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A visit to Twitter’s headquarters

In spite of the situation, Blessings in a Bag adapted and overcame its hurdles.

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Since the circuit breaker, they have adjusted their lessons and moved to online platforms such as Facebook to hold virtual programs so as to ensure continual access to learning and enrichment for their beneficiaries.

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Community building efforts, in which the team journeys with the families of 90 children and youths, their family members, and neighbours from the Redhill and Outram districts, through engaging in ongoing projects and activities, and hearing their stories and feedback on the various BIAB programmes, were brought to the virtual space with increased frequency. Meanwhile, the team continues to deliver donations in the form of grocery vouchers and food to the households.

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Joining hands with travel tech startup - BlackBook

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BIAB has recently launched an online fundraising campaign - ​Support our youth to become Beyond Awesome! The campaign will fund BIAB’s initiatives that include empowering its key beneficiaries, as well as actively nurturing a community of volunteers and change-makers through a mentorship program that encourages self-directed growth and development.

This year, they have partnered with BlackBook, a soon-to-launch local startup in the travel space, in a coin-for-dollar matching campaign, awarding donors with travel rewards for when the time to travel arrives.

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“Blessings in a Bag was called just that because of the blessings carried in the suitcases of travellers to communities in need when we first started. When BlackBook approached us for a collaboration, it reminded me of our beginnings and the challenges we had to overcome to get to where we are today,” said Emily Teng, founder of BIAB.

“It was a timely reminder not to let COVID-19 get the better of us. Just as Blessings began with travellers, we are excited to continue our journey with BlackBook to make an even bigger impact on our communities.”

For every dollar donated to the campaign, donors will get one BB coin, which is BlackBook’s rewards currency on the travel platform. Donors can utilise the coins for their hotel booking globally when BlackBook launches in Q4 2020.

At its launch, BlackBook will give travellers access to the largest hotel inventory, a unique rewards conversion program in which earned reward points can be converted to cash, and an intuitive trip planning tool.

“The travel business has taken a hard hit but we knew we aren’t the only ones that are impacted. We were actively on the look-out for who we can rally around in these difficult times,” said Iqbal Jumabhoy, founder and CEO of BlackBook.

“It is often said that travelling is the best form of education, and though it is on pause for us at the moment, it is vital that learning for our children never stops,” said Iqbal.