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Inspiring Women and Strengthening Families
Inspiring
Women and
Strengthening
Families
Inspiring Women and Strengthening Families
Inside
ORGANISATION
About PPIS                           02
Our Services                         03
Impact Statement                     06

FAMILY SERVICES
Family Service Centres               08
INSPIRASI                            09
Vista Sakinah                        10
As-Salaam                             11
Oasis                                12

CAPABILITY &
CAPACITY BUILDING
Research and Engagement Department   14
SYM Academy                          15

CHILDREN SERVICES
7oaks                                 17
7oaks Preschool                      18
7oaks Student Care                   20

SUPPORT OUR CAUSES
Corporate Giving                     22

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Inspiring Women and Strengthening Families
About PPIS   Founded in 1952, PPIS           We are dedicated to working
                                             with women of all ages in
                                                                             Our Services                                           INSPIRASI PPIS:

             (Persatuan Pemudi Islam         carrying out their multiple
                                                                                                                                    Specialises in preparing and
                                                                                                                                    strengthening young marriages.
             Singapura or the Singapore      roles in society. PPIS runs
                                             three core community
             Muslim Women’s Association)     services namely Family                                                                 PPIS Vista Sakinah:
             is a non-profit organisation    Services, Student Care
                                             and Early Childhood
                                                                                                                                    Specialises in preparing and

             focused on services for         Education (ECE).
                                                                                                                                    strengthening remarriages and
                                                                                                                                    stepfamilies.
             women, families and children.   With 16 centres islandwide,
                                             the services work together                                                             PPIS As-Salaam (Divorce Support
                                             seamlessly to provide                                                                  Specialist Agency):
                                             quality and holistic support,                                                          Provides support for divorcing
                                             as well as developmental                                                               parents and single parent families
                                             programmes for women and                       PPIS Family Service Centres:            to move on and cope with the
                                             their families.                                Provide casework and counselling        challenges to rebuild their families.
                                                                                            for intrapersonal relationship,
                                                                                            family issues and concerns.
                                             VISION
                                             A Compassionate
                                             Organisation Connecting
                                                                                            PPIS Oasis:
                                             Communities
                                                                                            Assists foster parents in providing a
                                                                                            safe home environment for foster
                                             MISSION
                                                                                            children through therapeutic and
                                             Inspiring Women •
                                                                                            support services.
                                             Strengthening Families

                                                                                                                                    7oaks Student Care:
                                                                                                                                    Provides quality care and
                                                                                                                                    development programmes for
                                                                                                                                    students after school hours.

                                                                                                                                    SYM Academy:
                                                                                                                                    A practice academy specialising in
                                                                                            7oaks Preschool:                        therapeutic family-related work for
                                                                                            Provides alternative childcare          individuals and couples, as well as
                                                                                            arrangement and developmental           training programmes for
                                                                                            programmes for pre-schoolers.           professionals working with families.

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Inspiring Women and Strengthening Families
Impact
     Statement
                                                                                 Family
                                                                                 Services
     Direct

                    954                          114
                families and students         active volunteers
              received financial aid and        contributed
                 school fee subsidies

                 14,116                      2,747
                beneficiaries/clients      professionals benefited
                  benefited from              from professional
                community outreach          development training

                                                         *Based on FY2019-2020

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Inspiring Women and Strengthening Families
Family Service
     Centres (FSCs)

                                              PPIS FSCs offer casework and
                                              counselling services for clients who
                                              face intrapersonal relationship
                                              issues, family violence, child

                                                                                     INSPIRASI
                                              management or parenting concerns
                                              and other general concerns,
                                              including referrals for financial
                                              assistance. They also incorporate
                                              group and community work in their
                                              approach to help individuals and
                                              families better support and
                                              empower one another.

         PPIS Family Service                    LOCATION                                 At INSPIRASI PPIS, we                  Apart from the Marriage Preparation
                                                                                                                                Programme, young, married couples
         Centre (FSC) East                      PPIS Family Service Centre
                                                                                         recognise the sanctity                 can also benefit from a range of

         and West were set up                   (East)                                   of marriage and the                    Marriage Enrichment Programmes
                                                                                                                                in the first ten years of their
         to promote, develop
                                                Wisma Geylang Serai
                                                1 Engku Aman Road #03-01
                                                                                         importance of                          marriage which includes casework

         and maintain the                       Singapore 408528                         supporting young                       and counselling.

