About The Book
The book will be divided into 3 main chapters:
Chapter 1: Life testimonies of 5 youth ex-offenders.
The youths featured are:
- Jean Choo (for drugs abuse, 20 years old, studying to be a counsellor)
- Jimmy Boh (for drugs-peddling, 31 years old, on SGX scholarship to study SMU, second year doing double degree in Business Management and Accountancy)
- Teo Li Yen (underage pregnancy, 18 now, currently look for employment as her tattoos put her at a disadvantage during interviews. Currently taking care of her 1 year old baby.)
- Tiffany Heng(caught for stealing handphones, 18 now, wants to be a hairstylist)
- Samuel Teh (former secret society member, 26 now, currently working as a nurse at Alexandra Hospital.)
*Note: To protect their identity, some of the names used are not real names.
Other than the 5 youths, we have also interviewed people who have played a role in the lives of these youths namely, their friends, family, and counselor.
Chapter 2: Reflections from the 5 writers on their learning journey for this project, which spanned over a year.
Chapter 3: Meaningful artwork and poetry by some very talented ex-offenders.
Fund-Raising
Besides educating the youths on these issues, we also hope to raise $45,000 for our beneficiaries through the sale of our books. Priced at $10 a book, we intend to sell 2,000 copies youth-oriented organisations as well as to the general public.
Our book, “Unwritten” will be launched on 25th November 2006 at the “100KM Run: Go The Distance”, where Pastor Andrew Choo, the director of AG Home will undertake a 100km run to raise $100,000 to provide more services for the girls at AG Home.
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