2012 Annual Report

CONTENTS 02 About PPIS, Vision, Mission & Corporate Values 04 Foreword by President 05 CEO’s Message 06 Board Members 07 Organisation Chart 08 Minutes of 40th Annual General Meeting DIVISIONAL REPORT 12 Corporate Services 12 Corporate Communications 13 Resource Development 15 Professional Development 20 Training & Consultancy 22 Social Services 22 Family Service Centre (East) 24 Family Service Centre (West) 27 Student Care Centres 29 Specialised Services 29 As-Salaam 32 Inspirasi 34 Vista Sakinah 36 Early Childhood Education 41 FINANCIAL REPORT 02 ABOUT PPIS PPIS (Singapore Muslim Women’s Association) is a non-profit social welfare organisation dedicated to working with women of all ages in carrying out their multiple roles in society. Founded in 1952, the organisation runs two core community services, namely Social Services and Early Childhood Education (ECE) Services, both working together to provide quality holistic support programmes for women and their families. PPIS is the first Malay Muslim Organisation to setup ECE Services in Singapore in 1983 and was conferred the award for the Exemplary Early Childhood Employer by the Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports. In recognition of PPIS’s work for its targeted community, the organization was appointed as the Centre of Specialisation for dealing with Malay/Muslim families by the National Council of Social Services in 2009. Based on the values of SACRED (Sincere, pro-Active, Compassionate, Reliable, Effective and Dakwah) PPIS is committed in its efforts to catalyse positive changes in the lives of disadvantaged women and their dependents to build sustainable families that are socially and economically independent. VISION To be women who catalyse changes in Muslim women for the betterment of families, community and society. MISSION To empower Muslim women with skills, knowledge and opportunities through quality programmes and services to enhance their multiple roles in life. CORPORATE VALUES – SACRED Sincere in the services that we provide Pro-Active in attending to the needs of the community Compassionate in our actions Reliable in service delivery Effective and efficient in executing the services ‘Dakwah’ inviting all that is good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong LOGO Lighting Lives, represented by a flame, guides the organization’s leap forward towards achieving success for every woman, family and the community it serves. STRATEGIC ETHOS For every woman, family, individual and the community it serves, PPIS hopes to cultivate these virtues of success: Visionary – Farsightedness in the pursuit of success Ihsan - Compassion and Benevolence towards oneself and others Resilience – Willpower to rise against all adversities Farsightedness in the pursuit of success 04 Foreword by President Assalamu’alaikum wr. wb. Blessed with the initiatives and effort of all For this, I trust that the team will continue, not staff, Board of Directors and other stakeholders, only to drive PPIS to grow from strength to PPIS has achieved yet another fruitful year as a strength but to become a trusted community leading social service provider. As a community- partner to all deserving parties. Hence, I would driven organisation recognised for its specialised like to extend the organisation’s warmest work for the Malay Muslim community, PPIS appreciation to all our stakeholders, donors and takes pride in our mission to provide relevant partners who have steadfastly supported us and effective programmes for women, families in our service to the community. Thank you for and the society in general. trusting PPIS in its effort to uplift the community imbued with Vision, Ihsan and Resilience. As an organisation, we need to be cognizant of the developments within the community to To my fellow Board of Directors, especially the ensure that our services effectively address long-serving outgoing members, thank you for the needs of the targeted beneficiaries. We your commitment to serve alongside PPIS’s need to identify our strengths, weaknesses, staff. The organisation certainly values your opportunities and threats whilst coping with the commitment and relentless support as part of changing social trends of the community and the PPIS family as well as your understanding on nation in tandem. the organisation’s needs to sustain its relevance and growth. Therefore, for this financial year, the organisation has put in conscious effort to realign our strategic May PPIS continue to have a successful and growth goals in symmetry to the current and blessed year ahead. immediate foreseeable needs of the community. Given this awareness, the team in PPIS deserves Sapiah Molla commendation for being operationally ready President in adapting to new strategic initiatives while managing the high service expectations from the beneficiaries, funding organisations, donors and the other bodies. While this report covers the activities of FY 2011-2012, it also serves as a testimony to 60 years of hard work and provides reflections of the organisation’s successes through the many challenges faced over the years. As the organisation is becoming increasingly influential within the community, it is important that PPIS continues to develop as an operationally effective organisation that practises the highest code of accountability, governance and ownership of its works with the community. 