         well-being of family units              T   6950 3503
                                                                                         marriages.
         to contribute to the                    E   fsceast@ppis.sg                     Young couples, where either the
         progress of the nation.                PPIS Family Service Centre
                                                                                         bride-to-be is below 21 years old or
                                                                                         the groom-to-be is below 25 years
                                                                                                                                   LOCATION
                                                (West)                                   old, can benefit from INSPIRASI           INSPIRASI PPIS
                                                Blk 301 Bukit Batok St 31                PPIS’ Marriage Preparation                Blk 322 Bukit Batok Street 33
         Over the years, PPIS FSCs have         #01-01                                                                             #01-16
                                                                                         Programme.
         seen a steady growth in the number     Singapore 650301                                                                   Singapore 650322
         of clients served.
                                                                                         Our services are designed for young
                                                 T   6561 3462                           couples and their parents to make         T   6561 1049
                                                 F   6561 6420                           an informed decision on marriage,         F   6564 9586
                                                 E   fscwest@ppis.sg                     as well as to prepare the young           E   inspirasi@ppis.sg
                                                                                         couple for family life.

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Inspiring Women and Strengthening Families
As-Salaam

                                                                                           As-Salaam is a Specialist                potential for families to grow from
                                                                                                                                    strength to strength. When families
                                                                                           Centre with more than                    are able to overcome these life
                                                                                           25 years of experience                   challenges, they move on positively
                                                                                                                                    and become stronger together.
                                                                                           in working with
     Vista Sakinah                                                                         Malay-Muslim single
                                                                                           parent families.

                                                                                           In 2015, As-Salaam achieved a new
                                                                                           milestone by being appointed as a
                                                                                           Divorce Support Specialist Agency
         Vista Sakinah specialises              Vista Sakinah also provides training
                                                and consultation for social workers,
                                                                                           (DSSA) by the Ministry of Social and
         in preparing and                       counsellors, teachers and those in
                                                                                           Family Development (MSF). Through
                                                                                           specialised training, our staff were
         strengthening                          the helping professions, to better
                                                help them in working and
                                                                                           further equipped with knowledge and
         remarriages. We                        communicating with stepfamilies.
                                                                                           skills in handling divorce issues to
                                                                                           provide the support needed for
         collaborate with                                                                  families that have been divorced or
         couples and families to                   LOCATION
                                                                                           are currently going through a divorce.

         develop resilience and                    Vista Sakinah
                                                                                           As a DSSA, we offer counselling and
         nurture tranquility within                Blk 549 Woodlands Drive 44
                                                                                           other programmes such as Parenting
                                                                                           PACT and Children in Between (CiB)
                                                                                                                                       LOCATION

         their stepfamily lives.                   #01-86
                                                   Singapore 730549
                                                                                           for parents and their young children        As-Salaam
                                                                                           to better cope with the impact of           Blk 41 Chai Chee Street
                                                                                           divorce and be aware of available           #01-16
         Our services cater to couples             T   6891 3090
                                                                                           resources in the community.                 Singapore 461041
         preparing for their journey of            F   6891 3295
         remarriage through private                E   vistasakinah@ppis.sg
                                                                                           At As-Salaam, we believe that life is        T   6745 5862
         consultations, stepfamilies seeking
                                                                                           a journey – one that is full of              F   6743 2749
         enrichment for stepfamily living and
                                                                                           tribulations. Each tribulation               E   as-salaam@ppis.sg
         children who may need support in
                                                                                           provides for an opportunity and
         adjusting and adapting to their
         stepfamily life.

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Inspiring Women and Strengthening Families
Capability
                                                                                         & Capacity
                                                                                         Building

     Oasis

         PPIS Oasis is the third                  and support services. The centre
                                                  facilitates the fostering journey by
         fostering agency in                      helping foster families develop a
         Singapore appointed                      healing and healthy relationship
                                                  with foster children – all while
         by the Ministry of                       allowing these children to realise
         Social and Family                        their potential and aspirations.

