity Packs Project Many Timorese women feel shame about their
inability to provide their new-borns with
appropriate clothing, thus are reluctant to give
birth in health facilities (assisted by skilled birth
attendants), resulting in one of the highest infant
and child mortality rates in the world. In an effort
to reduce these alarmingly high rates, maternity
packs, including the 20,000 pieces of baby cloths
and blankets donated by MILK, have been
distributed to the women giving birth at Dili and
Baucau hospitals. The packs include health
promotion materials which outline positive health
practices critical to the good health and survival of
both mother and child.
An important offshoot of the Maternity Packs
project is the employment opportunities it offers
to local women who are employed to produce
some of the items e.g washable napkins and wrap.
This project was officially launched on 27
February 2006 at the Guido Valadares National
Hospital, Dili (DNH). Present were Mrs Kirsty
Gusmao (Director, Alola Foundation), Mr
Sukehiro Hesegawa (Resident Representative and
Resident Coordinator UN), representatives from
UN agencies, and members of international and
local NGOs amongst others.
We are now funding 2 new and necessary
positions in the Foundation, CEO and Human
Resource Officer (not recruited yet). The Maternal
and Child Health Programmes is also now better
supported with the recruitment of a Coordinator
who is managing and supporting 2 current
projects: the National Breastfeeding Association
and Maternity Pack Project. She has also been
tasked with developing and promoting a
framework of good practice in maternal and child
health.
5.2 Clinic Café Timor (CCT) Clinic Café Timor (CCT) is a free primary health
programme within the coffee farmers’ cooperative,
the Cooperative Café Timor (CCT), and exists to
offer health services to coffee growers and their
families in remote mountainous areas, who
otherwise, might remain poorly serviced.
5.2.1 Construction of the Joint Ministry of Health /
MILK / CCT Primary Health Care clinic in Vatuboro, Liquica:
Construction of the Joint Ministry of Health /
MILK / CCT Primary Health Care clinic in
Vatuboro, Liquica district begun in early
September 2005 and is now complete. The clinic
has been fully operational since early February
2006 after receiving the equipments in early
January 2006. It delivers the standard level of
primary care services and is supported with mobile
services from CCT’s Dili clinic.
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This clinic also aims to develop a practical joint
CCT / MOH operational model, which, if
successful, will be applied to all CCT’s 10 rural
clinics.
5.2.2 Professional Support for Primary Dental Care
Service The 2 dental chairs shipped over by MILK have
been installed in the Dental Clinic of CCT’s Dili
health clinic and is now fully functional.
The dental programme has also recruited a
Filipino trained dentist to manage the programme
and 2 East Timorese nurses. International
opportunities for further professional support for
the programme are being explored.
5.2.3 Support for the HIV Programme in CCT’s Dili Clinic
CCT operates one of the 2 HIV/STI clinics in
East Timor. This clinic is part of a MOH
approved network of services for the at-risk
population of Dili, and the aim is to prevent the
start of an HIV epidemic in East Timor.
Currently, CCT operates counseling and testing
services for HIV but refers positive cases to
another clinic for management. MILK sponsored
100 “Rapid” HIV test kits for the Dili based HIV
/ STI service.
5.2.4 Rural Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Projects
The projects focus on improving in-clinic MCH
activities to make them more effective and
attractive for parents and children, and also to
commence activities in rural villages.
For long term sustainability of the programmes,
MILK believes in the development of
competencies, especially of the local people.
Hence, MILK funds the training of a team of
community facilitators who will be organized to
deliver simple prevention messages and concepts
of health at the rural village level on areas like
child health and immunizations.
Recruitment of an Advisor for Maternal and Child
Health was also completed in April 2006;
recruitment for the other necessary staff is
underway.
5.2.5 Nurse Practitioner Training Project MILK’s funding for the training of 12 CCT nurses
is scheduled for 2006 and will be completed over a
period of 2 ½ - 3 years, after which they will
return to the clinic and supervise the other nurses
working in the clinic.
6. PHILIPINESS 6.1 Tuloy Foundation Since 1997, Tuloy has provided free education and
training to hundreds of street kids who could not
afford to study elsewhere, producing 245
graduates in Vocational Technology in the last six
years.
Our partnership with Tuloy to fund vocational
technology training to 100 street children/youths
and out-of-school youths from poor communities
is underway and currently 54 students have
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graduated successfully with good industry
attachments with reputable companies.
