Needy students get bags, stationery and vouchers for new school year

SINGAPORE - Nearly 300 students between the ages of seven and 21 received new school bags, stationery and $100 worth of bookstore and supermarket vouchers on Saturday .

Organised by Sembawang Community Club Youth Executive Committee, the project seeks to defray school and household expenses for the families. One of the volunteers at the event, Ms Siti Nuraisha Safri, 23, said:"As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. Pack My Backpack was held in conjunction with the WeCare @ North West - Ready For School programme, where 137 pre-schoolers aged five or six were each awarded a $200 bursary by the North West Community Development Council.The programme has raised more than $500,000 worth of bursaries for 1,600 kindergarten pupils so far this year.

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