Singapore Buddhist Welfare Services (SBWS) was registered with Registry of Societies and The Charities Branch on 27th May 1981 and 8th May 1991 respectively.
SBWS is a full member of the National Council of Social Services (NCSS) and works closely with the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE).
Objective
1) To initiate and organize voluntary programmes, services and activities supporting the relief of poverty, suffering, ignorance and ill-health (physical or psychological), without limitation in age, sex, race, nationality or religion, especially through provision of counselling, advisory financial assistance, training, education or assistance that may be deemed desirable by the Services.
2) To raise, receive, administer, invest and distribute such funds and goods in kind entrusted to the Services for the attainment of the above objectives or any of them.
3) To establish institutional care for providing social services to support the needy, aged, children and handicapped as may be deemed necessary.
4) To co-operate with government bodies, religious organizations, welfare agencies, National Council of Social Service and private organizations, in uniformity with 1) above.
5) To encourage and promote a pool of voluntary workers to visit and assist families and charitable institutions.
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