6.2 Tala, Philippines We are in partnership with the Franciscan Mary
Missionary Sisters Feeding Programme in Tala in
the Philippines, which is a squatter area situated
on the outskirts of Manila. It has been known as a
leper colony and although the leprosy is under
control, the 15,000 community (which include
families of lepers and their children) live in dire
conditions and are completely dependant on the
goodwill of donors.
We are involved in developing a livelihood
programme as well as supporting their feeding and
educational programme for the young
In March 2006, an appeal for good condition
educational toys, books and clothes for Tala’s pre-
school going children was launched. With help
from generous donors and student volunteers
from St Joseph’s Institution, 12 big boxes of
educational toys and books were shipped over.
7. CHINA In partnership with the Luo Yuan government and
a local NGO, MILK provides education grants to
children of poor farmers in the Luo Yuan County
(population approx 250,000). We are helping a
total of 2,610 primary and secondary students
through bursaries including 983 children from
extremely poor families who are on the feeding
programme in addition to the education grant.
For Luo Yuan to progress and transform, the
county will need to develop her talents. To assist
in achieving this, MILK will also be launching 100
scholarships for pre-university and university
students.
Keppel Land International Limited has agreed to
sponsor RMB 1,000,000 as part of the cost of
constructing a student hostel for Luo Yuan Middle
School No. 2. This hostel will serve to alleviate the
problem of travelling distance for students who
live far from the school. Without the hostel, many
of these children from rural areas are likely to drop
out of school prematurely.
We have also helped to resettle 21 families who
were displaced by Typhoon “Long Wang” which
ravaged the homes and livelihoods of many in
Fujian province in October 2005. 12 families out
of the 21 have already moved into their new
homes and the remaining 9 families will complete
their homes by the 3rd quarter of this year. MILK
sponsored the building materials for the houses
while the government provided the land, roads
and infrastructure and the affected community
provided the labour.
A team of 6 delegates from the Luo Yuan Church,
our NGO partner, were in Singapore for a social
service attachment with Beyond Social Services for
3 weeks in March 2006. They went through
Campland and were attached to the Family Service
Centre and Kids United amongst others. The
attachment has proven mutually beneficial as both
teams exchange know-how and experiences.
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Fundraising Activities Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking in less than you
need.
-- Kahlil Gibran
Scientist in the making – Agilent
Science in a Box event
Students at Share a Meal 2006
President SR Nathan with MILK President
Dr Sheryn Mah at MILK Dinner 2005
MILK Golf 2005
MILK Run 2005 – Go, Go, Go!
Mrs Balakrishnan & Mrs Mah (L-R) with guests at the Mercedes Ball 2005
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Financial Statements We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
-- Winston Churchill
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MILK (MAINLY I LOVE KIDS) FUND (Charity Registration No. 1793)
FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2006
I N D E X
Page No.
Report of the Auditors 1
Balance Sheet 2
Income and Expenditure 3 - 5
Notes to the Accounts 6 - 7
Financial Statement 0
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MILK (MAINLY I LOVE KIDS) FUND (Charity Registration No. 1793)
REPORT OF THE AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF MILK (MAINLY I LOVE KIDS) FUND
We have examined the Return of Tax-Deductible Receipts amounting to 1,940,183 with regards to tax-deductible donations
and 1,530,632 with regards to non-tax-deductible donations of MILK (Mainly I Love Kids) Fund for the period from 1 April
2005 to 31 March 2006.
Our examination was made in accordance with Singapore Standards on Auditing and accordingly included such tests of the
accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered appropriate in the circumstances.
In our opinion, the Return of Tax-Deductible Receipts presents fairly the tax-deductible receipts issued by MILK (Mainly I
Love Kids) Fund for the period from 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006.
During the course of our examination, nothing came to our notice that cause us to believe that,
a) tax-deductible receipts were issued for donations other than outright cash donations;
b) donations for which tax-deductible receipts have been issued were not used for welfare activities approved by the
Charitable Fund;
c) the internal accounting controls over the issue and custody of tax-deductible receipts were inadequate;
d) there were significant contraventions of the Rules for the Administration of NCSS Charitable Fund Scheme for Voluntary
Welfare Organisations.
PAUL HOOI & CO.,
Certified Public Accountants
Singapore ,
Financial Statement 1
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MILK (MAINLY I LOVE KIDS) FUND (Charity Registration No. 1793)
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2006
As at
31.03.2006
As at
31.3.2005
Note $ $
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at bank 703,749 654,037
Fixed depos it 30,119 30,044
Deposits 3,000 -
TOTAL ASSETS 736,868 684,081
LIABILITIES
ACCUMULATED FUND 3 730,868 659,418
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accruals 6,000 6,000
Other creditors - 18,663
TOTAL LIABILITIES 736,868 684,081
CERTIFIED CORRECT :-
............................................……. ..............................................
