Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society

Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society (zh-sp|s=德教太和观|p=Déjiàotài Héguān) is a volunteer welfare organisation in Singapore. Its welfare arm is known as the Society of Moral Charities.

Set up in 1978, the society aims to promote good morals and virtues such as compassion, filial piety, and respect for one another. With about 50 agencies and centres that it operates, the society provides a wide range of charity and welfare services, including childcare centres, senior activity centres, and medical centres.

From 2002, the Society took over the management of the 200-bedded Ang Mo Kio Hospital to provide rehabilitation and geriatric care to non-acute patients as a charity. During the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, the Society provided relief and support by distributing food to people who were placed on home quarantine; it later received the National Award for Combating SARS for this effort.

The charity started "live" charity programmes on Channel 8 on a yearly basis in 2006.

----List of Non-Profit Organizations under Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society

Welfare Homes Moral Welfare Home Angsana Home@Pelangi Village
Child Care Centres Moral Child Care Centre (MacPherson) Moral Child Development Centre (MacPherson) Moral Child Development Centre (Membina)
Student Care Centres Moral Student Care Centre (MacPherson) Moral BASC Centre (Telok Blangah Rise) Moral Student Care Centre (Bukit Panjang) Moral Student Care Centre (Bedok North)

Senior Activity Centres Moral Senior Activity Centre (MacPherson) Moral Senior Activity Centre (Toa Payoh) Moral Senior Activity Centre (Kaki Bukit) Indus Moral Care

Neighbourhood Links Moral Neighbourhood Link (Kaki Bukit)Moral Neighbourhood Link (Bukit Merah View) Moral Neighbourhood Link (Telok Blangah Cresent)

Counselling & Family Service Centres Tanjong Pagar Family Service Centre MacPherson Moral family Service Centre Moral Family Service Centre (Bukit Panjang) Moral Family Service Centre (Bedok North) Loving Heart Multi-Service Centre Family Education Resource Centre Moral Counselling Centre

Disablilty Moral Home For Disabled Moral Home For Disabled Adults Disability Information & Referral Centre (DIRC)
Medical Services Ang Mo Kio - Thye Hua Kwan Hospital Moral Therapy Hub Moral Free Clinic (MacPherson)

Home Help & Case Management Services Moral Home Help Service (East) Moral Home Help Service (West) Moral Community Rehabilitation ProgrammeMoral Community Case Management Service
Meal Centres Moral Meal Centre

Miscellaneous Welfare Services

Moral Media & Information TechnologyMoral Training Centre Pregnancy Crisis Service ( Project Cherub )
Moral Network of Older Persons

Project Sunshine Special Assistance Programme Student Loan Fund Free Funeral Rites Emergency Relief Fund

Gambling hotlines

In January 2005, the Society set up a gambling hotline to give help to compulsive gamblers. The Society said that 10% of the family problems it handles were caused by gambling. Currently the hotlines are manned by people from the Society's regular pool of counsellors and social workers, but there are plans to create a selected pool of certified gambling counsellors, trained by specialists from Hong Kong. ref|gamblinghotlines

References

# cite news| title = Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society starts gambling hotline | publisher = Channel NewsAsia | date = 14 January 2006 | url = http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/188233/1/.html

External links

* [http://www.thkms.org.sg/ Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society] - official website