This document discusses hunger and poverty in Singapore. It notes that over 120,000 households rely on supplemental food rations from the government or volunteers. Income inequality is rising, with Singapore having the highest Gini coefficient among developed countries. Those most at risk of hunger live in older HDB estates, one-room flats, or low-cost rental units. Common causes of hunger include unstable or low incomes and an unwillingness to accept help due to stigma. Several formal groups and informal volunteer initiatives work to address hunger by providing meals or distributing unsold food. The document encourages continuing the legacy of one volunteer who started a food sharing movement before passing away.

1. Individuals
Organised
Groups
• Formal groups
• Informal groups

2. Are you aware there are people in
affluent Singapore who, for various
reasons, are unable to afford basic
three meals a day?

3. MORE THAN
120 000
Households in Singapore rely on
supplementary food rationS from the
government and volunteer organizations
Did you know?
HUNGER IS CLOSELY
INTERLINKED TO POVERTY
Statistics by the World Bank has recorded
that Singapore has the highest Gini
coefficient in the developed world of today.
It shows that income inequality is
increasing in Singapore.
WHEREARE MOST OF THESEPEOPLE FOUNDAT?
We often do not realise the
urgency of this matter.
We don’t see poor people
begging on the streets after all
as begging is illegal
OVERVIEW OF THE HUNGER
SITUATION IN SINGAPORE
Bedo
k
Woodlands
A Voluntary Welfare Organization, Food
from the Heart♥, distributes unsold
bread from local bakeries to
approximately 11,000 individuals every
month – helping to reduce food wastage
as well as feeding the hungry.
Unstable/low
family income
Unwilling to accept
help for fear of
being looked down
upon
HUNGER
Ang Mo kio
Juron
g
WHY ARE
PEOPLE
HUNGRY? Old HDB estates/
One-room flats/
Rental units
where it is not
as well-developed
Lower cost of
living
Higher concentration of the poor
(Courtesy of Park Yewon, Chen Jie, Victoria Tan, Zhang Ruoxi & Sharmayne Soh of Sec 3O’2014, Cedar Girls’ Secondary School.)

4. Formal Groups Dedicated to this Cause:
 Willing Hearts
 Food From the Heart (FFTH)
Formal Groups who help the needy &
who have branched into this cause:
 YWCA – Meals on Wheels
 Touch Community Services – Meals on
Wheels
 Heart to Heart
And there are many more!!!

5.  Project Love Lunch
 A Packet of Rice
And there are many more such ad hoc groups of
people who have organised themselves, pooling
together funds from their own pockets or
apportioning a sum from the company’s annual
profits to help the needy, be it regularly or
especially near festive occasions!!!

9. Unfortunately, this lovely soul (who incidentally, is an ex-Cedarian!)
passed away in 2015. Listen to a snippet of an interview your seniors
conducted with her, explaining why she was compelled to start the
Chope Food for the Needy Movement & how she intended for it to be.
(Courtesy of Park Yewon, Chen Jie, Victoria Tan, Zhang Ruoxi & Sharmayne Soh of Sec 3O’2014, Cedar Girls’ Secondary School.)
Can we, the Cedarian community, continue her legacy?