CHUA KEE LOCK STANLEY TAN POH LENG
TREASURER VICE PRESIDENT
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial Statement 2
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MILK (MAINLY I LOVE KIDS) FUND (Charity Registration No. 1793)
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2006
Year from
1.4.2005 to
31.03.2006
Period from
6.7.2004 to
31.3.2005
Note $ $
INCOME
Tax-exempted Donations
Non-committee M embers 1,369,366 886,175
Committee Members 4 462,755 149,492
1,832,121 1,035,667
Non Tax-exempted Donations
Non-committee M embers 818,430 545,981
Non-committee M embers for M ILK Award 600,260 -
Committte M embers 104,400 -
1,523,090 545,981
3,355,211 1,581,648
Tax-exempted Sponsorship Donations
Non-committee M embers 70,868 -
Committte M embers 37,194 -
108,062 -
Non Tax-exempted Sponsorship Donations 7,542 -
115,604 -
Total Donations 3,470,815 1,581,648
Interes t on Fixed Depos it 75 44
M embership Fee - 1,000
3,470,890 1,582,692
EXPENDITURE
Programme Funding - Local
From Tax-exempted Donations
- to Beyond Social Services 1,550,000 500,000
(Kids United, Babes , Youth Programmes , Healthy Start Outpos t)
- to The Hope Fund (Chronically ill) 160,000 400,000
- for Flight of Hope - 13,000
- for SADeaf M ILK Grant 25,991 -
- for ARC (S) M ILK Bursary 114,170 -
- for MILK Award 2005 150,000 -
2,000,161 913,000
From Non Tax-exempted Donations
- for MILK Award 2005 600,260 -
Total Programme Funding - Local 2,600,421 913,000
Financial Statement 3
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MILK (MAINLY I LOVE KIDS) FUND
(Charity Registration No. 1793)
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2006
Year from
1.4.2005 to
31.03.2006
Period from
6.7.2004 to
31.3.2005
Note $ $
Programme Funding - Non-Local
From Non Tax-exempted Donations
- for Luoyuan W ork 217,012 -
- for Timor-Les te W ork 312,509 -
- for Tsunami W ork 155,770 -
685,291 -
Total Programme Funding 3,285,712 913,000
Fund-Rais ing Expenses
- MILK Golf 40,048 205
- Share-A-Meal 8,733 2,375
- Singapore Power Mailer 19,597 -
68,378 2,580
Other Operating Expenses :
Accounting fee 3,000 3,000
Audit fee 3,000 3,000
Bank charges 90 -
General expenses - 35
IT services 74 -
NCSS Membership fees - 142
Printing and s tationery 1,169 893
Reimbursement of Salaries 26,639 -
Shipment expenses 6,464 -
Telecommunications 4,750 494
Transport 97 130
Training courses 67 -
45,350 7,694
Total Expenses 113,728 10,274
Surplus for the period 71,450 659,418
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial Statement 4
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MILK (MAINLY I LOVE KIDS) FUND (Charity Registration No. 1793)
CERTIFIED CORRECT :-
...........................................……. ..............................................
CHUA KEE LOCK STANLEY TAN POH LENG
TREASURER VICE PRESIDENT
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial Statement 5
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MILK (MAINLY I LOVE KIDS) FUND (Charity Registration No. 1793)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT – 31 MARCH 2006
These notes form an integral part of the financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the accompanying
financial statements.
1. INFORMATION OF THE SOCIETY
MILK (Mainly I Love Kids) Fund was registered as a charity under the Charities Act on July 6, 2004. It was granted
Associate Membership with NCSS with effect from August 1, 2004.
The place of operations of the Society is at 100 Amoy Street, #03-00 Singapore 069920.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
a) Basis of Accounting
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the historical cost convention and have been properly
drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Singapore Companies Act and Singapore Financial Reporting
Standards (SFRS). The financial statements are expressed in Singapore dollars.