         Development (MSF)
         in 2017.                                    LOCATION

                                                     PPIS Oasis
         Since then, the centre has been
                                                     Blk 41 Chai Chee Street
         actively promoting fostering to
                                                     #01-16
         families in the community. From
                                                     Singapore 461041
         2017 to 2020, the centre has served
         up to 87 foster parents and 172
                                                     T   6817 6150
         foster children.
                                                     E   oasis@ppis.sg
         PPIS Oasis supports foster parents
         in their efforts to provide a safe and
         stable home environment for foster
         children through our therapeutic

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Inspiring Women and Strengthening Families
Research and
     Engagement
     Department

                                                                                      SYM Academy
         As a pioneer Muslim                    recommendations to issues that
                                                affect Muslim women.
         women’s organisation,
         PPIS recognises the                    RED’s goal is to engage different
                                                parties on emerging and challenging
         need to be a source                    subjects confronting these women.
         of support to Muslim                   Through educational programmes
                                                and public awareness, RED
         women in an                            endeavours to develop the
         ever-changing                          community’s knowledge base on            SYM Academy is a                       and training programmes for
                                                                                                                                professional development. In doing
         social landscape.
                                                Muslim women by harnessing their
                                                wealth of experience, knowledge          practice academy                       so, we also tailor our programmes to
                                                and skills.                              specialising in                        fit the needs of individuals and
                                                                                                                                families accordingly. Through such
         RED aims to represent the voices of                                             family-focused work.                   collaborative efforts, we strive to
         these women and advance their                                                                                          help them achieve their goals.
         aspirations. The focus areas of the
                                                                                         With advanced competencies and
         department are research, advocacy
                                                   LOCATION                              know-how, SYM works with
         and engagement.
                                                                                         professionals, practitioners and          LOCATION
                                                   Research and Engagement
                                                                                         families through individual
         Our objective is to undertake             Department                                                                      SYM Academy
                                                                                         coaching, clinical supervision,
         research efforts on issues faced          Blk 1 Eunos Crescent                                                            Blk 1 Eunos Crescent
                                                                                         group facilitation and systemic
         by Muslim women. Through our              #01-2509                                                                        #01-2509
                                                                                         approach training programmes.
         research efforts, PPIS hopes to           Singapore 400001                                                                Singapore 400001
         gain a deeper understanding of the
                                                                                         At SYM, we interact with
         concerns of Muslim women and               T   6744 0258                                                                   T   6745 0613
                                                                                         professionals across different
         therefore be a voice for them within       F   6748 1417                                                                  F    6745 5923
                                                                                         career fields. We offer holistic and
         the wider community. In doing so,          E   red@ppis.sg                                                                E    hello@sym.academy
                                                                                         comprehensive services as part of
         PPIS also seeks to offer
                                                                                         our therapeutic family-related work

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Inspiring Women and Strengthening Families
Children   7oaks
Services                                            7oaks is an education
                                                    management
                                                    consultancy
                                                    incorporated by PPIS in
                                                    the second quarter of
                                                    2016, specialising in the
                                                    management of Early
                                                    Childhood Education
                                                    (ECE) centres and
                                                    Student Care Centres
                                                    (SCCs).

               7oaks’ expertise covers the full
               spectrum of running childcare
               centre operations, finance, human
               resource management, talent
               development and marketing, as well
               as setting up of turnkey centres.

               Its primary role is to manage the
               centres on behalf of PPIS.
               Currently, 7oaks manages seven
               existing preschool centres and
               will also be enhancing and
               expanding its Early Childhood
               Education services.

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LOCATIONS:

                                                                                    7oaks Preschool
                                                                                    Bedok Reservoir
                                                                                    Blk 709 Bedok Reservoir Road
                                                                                    #01-3854
                                                                                    Singapore 470709

                                                                                    T   6243 3468
                                                                                    F   6243 1558
                                                                                    E   brc@ppis.sg

                                                                                    7oaks Preschool
                                                                                    Bukit Batok
                                                                                    21 Bukit Batok East Avenue 6
                                                                                    Singapore 659759
                                                                                                                    7oaks Preschool
                                                                                    T   6467 8958                   Pasir Ris 1
                                                                                    F   6466 7514                   Blk 557 Pasir Ris Street 51
                                                                                    E   bbc@ppis.sg                 #01-201
                                                                                                                    Singapore 510557
                                                                                    7oaks Preschool
                                                                                                                    T   6581 5754