05 CEO’s Message Assalamu’alaikum wr. wb. Given that PPIS is 60 years this year, the While the organisation has performed well organisation has come a long way to put our thus far, the PPIS team has been pragmatic mark as an established social service provider, in identifying the needful areas for further focusing to serve the needs of the Malay Muslim improvements and look forward to finding society. To honour the trust and confidence appropriate solutions to better strengthen the given to us by the community we dearly serve, organisation. the PPIS team persevered through a fulfilling FY 2011-2012 year with motivating performance Hence with the support of the Board of Directors, that should promise greater positive impact on partners and other stakeholders of PPIS, on the lives of the beneficiaries and growth for the behalf of my fellow colleagues, we pledge our organisation. vision for a stronger PPIS that will be even more inspirational, relevant and responsive to the This year, we established clearer focus on community we serve. meeting our vision to catalyse changes for Malay Muslim women, families and the society Maznah Masop in general by proactively inculcating the spirit of Chief Executive Officer Visionary, Ihsan and Resilience through our social assistance and family support programmes. As such, our social services division made extra effort to better define the standards of service delivery to meet the expectation of the beneficiaries while ensuring that they meet the regulatory standards of the social sector. Even with the rising expectations, we are proud that the new centres have gained rapid momentum and have performed well within expectations in their first few years of operations. At the organisational level, the management has put in unyielding efforts towards harmonization of policies and procedures to better streamline work processes for cohesion across different divisions. With the aim to enhance workplace efficiency in performance and effectiveness in executing intra-division collaborations, the PPIS team has rallied together to better understand each other’s work and functional importance that supports the holistic development of the organisation. 06 PPIS Board Members 2011 Sapiah Molla Mariam Alias President Deputy President Daliyah Hamid Faridah Tay Kamariah Adnan Honorary Secretary Honorary Treasurer Asst Honorary Treasurer Fatimah Azimullah Siti Hamidah Bahashwan Siti Habibah Siraj Immediate Past Board Member Board Member President Dr Bibi Jan Ayyub Rahayu Mahzam Dr Noorul Fatha As’art Board Member Board Member Board Member 07 ORGANISATION CHART Early Childhood BBC BRC JRC PRC1 PRC2 SBV Education FSC FSC West East SCC B SCC J Family Services Social Services Specialised Services Community As- Inspirasi Vista Salaam Sakinah Services Training and Consultancy Public Training for Consultancy Education Trainers/Svc Programmes Providers CEO Finance & Audit Investment Procurement Finance Human Human Human Resource Resource Resource & Admin Admin Administration Development Welfare Corporate Services Corp Comms & Advocacy & Stakeholder Fund Resource Relations Corp Comms Raising ICT Development Prof. Growth & Prof. Talent Dev. Professional Opportunities (IPF) (Subject Matter Experts) Development 08 Minutes of 40th Annual General Meeting Minutes of the 40th Annual General Meeting of PERSATUAN PEMUDI ISLAM SINGAPURA (PPIS) held on Saturday, 17th September 2011, at 10.30am, at Tampines Regional Library, Singapore. Attendance: 138 participants AGENDA: 1. President’s Address 2. Confirmation of Minutes of 39th Annual General Meeting (25th September 2010) 3. To receive and adopt the Annual Report 2010-2011 4. Appointment of Auditor 5. Any other matters AGENDA 1: PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS 1.1 President welcomed Board Members, Members and staff to the 40th Annual General Meeting. 1.2 President informed the meeting that there was to be no election in that year. She then announced that Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar, who had been elected as Member of Parliament, had resigned as PPIS Board Member. A new Board Member, Dr Bibi Jan, was then introduced by President. 1.3 President announced that three new PPIS centres were opened in

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