FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROW
Fundraising campaign by
Edison Chang
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SG$108.00raised of SG$5,000.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
Blessed me with an opportunity to attain education will enable me for a lifetime.
Back in October 2006, I relocated to Singapore from New York
after residing in New York
for 22 years. I was given a golden opportunity to be involved in the retail
trade, was able to thrived and grown my career. I wasn't able to upgrade and
develop any special skills until I landed different jobs with various trades.
It was a blessing in disguise that I was able to acquire skills such as basic
IT skills in Microsoft office, food handling and hygiene certification, basic
SAP knowledge, forklift license, CPR & AED trained certification. I thought
my career journey in
Singapore
will be an easy one, it turned out to be a challenging one. I was very lucky to
be involved in the set up of the first integrated resort
here in Singapore, this is where I was able to gain all these useful skills. On
2012 I went into a business venture hoping that I can provide a better
life for my family, but the business failed a year later. This affected our
family financially. I was doing 3 part time jobs as a Secondary
school relief teacher, F&B supervisor and Theater usher supervisor. I was
trying very hard to help my wife in contributing what I can to help covered our
family expenses. I am very blessed and grateful to my wife who is very
supportive, the pillar of our family. She never looks down on me even when I
failed. She constantly reminded me to keep trying and never give up.On August 2015,
I was blessed and got selected out of 300 applicants under a
career conversion assistance program to take up a course postgraduate diploma
in building management and was able to get a job as a property executive at a
full time basis. After close to a year with this job, I really enjoyed working
with my boss and the team. I feel the need to do something to start anew in rebuilding our family situation. I feel that my
wife had done so much for me and my three kids and now is the time for me to
take action so that she can be free of this burden which she had been carrying
throughout this ordeal. I did some research and explore various opportunity
with a high possibility that will help us enhance our income or getting a job
with better pay. I saw this opportunity online that an educational company
called Udacity partnered with Google and AT&T, offering certification and
guaranteed job placement within 6 months after completing the course as an
Andriod / IOS apps developer or a Self-Driving Car Engineer. The whole course needs 12 months to complete,
the program cost SGD$5000. As of now, I don’t have the means in taking up this
opportunity to help me and my family turn around for a better future. I will
leave it to the Lord to continue to guide me with His direction, if this is the
Lord’s will, He will provide as always. I wish to extend my sincere gratitude
to everyone in taking time to read our campaign. May God bless all of you and
your family. Thank you so much.
Organizer
- Edison Chang
- Singapore, SG
Donors & Comments
- Edison Chang
- Donated on Jul 21, 2016
Strive, never give up . you will reach your goal.
Strive, never give up . you will reach your goal.