SP Group donates $1m to charity supporting kids from lower-income families

When their eldest son was four and showing signs of speech delay, Mr Muhammad Hafiz Sapeh, who is in his 30s, and his wife worried that the boy would struggle to keep up with his peers in school.

- Claudia Tan

To help him, a social worker recommended that the couple send him for reading classes at SunCare SG every Saturday.

Now seven, Muhammad Adam Qayyum Muhammad Hafiz, is one of 200 children receiving support from SunCare SG, a charity that helps children and young people.

On weekdays, he attends You Shine, an after-school programme that includes games, arts, sports and literacy classes. Adam is also a mentee under You Power, a mentoring programme that takes place on Saturdays. The programmes are free and open to all children who require help.

Since joining SunCare SG’s programmes three years ago, Adam has become more confident in his speech and has made vast improvements in his schoolwork. He has also become more outgoing and bubbly, said his mother Nur Adilah Zuraime, who is in her 20s.

During a SunCare SG Children’s Day event on Oct 4, Adam proudly told reporters of his aspiration to become a police officer one day.