This book was read by MP Sun Xue Ling and shared through a video on her FB channel.
This book was read by MP Sun Xue Ling and shared through a video on her FB channel.
A New Virus Has Arrived is a very special book for children of all ages, even parents and grandparents too. With beautiful illustrations, it explains the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) in a sensitive and meaningful way.
We respect children as curious and capable individuals. They are constantly making sense of their interactions and building an understanding of the world. As parents, we have an innate desire to protect our children against anything harmful. Instead of succumbing to our fears, let us instead engage and connect with our children as we support them in navigating the world.
We hope this book opens up opportunities for dialogue and learning, for both child and adult.
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A note from the publisher:
‘A New Virus Has Arrived’ was published on the 6th of February in English and Chinese. Very quickly the book went viral and there were several thousand downloads in a span of days. Soon, we started receiving requests from people outside of Singapore asking if they could share the book in their community and if it was possible to translate it into other languages. We worked on their requests and today the book is available in 9 languages: English-Chinese, Malay, Tamil, Hindi, Spanish, Greek, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese, Vietnamese.
Today, we continue to receive feedback from all over the world thanking us for the book. It was especially heart-warming when a non-profit organisation in Greece that supports children with disabilities offered to translate the book into Greek so that their community could access it, because in their words “all children deserve to know”.
Thank you for the numerous messages of appreciation from parents, children, partners, and business owners from all over the world!
This publication is by the EtonHouse Community Fund (ECF), a Registered Non-Profit organization
approved by the Commissioner of Charities in Singapore and is an Institution of
Public Character (IPC).
The EtonHouse Community Fund Limited (ECF) is a Registered Charity Approved by the Commissioner of Charities in Singapore and is an Institution of Public Character (IPC). It was founded in 2015 on the organisation’s strong belief in the importance of education and that every child regardless of his or her background should have access to good quality education.
The ECF has over the years championed causes that have benefitted children and youth in unfortunate circumstances. Working together with the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA), the ECF has helped to provide resources for KidSTART playgroup sites for low-income families and reached out to 400 children. Other initiatives include setting up a play library and programmes to enhance literacy and creative language development in young children. The ECF has also disbursed bursaries to families to further their children’s education. Recently the ECF donated to the KKH Health Fund to improve the care of less privileged children with diabetes to improve the quality of their lives in school and at home.
The ECF ‘box of joy’ initiative that has completed 4 successful years has distributed more than 8000 gift boxes to children in Singapore. Through the baby bonus account, the ECF has benefited 300 children and helped to further their education. Through the mindfulness programme and internship opportunities for at-risk youth, the ECF has collaborated with Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) to reach out to 8 homes and 135 beneficiaries. The ECF received the MSF Cares Award in 2019 for its initiatives.
For more details on the ECF, visit us at www.ecf.org.sg
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