Beneficiaries Stories

Charmaine

“STSPMF has helped to lighten my burden greatly by supporting my children’s transportation costs.”

Mr Soh,
Father of Charmaine

As the sole breadwinner of the family, Mr Soh Yew Hoe, 41, works as a cleaning attendant at Resorts World Sentosa to support his family of 4. His daughter, Charmaine, 13, has been a beneficiary of the ST Fund since 2009.

Life has not been easy for the Soh family, who lives in a 3-room flat. The family gets by with Mr Soh’s meagre income of $1,600 per month ($400 gross per capita household income). On top of that, the family has to spend around $120 on their younger son, Soh Zheng Da’s medication. Zheng Da, 12, is a student at MINDS Woodlands Gardens School, a special education school for the intellectually disabled. He suffered from high fever due to the side effect of vaccination at a young age, and doctors revealed that his intellectual development would be delayed. As such, Mrs Soh spends her time taking care of her son when he is not in school and is unable to seek employment. “STSPMF has helped to lighten my burden greatly by supporting my children’s transportation costs,” said Mr Soh.

When asked what are the things he hope could be different, Mr Soh said, “I want to earn more money so that my family can enjoy a better quality of life.”

Charmaine did well in her PSLE, scoring 2As and 1A* in the PSLE National Examination in 2014 and was one of the award recipients at the STSPMF Academic Award Ceremony.