Reading Time: 4 minutes Emmaus used ART before COVID-19 While the COVID-19 pandemic has made us way too familiar with A.R.T., or Antigen Rapid Test; a strategy used to detect the presence of the COVID-19 virus, Emmaus Strategies has been employing A.R.T. as a strategy to build our community way before COVID-19. Referring to Awareness, Resilience and Transformation, it…
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Reading Time: < 1 minute With the COVID-19 pandemic, are you now working on your Volunteer Continuity Plan? We believe the below videos and resources will be of help. On 22 Apr 2022, our Lead Thrive-Synergist has recently shared the Volunteer Continuity Plan he developed in SHINE Children & Youth Services at the NCSS Brown Bag series on 22 Apr 2022.…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore reached a milestone in having 96% of its eligible population vaccinated (as at Dec 21 2021). As Singapore continues to boost its resilience against the COVID-19 virus and reopens to the world, it is also timely to administer “booster” shots for mental resilience; conversations about mental resilience. Indeed, this little red dot, can and…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Were you there? At the celebration of International Volunteer Managers Day with the National Council of Social Service and Volunteer Management Practitioners (VMPs) last Friday? We have also prepared a special “gift”; a tool, for VMPs to help them launch off volunteer partnerships well. See below for more information. How it all Started for James…
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Reading Time: < 1 minute We are grateful for Salt & Light coming alongside us to chronicle and share the Emmaus story and how James, our Lead Thrive-Synergist’s faith journey brought him to start Emmaus. May you be blessed by it. Special thanks to Christine from Salt & Light who spent time with us to pen this meaningful article. You…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes We are all fighting some sort of battle within us but do we take the time to reach out to others or even hear someone out? In this last instalment of the 6-part #IfOnlyYouKnew interviews, we will hear our final pair of youth and adult, Ivy and Eric, as they share about the crucial ingredient…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Why is it so hard to reach out to others for help when we most need it? In this instalment of the 6-part #IfOnlyYouKnew interviews, we will hear from another pair of youth and adult, Diana and Reynard about their mental health journey. Perhaps listening in on Diana and Reynard’s short sharing could give us…
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Why do we sometimes work so hard? In part 2 of this 6-part #IfOnlyYouKnew interviews, we hear from James from Emmaus Strategies on how he felt like nothing. Listen in as James gives an inside look into his inner world and why he burned out so many times. Today he uses his experience to help…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Greater Strength or Greater Stress? How has COVID-19 affected our community? With all the spotlight on the effects of the pandemic on our mental health, is it really possible to grow and stay resilient in our work and personal lives? We are glad to be a part of this year’s Festival for Good, Asia’s largest…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Right now, how would you describe yourself with an “I am…: statement? I am happy? I am excited? I am tired? I am stressed? In collaboration with Project REdisCOVER, we are shedding light on the unspoken side of everyone’s lives; our mental health. Here’s the trailer video on this World Mental Health Day. Look out…
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