Independent Living and Community Integration, Technology

Championing a Good Life

Rainbow Centre

Problem Statement

There are many limitations in the existing befriending process: inefficient matching of befrienders and persons with disabilities, difficulty in sustaining befrienders’ motivation and challenges in meeting their increasing demand for disability-related knowledge.

Solution

The digital solution by Rainbow Centre aims to connect befrienders with persons with disabilities and match them effectively based on interests and proximity. It also seeks to build the capability of befrienders by providing training resources and educational content on disability issues and ways to integrate persons with disabilities into communities. In addition, the solution aims to sustain befrienders’ motivation along their journey by giving them a platform to chart their knowledge and growth.

Outcomes

The programme aims to:

Effectively matches knowledgeable and motivated befrienders with persons with disabilities
Develops an efficient and progressive volunteer management process

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More About Grantee

Rainbow Centre is a social service agency in Singapore. It operates three special education campuses at Margaret Drive School, Yishun Park and Admiralty Lane for infants, children and youths with special needs.

For this programme, Rainbow Centre is collaborating with Superhero Me, an inclusive arts group, to increase outreach and befriender recruitment, and is working with universities like National Technological University, Yale-NUS, and School of the Arts Singapore to recruit befrienders.