Child at Street 11 is a multi-racial, secular, independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to helping low income and dysfunctional families provide quality early years education for their children. Started in April 1999, the Centre serves children aged two to six in a full day programme.
"Most pre-school centres in Singapore do not have integrated programmes to help children from problem homes.
Child at Street 11 helps children by having well-trained pre-school teachers focus on education and parent education. It also networks with external agencies that have social workers, counsellors, educational psychologists, doctors and other professionals.
No other group of children so desperately needs the benefits of high quality pre-school education. Child at Street 11 has been able to provide a good educational foundation for children, whose self-esteem is low and motivation is limited. Child at Street 11 has a rich learning environment where there are sensitive, approachable adults to support them.
Child at Street 11 also helps young children who would have been deprived of their legal rights. The Centre has helped children whose births have not been registered. In one case, the process was difficult because the child's father was in prison."