no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2015 temasek cares type foundation nonprofit founded 2009 founders temasek headquarters singapore key people mr richard r magnus ppa e l chairman website temasek cares temasek cares clg ltd temasek cares is a singapore non profit philanthropic organisation set up in 2009 to commemorate the 35th anniversary of temasek holdings . 1 backed by four endowments temasek cares aims to improve the lives of underprivileged individuals families and communities in singapore . temasek cares funds programmes that contribute to the well being dignity and livelihood of the underprivileged in singapore through its four thrusts of building people building community building capability and rebuilding lives . 2 it has aided nearly 17 600 individuals in singapore over the last five years . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 2013 2014 1.2 2012 2013 1.3 2011 2012 1.4 2010 2011 1.5 2009 2010 2 board of directors 13 2.1 chairman 2.2 treasurer 2.3 board members 2.4 management team 3 programmes and partnership 4 building people 5 building community 6 building capability 7 rebuilding lives 8 references history edit in march 2014 temasek up a new endowment fund of s 40 million to commemorate its 40th anniversary . the new temasek emergency preparedness fund t prep fund administered by temasek cares will help with programmes to enable people to be prepared and cope with different emergency situations . 2013 2014 edit in 2013 2014 s 6.7 million were committed to supporting 4 750 beneficiaries through 18 new programmes . new initiatives for the year included programmes that support children with learning and development delays programmes that support educational support for youths and programmes that help adults with mental challenges . 4 2012 2013 edit in 2012 2013 s 4.55 million in grants were committed to 14 programmes including new and differentiated models of care for over 4 700 singaporeans and their families . 5 various stakeholders including voluntary welfare organisations vwos government agencies sector administrators and grassroots organisations worked together to provide intervention for children with learning needs from socially challenged families build the capacity of the community to care for the elderly sick provide respite care for the elderly and their caregivers and support at risk youths at the workplace . 2011 2012 edit in 2011 2012 more than s 3.33 million were committed to fund 15 programmes for more than 3 750 needy and under privileged individuals in singapore . 6 supported programmes include those that reach out to singaporeans with mental challenges children with learning and developmental delays abused women and their children and frail elderly requiring long term care . 7 2010 2011 edit in 2010 2011 temasek cares committed grants of s 3.07 million 8 in total to support 3 000 direct beneficiaries through 15 programmes of which 11 were new or pilot programmes . 9 attention was given to support programmes to build the intermediate and long term care sector including study awards to train more nurses and allied health professionals and those that provide integrated care within the community for the elderly . focus was also given to build the special needs sector like study awards to train early intervention teachers and therapists train parents of children with learning needs and provide learning support specialists for northlight school and assumption pathway school . one key programme for that year was project spark which brought the four major community self help groups together to help single parents and their children rebuild their lives . other supported programmes include establishing bursaries to help needy children with their education expenses and bursaries that help ex offenders upgrade their skills and improve their chances of employment . 2009 2010 edit temasek cares clg ltd was founded in 2009 through a grant of s 100 million to the temasek trust an initial endowment gift to fund singapore community programmes . 10 an additional endowment of 70 million renamed as the ee peng liang endowment and the balaji sadasivan endowment was received on its first anniversary . 11 the s 35 million ee peng liang endowment is designated for building the capability of the special needs sector which serves people with physical sensory and intellectual disabilities . supported programmes include study awards for early intervention teachers and therapists as well as learning support for special needs students . the s 35 million balaji sadasivan endowment is focused on building the capability of the intermediate and long term care sector to meet the needs of an ageing population . supported programmes include study awards for nurses and therapists as well as those that help the elderly to age in place . 12 board of directors 13 edit chairman edit mr richard r magnus ppa e l pbm served the legal service for 40 years conferred the public administration medal goldbar and the meritorious service medal for his contributions to the singapore judiciary in 2003 and 2009 respectively chairman casino regulatory authority of singapore chairman public transport council chairman bioethics advisory committee chairman public guardian board treasurer edit mr mohd salleh marican chief executive officer second chance properties ltd founded second chance properties ltd and has been the chairman and ceo since its incorporation has 35 years of retail experience recipient of the nanyang technological university entrepreneurship excellence award 1996 board members edit ms pang cheng lian retired . ms pang graduated with a master of arts in political science from the university of singapore . she held various positions and responsibilities including chairman films appeal committee singapore s ambassador to italy and switzerland non resident first vice president special assistant to the chairman dr wee cho yaw united overseas bank director of united industrial corporation limited appointed director of singapore land limited mr zainul abidin rasheed . zainul has served various positions in the media community development programmes institutions the trade union movement and government . he served as the senior minister of state in the