3. ACCUMULATED FUND
Tax-Exempt
Non Tax-
Exempt Total
$ $ $
6 July 2004 to 31 March 2005
Donations received 1,035,667 545,981 1,581,648
Other income - 1,044 1,044
Disbursements (923,274) - (923,274)
Balance as at 31 March 2005 112,393 547,025 659,418
1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006
Donations received 1,940,183 1,530,632 3,470,815
Other income - 75 75
Disbursements (2,107,425) (1,292,015) (3,399,440)
Balance as at 31 March 2006 (54,849) 785,717 730,868
Financial Statement 6
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MILK (MAINLY I LOVE KIDS) FUND (Charity Registration No. 1793)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT – 31 MARCH 2006
4. TAX-EXEMPTED DONATIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
All operating costs are borne by donation from committee members. Committee members will donate in the next
financial year, to ensure all operating costs are borne by committee members, in the event that operating cost
exceeds donation from committee members to cover operating cost, in any financial year.
5. DONATIONS
The following items form the donations income :-
From 1.04.05 to
31.03.06
$
Tax-exempted Donations
Community of Hearts 2004 43,232
General 158,641
MILK Award 2005 150,000
MILK Dinner 327,927
MILK Golf 383,208
Share-A-Meal 360,760
Singapore Power Mailer Sponshors ip 20,000
Third Party Events 496,415
1,940,183
Non Tax-exempted Donations
General Donations 930,372
MILK Award 2005 600,260
1,530,632
3,470,815
6. COMPARATIVE FIGURES
Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to comply with current year’s presentation.
Financial Statement 7
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Board of Directors / Secretariat Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
-- Helen Keller
MILK is served by a dedicated and passionate group of people on the board of directors and secretariat staff. MILK Committee: President Dr Sheryn Mah Vice President Mr Stanley Tan Honorary Secretary Mrs Joy Balakrishnan Honorary Treasurer Mr Chua Kee Lock Committee Members Mrs Debbie Phun Mrs Laura Poh Mr Yeo Cheng Boon Mr Low Seow Juan Dr Ivy Ng Dr Ben Neo Secretariat: Executive Director Ng Bee Leng Programme Executives Poh Ee Ling Lynn Tan Ranjana Raghunathan
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Acknowledgements Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he
does in this world to his fellows.
-- Mohammed
We are thankful to each and every donor whose contribution goes a long way in helping a needy child. Some
of the organisations and individuals that we partnered with are:
Corporate Donors:
ABN Amro Bank (S) Ltd
Ademco (Far East) Pte Ltd
Allen & Gledhill Advocates & Solicitors
Allgreen Properties Limited
American Express International Inc.
Ang Mo Kio Police Divisional HQ
Anne Luke
AON Risk Services Singapore Pte Ltd
Ape Communications
Apex-Pal International Ltd
Arie Darma (S) Pte Ltd
Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation
ASME
Association of Muslim Professionals
Association of Singapore Attractions
Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow
Binjai Crest Pte Ltd
Bodywork Concepts Pte Ltd (bods.bodynits)
Bonvests Holdings Limited
Boon Suan Lee & Co.
Buttercup Montesorri Kindergarten
C. Melchers GMBH & Co.
Cathy Pacific
CB Richard Ellis (Pte) Ltd
Central Singapore CDC
Chesterton International Property Consultants Pte Ltd
Citigroup
Comfort Delgro
Consort Bunkers Pte ltd
Corduroy & Finch
Coutts Bank
Crescendas Logistics
Crystal Time (S) Pte Ltd
Daimler Chrysler South East Asia Pte Ltd
DBS Bank Ltd
Defence Science and Technology Agency
DeRocks
Emirates
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Eng Wah Organization Limited
Eurokars Group of Companies
ExxonMobil
F J Benjamin (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Far East Organization
Ferrari Club Singapore
Ferrosan Asia Pacific
Food From the Heart
Foremost Golf
Fortune Travel Pte Ltd
Fraser and Neave Limited
Frontline Technologies Corporation Ltd
GLAJZ-THG
Goh Joo Hin
Goodwood Park Hotel
Gosh! Advertising
Grand Copthorne Waterfront
Heeren
Hong Lam Marine Pte ltd
Hong Seh Motors Pte Ltd
Hotel 1929/Restaurant Ember
HSBC Private Bank
IN Entertainment & Event Consultants
Indochine
ING Asia Private Bank Limited
ING Barrings
Interlocal Exim Pte Ltd
Jurong Bird Park
