Volunteer Befrienders @ Geylang East Home for the Aged (AAC)
-Provide befriending services to seniors who are mostly homebound, with a good listening ear and uplift their social wellbeing
-Provide relief to their loneliness, isolation and boredom
-Promote bonding and improve relationships among residents in the neighborhood
-Highlight to centre staff of any issues faced by seniors so that appropriate services may be referred accordingly
Befrienders
**Volunteers must be able to commit minimum period of 6 months**
-Contact seniors at least once a week (face-to-face or telephone calls)
-Befriending volunteers will be visiting seniors in pairs
-Must be able to read and write (Mandarin or English)
-Minimum 6 months' commitment
-Weekdays only
-Training will be provided
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