Mixing creativity with an expression of genuine gratitude, preschoolers from 142 NTUC First Campus’ My First Skool (MFS) took to drawing out their feelings to show their care and appreciation to domestic employees.
The one-month campaign by MFS and Centre for Domestic Employees (CDE) kicked off on 29 April 2019 across all MFS centres.
Over the past weeks, the preschoolers worked hard on creating their own special crafts to show their care for our helpers. These artworks will be sculpted to form ‘Trees of Gratitude’ at each centre, and as more of these handicrafts are put together, the trees will “grow”, thanks to the efforts of the preschoolers.
MFS General Manager Thian Ai Ling said: “It is important to inculcate the values of respect and appreciation in children from young and we have a great opportunity to do so together with CDE through this meaningful campaign.”
Beyond preschoolers, the campaign also hopes to touch family members as well as the wider community to further spread the message of appreciating our domestic employees.
CDE Chairman Yeo Guat Kwang said: “As MFS works with many parents, who are either employers or potential employers of domestic employees, it is strategic for CDE to partner MFS on this collaboration to change their mindsets and foster better employer-employee relationship through this campaign.”
This initiative comes ahead of NTUC’s May Day Domestic Employees Celebrations on 16 June 2019.
