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  • Petition to MSF: Singapore to Offer Adoption of Palestinian Children

    Petition to MSF: Singapore to Offer Adoption of Palestinian Children

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    Credit: https://www.facebook.com/shahirah.alkaff

    Salam R1C,

    Heartbreaking pictures of the killings and the families’ anguish circled the Internet and television news stations. People around the world were outraged, including Singaporeans.

    The effects of this war are not just in lost lives.  According to the UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 1660 homes have been destroyed or severely damaged since Operation Protective Edge began. It has resulted in the displacement of 9,900 Palestinians.

    In this adult war of obsessive revenge and punishment, it is the children who pay the highest price. It is a war where children become parentless, and parents become childless.

    There are many parents in Singapore who have been deeply affected by the Israel-Palestine conflict which resulted in the countless killings of innocents children.

    I strongly urge R1C to share a petition created by my friend, and please spread the message to all Muslim and non-Muslim parents who wish to adopt children: now they can push the government to offer adoption of Palestinian children to Singaporean families. By signing this petition, there is a glimmer of hope to help these poor, homeless and parentless Palestinian children. Together we can make a difference in someone else’s life.

    Please sign the petition –  Singapore to offer adoption of Palestinian children.

    Authored by: Mama Gee

    letters R1C

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  • Pertapis Children’s Home facing allegations of staff giving children inappropriate physical punishments

    Haji Hussaini Abdullah, president of Pertapis with administrator Madam Haloyah Atan on March 22, 2013. Pertapis Children's Home is facing allegations of children in the home being inappropriately punished physically. -- BH FILE PHOTO: MOHD KHALID BABA
    Haji Hussaini Abdullah, president of Pertapis with administrator Madam Haloyah Atan on March 22, 2013. Pertapis Children’s Home is facing allegations of children in the home being inappropriately punished physically. — BH FILE PHOTO: MOHD KHALID BABA

    Pertapis Children’s Home is facing allegations of children in the home being inappropriately punished physically.

    In a media release on Friday, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) said it had received some information about some children in the home receiving inappropriate physical punishment from some of the home’s staff members. It filed a police report, and the police are now investigating the matter.

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    The home was established in 1991 to provide children aged between four and 12 a safe environment under the Children and Young Persons Act. Children may be referred to the home by the Juvenile Court, Family Service Centres, the MSF or other social service agencies. There are now 61 children and six staff members in the home.

    In its release, the MSF said the safety and well-being of children is its paramount concern and priority, and its officers are providing the affected children and their families emotional and psychological support.

    Source: the Straits Times