Jurong Police Divisional HQ
Keppel Corporation Limited
KHL Printing
Khoo Foundation
Kiehl's
Komoco Motors Pte Ltd
KPMG
Lien Foundation
Lilliputt Pte Ltd
Loreal Singapore
Magazines Incorporated
Maritime & Port Authority of S'pore
MCL Land Limited
Mediacorp Radio Singapore Pte Ltd
MENDAKI
Mobile One
Modesto's
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Asia (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Novena Holdings Ltd
nTan Corporate Advisory Pte Ltd
NTUC FairPrice Co-Operative Ltd
NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative Limited
Orchard Parade Hotel
ORIX Investment & Management Pte Ltd
Pacific Star Holding Pte Ltd
Pan-West, Singapore
PAP Women's Wing
Paper Connections Pte Ltd
Pica Digital
Pontiac Land Pte Ltd
Protégé Entertainment
PSA Corporation Ltd
Rabo Bank
Raffles International Limited
REDAS
Richemont Luxury (S'pore) Pte Ltd
Roger Dubuis
RSP Architects, Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd
Russell Reynolds Associates
SAAA
SC Global Developments Ltd
SDSC
Senoko Power Ltd
Serene Land Pte Ltd
Shangri-La Hotel Singapore
Shine MCYS
Sinanju Marine Services Pte Ltd
Singapore Exchange Limited
Singapore Explorer Pte Ltd
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Singapore Hotel Investment Company Pte Ltd
Singapore Power
Singapore Red Cross Society
Singapore River Business Association
Singapore Sport Council
Singapore Totalisator Board
SMRT Corporation Limited
Southeast Asia Regional HQ, Samsung Asia Pte Ltd
Sparkfury
SRBA
ST-Airport Services Pte Ltd
StarHub Ltd
SUTL Corporation Pte Ltd
Tampines CC (East and West)
Team Singapore
Teck Chiang Realty Pte Ltd
Thakral Group of Companies
The Chynahouse Group Pte Ltd
The Tan Foundation
Thumper
TIBS International Pte Ltd
Toa payoh Community Adventure Club
Trailblazer - Wong Kok Siew Fund
Transamerica Occidental Life
Tuas Power Pte Ltd
TYC Investment Pte Ltd
Union Bank of Switzerland AG, Singapore
Union Services (S) Pte Ltd
United Overseas Bank Limited
Visa International
Viz Tech Systems and Services
Walden International Singapore Pte Ltd
Waters Asia Limited (Singapore Branch)
Wing Tai Holdings Ltd
Wong Tong Jin
Write Pictures
Wyeth Nutritionals (Singapore) Pte Ltd
YES Supermarket
YGM Marketing Pte Ltd
YHS (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Zouk
Individual Donors:
Mrs Dorothy Chan
Mr Thomas Chong
Mr Joseph Foo
Mr Goh Siok Piew
Mr Sam Goi
Mr Desmond Koh
Mr Gerald Koh
Mr Kwee Liong Keng
Mr Kwee Liong Tek
Mr Ab Latip Bin Hussain
Ms Lyn Yoke Chin Janet
Mr John Miller
Mr Ng Lian Chian Jackie
Ms Christina Ong
Ms Phng Siew Hoon
Mrs Quek Bin Hwee
Prof K. Satku
Mr Peter Seah Lim Huat
Mr Tan Boon Khai, Bernard
Mr Tan Teck Long
Mr Jeff Tay
Mr Jim Williams
There are many other donors whose contributions have gone a long way in helping the disadvantaged kids that MILK supports. We are unable to mention them all in this space, but we convey our heart felt thanks and gratitude for your faith in MILK’s work.
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Support MILK We can do no great things, only small things with great love.
-- Mother Teresa
To contribute, contact MILK at: Tel: +65-6222 4123, Fax: +65-6222 4023, Email: [email protected], URL: www.milk.org.sg Or simply fill this form, attach your cheque made payable to “MILK Fund”, and mail it to: 100 Amoy Street #03-00, Singapore 069920 MY CONTRIBUTION
I / My company* would like to make a contribution of S$ __________ to MILK. Please find enclosed
my cheque ____________________ (bank & cheque no.)
MY DETAILS
(Ms/Mr/Mrs/Dr)*
Full Name
:__________________________________________________________
NRIC / FIN :__________________________________________________________
Name of Company :__________________________________________________________
Designation :__________________________________________________________
Address :__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Email address :__________________________________________________________
Contact Numbers :__________________________________________________________
* please delete accordingly
Kindly note that tax exemption will only be given for donations S$200.00 and above, for work within Singapore. Donations for work outside Singapore are not eligible for tax exemption.
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