     7oaks Preschool
                                                                                    Jurong 1
                                                                                    Blk 826 Jurong West Street 81   F   6584 3039
                                                                                    #01-430                         E   prc1@ppis.sg
                                                                                    Singapore 640826
                                                                                                                    7oaks Preschool
                                                                                    T   6792 6047                   Pasir Ris 2
                                                                                    F   6792 9750                   Blk 187 Pasir Ris Street 11
                                                                                        jrc@ppis.sg                 #01-88
         On 2 January 1983, PPIS
                                                                                    E
                                             education. By embracing a learning                                     Singapore 510187
                                             culture, we strive to nurture
         opened its first                    individuals into passionate learners
                                                                                    7oaks Preschool
                                                                                    Jurong 2                        T   6582 0697
         kindergarten and was                and competent leaders of
                                             character.
                                                                                    Blk 949 Jurong West Street 91   F   6581 4829

         one of the first to                                                        #01-709                         E   prc2@ppis.sg
                                                                                    Singapore 640949
         introduce a play-based              Our team consists of educators
                                             who are passionate in working with
                                                                                                                    7oaks Preschool

         approach.                                                                  T   6817 6270                   Sembawang
                                             young children. Our teachers are                                       Blk 316 Sembawang Vista
                                                                                    E   jrc2@ppis.sg
                                             trained or are undergoing training                                     #01-191
         Today, 7oaks operates seven         to attain the Diploma in Pre-school                                    Singapore 750316
         preschool centres with a total      Education-Teaching level and
         enrolment of about 800 children.    above. All of our educators attend                                     T   6754 3950
                                             in-house training as well as                                           F   6754 3071
         As a premier early childhood        professional development courses                                       E   sbv@ppis.sg
         education service provider, we      so as to be kept abreast with the
         believe every child is unique and   latest early childhood initiatives
         deserves quality care and           and guidelines.

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7oaks Student
     Care
                                                                            Support
                                                                            Our Causes
         7oaks Student Care
         provides before
         and after school
         care services for
         school-going children
         (7-14 years) who have
         no alternative care
         arrangements at home.

         Our Student Care Centres focus on          LOCATION
         nurturing children through
                                                    7oaks Student Care
         empowerment. We believe in the
                                                    (Bedok)
         importance of instilling moral values,
                                                    Blk 136 Bedok
         as well as equipping our children with
                                                    Reservoir Road
         life skills that they can take with them
                                                    #01-1425
         wherever they go.
                                                    Singapore 470136
         7oaks Student Care provides a
                                                    T   6741 4065
         platform for children under our care
                                                    F   6741 2942
         to broaden their horizons through
                                                    E   sccbedok@ppis.sg
         holistic learning experiences that
         allow them to unleash their
                                                    7oaks Student Care
         potential. With our wide variety of
                                                    (Jurong)
         programmes and activities, we strive
                                                    Blk 520 Jurong West
         to offer children the opportunity to
                                                    Street 52
         achieve much more by harnessing
                                                    #01-195
         their talents.
                                                    Singapore 640520
         Most importantly, our centres serve
                                                    T   6561 9013
         as a second home to every child that
                                                    F   6560 5852
         walks through our doors, offering
                                                    E   sccjurong@ppis.sg
         busy parents peace of mind knowing
         that their children are in safe hands.

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Corporate
     Giving

                                                                      Collaborate with us for your           • Channel proceeds from dinners,
                                                                      corporate fundraising activities         concerts or company events to
                                                                      where the proceeds will go to your       PPIS
                                                                      preferred PPIS centre or
                                                                      programme.                             Everyone has a crucial role to play
                                                                                                             in giving back to society. Let us
                                                                      Help us to make a difference           work together to build a caring and
                                                                      through providing quality              inclusive community.
                                                                      education, training, counselling and
                                                                      financial support.                     For more information, please

        At PPIS, we aspire to   We believe in early intervention as                                          contact us at info@ppis.sg or
                                                                      Here are ways in which PPIS can be     6744 0258.
        create an inclusive
                                a necessity to reduce the need for
                                more severe measures in future.       part of your company’s CSR:

        society and improve     Break the cycle to help our
                                                                      • “Adopt” PPIS as your beneficiary
        the lives of local
                                beneficiaries achieve their full                                             Donate via PayNow
                                potential in life.                      of choice

        Muslim women and                                              • Philanthropic donation
        their families.
                                Match your organisation’s giving
                                goals to the needs of our
                                beneficiaries. “Adopt” any of          • Cash sponsorship for our events,
                                PPIS’ 16 centres and their wide         programmes or centres
                                range of programmes as part of
                                your Corporate Social                 • Sponsorship of equipment and
                                Responsibility (CSR).                   services to help minimise our
                                                                        centres’ operating expenses          UEN NO: S64SS0011K001

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PPIS Corporate Office
                                              ppis.sg

Blk 1 Eunos Crescent,   Phone: 6744 0258      /ppis.sg
#01-2509                Fax: 6748 1417
Singapore 400001        Email: info@ppis.sg   @ppissg
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