ministry of foreign affairs until 2011 . his current portfolio includes non resident ambassador to kuwait consultant with the new straits times press corporate advisor with temasek ms vemala k rajamanickam consultant allen & gledhill llp partner and consultant in allen & gledhill since 1977 advocate and solicitor of the supreme court of singapore since 1971 until she retired in 2009 mr benedict cheong director & chief executive officer temasek foundation ceo of temasek foundation previously ceo of the national council of social service served in the singapore police force for 15 years in various appointments at headquarters and in the operational units mr goh yong siang senior managing director hexagon development advisors pte ltd joined temasek in august 2006 until 2013 previously worked in the private equity sector and was president of st engineering served in the singapore armed forces retiring as chief of the air force in 1998 management team edit ms woon saet nyoon general manager mr kee kirk chuen deputy general manager programmes and partnership edit temasek cares 14 partners with various established organisations to support existing programmes or to develop new programmes . its programmes fall under four key thrusts building people edit temasek cares education bursary programme for eurasian students temasek cares partnered the eurasian association 15 to help eurasian primary school students from low income families with school related expenses including school fees uniforms books transportation to and from school and meals during recess . the programme reached out to families who do not qualify for existing financial assistance schemes offered by the eurasian association or the government to motivate the children to continue schooling and progress to the next level of education . 16 bursary for ite students the temasek cares bursary programme partnered with the institute of technical education ite to aid financially needy ite students to do well in school and to complete their courses of study . 17 bursary for aps students temasek cares partnered assumption pathway school aps 18 to award a bursary that helps financially needy students with school fees and other education related expenses . the programme complements other financial assistance schemes provided by the school and the singapore government and supports aps students from financially needy families annually . 19 building community edit temasek cares kits kids in tough situation and stay prepared temasek established the temasek emergency preparedness fund tprep fund with an endowment of s 40m to help build community resilience to emergencies . the first programme under the tprep fund is the temasek cares kits . this pilot programme developed in collaboration with kk women s and children s hospital aims to build up community capabilities to support and help vulnerable children who face emotional behavioural and psychological difficulties of mild to moderate severity following a traumatic event . the second programme the stay prepared starter kits programme aims to help people in singapore cope with emergencies and crisis situations through the distribution of stay prepared starter kits to every household . each starter kit contains three 3m n95 face masks instructions on how to wear the masks and emergency contact numbers . 20 the nationwide programme is a collaboration between temasek cares and singapore power and supported by singapore post . in total 1.2 million stay prepared starter kits were distributed to all households in singapore and an additional 17 000 kits to charity homes 21 in may 2014 . temasek cares project spark successful parents and resilient kids project spark was launched in collaboration with four self help groups yayasan mendaki chinese development assistance council singapore indian development association and eurasian association to address the gaps in services for single parents and their children . the project was built around the careerlink plus programme which helps single parent families in rebuilding their lives and creating stronger family units by providing avenues of employment skills training financial support and childcare for dependents . this is to encourage single parents especially mothers to assimilate back into the workforce . temasek cares can caring assistance from neighbours temasek cares partnered the agency for integrated care aic 22 to set up a two year pilot programme known as can caring assistance from neighbours to help 100 vulnerable seniors living alone better manage their health conditions . 23 under the programme a network of trained community caregivers visit the elderly at home to monitor their health and provide assistance on a daily basis . they assist the elderly to understand their illness remind them to take their medication and measure key health indicators including blood pressure heart rate blood glucose and weight . the pilot programme which currently targets two districts with a high concentration of the senior citizens in the taman jurong and bukit merah areas aims to expand the network of community caregivers to more districts . 24 temasek cares ipal integrated promoters of active living in 2012 the agency for integrated care aic khoo teck puat hospital ktph and temasek cares collaborated to launch ipal integrated promoters of active living to provide cognitive and stimulating activities at home to help the elderly with dementia to maintain their cognitive physical and mental functions . the dementia team at ktph provides a structured training curriculum to train care providers in dementia care . they also provide ongoing support to the care providers when needed to increase the capacity of the community in supporting the growing number of elderly with dementia . the programme aims to serve 200 elderly and their caregivers over three years in the north of singapore as part of the temasek cares icommunity north programme and it may be extended to more needy families across the island . 25 building capability edit temasek cares kids integrated development service prenatal to 3 years old a partnership between temasek cares kk women s and children s hospital kkh and ang mo kio family service centre amk fsc kids 0 3 is a community based programme