How does BAM work?
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In the coffee shops
Look out for our BAM posters in the coffee shop! Every participating stalls would have the posters on them, so that anyone can read and learn about BAM. Should you wish to donate, please approach our friendly stall owners to retrieve the magnets!
Posters are available in English, Mandarin, Tamil and Malay to ensure accessibility.
For our beneficiaries
Beneficiaries are identified via either the Food Aid scheme or through referrals. Each household member will receive a BAM card each month and they can redeem up to 15 hot meals per month, subjected to availability of donations.
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Place the magnets
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Depending on the stall, either the stall owner or you will pick up the corresponding number of magnets and place it on the the board located at the front of the stall
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Belanja-ed!
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Every 4 magnets will allow a beneficiary to redeem 1 hot meal
Contribute $1 or more
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Pass any participating stall owners any amount you would like to contribute
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$1 = 1 magnet
How do we belanja someone?
Why belanja a meal?
Income inequality in Singapore has become more noticeable than ever. We live on a small island where the wealthy and poor live in close proximity to each other. Singapore currently ranks the 26th most income disparate (out of 136 countries), making us the second most income unequal country in Asia. Over 105,000 families in Singapore live in poverty everyday, which translates to about 1 in 10 families.
However, the current pandemic has exacerbated this divide even more. The financial impact of the pandemic has been especially brutal for low-income families, who grapple not just with economic hardships but multiple forms of uncertainties such as living spaces, food insecurity, wages etc. Although these deep-seated issues have always existed, Covid-19 has made it even harder to bear.
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Some 300,000 Singaporean residents who earn below $2000 have seen sudden dips in their income during the pandemic and many families in need have little to no savings to help cushion themselves from the virus' economic fallout.
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On an individual level, what we can do to help is very limited but BAM is an avenue for us to show that the kampung spirit still lives in all of us.
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