Some charities are seeing a greater demand for their services even as the coronavirus has hit their fund-raising activities. Between January and June, local charity Food From The Heart (FFTH) had already distributed three quarters of the total number of food packs it gave...
She added:"We are bracing ourselves for a growing number of requests for help in the next 12 months as we foresee more people struggling financially."
Its president, Ms Florence Tan, said it used to get all its donations from church-goers on the first Sunday of every month during mass. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had to cancel its annual gala dinner, which could have raised $500,000 to run its community animal clinic and buy medical equipment.
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