Final Project – Research Findings

Samaritans of Singapore

link:http://www.samaritans.org.sg/index1.html

What is it?

• a non – profitable organization established on Decenber 1, 1969.
•  non- religious
• helps  despaired, distressed and suicidals
   

Services the Organisation provides:

 

• 24 hour – hotline: 1800-221-4444
• Email befriending
• Face to face sessions
• Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) : Support group for suicide survivors

Their Vision:

• To be an available lifeline to anyone in crsis

Their Mission:

 

• provides confidential 24 hour support by trained volunteers to people in crisis, thinking or affected by suicide.

Beginnings:

• Started in 1953 by Rev. Chad Varah 

  Humble beginnings: 

• started as a “999 suicidal” in the summer of 1953
• Rev. Chad Varah was referred as “The Samaritan Priest”
• volunteers were known as ” The Samaritans”
• became an international, non-religious movement

In Singapore:

• Started in the 1960s when Singapore was going through rapid uran change
• Started preparation classes  for training volunteers
• Received registration by the Singapore Registry of Societies on 29 July 1969.
• telephone service began in 1 December 1969
• telephone emerency line - 914444
• In 1976, Service was expanded and telephone line was changed to 221-4444
• in 1992, toll-free lines were introduced, telephone line became 1800-221-4444
• new logo and new service (LOSS)  launched on 1 July 2006

SOS affliations:

• IFOTES : International Federation Of Telephonic Emergance Services
• AAS: American Asociation of Suicidology

Their Goals: 

1. Prevention     : raise awareness and detect warning signs of suicide to the community
2. Intervention: face to face counselling sessions during emergency situations
3. Postvention  :  provide emotional support to suicide survivors and those bereaved by it

 Through this research, I found out a lot about the objectives and aims of the organisation and a lot more about suicides.

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