More night childcare help for needy parents who are busy at work or taking classes

Morning Star Community Services, which runs evening support programme CareNights, has about 60 children across four centres. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
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SINGAPORE – More childcare help in the evenings is available for parents from low-income households who work odd hours, with the expansion of a programme by Daughters of Tomorrow (Dot). 

Since January, the charity that works with underprivileged women has opened up its home-based childminding service from Punggol and Bedok to all of Singapore.

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