CAPTains from Project Kindle used evidence-based elements of mentoring and group-engagement to convey socio-emotional lessons to the children.

Following the positive response to the earlier Capstone music programme with the Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH), three CAPT students explored how percussion could provide opportunities for individuals with mental illnesses to master a skill, gain self-confidence in a group setting and improve their emotional health in the process.

Four CAPTains from different faculties learned about the important role of restorative justice among youth offenders in Singapore. Partnering with Trybe, they visited the Singapore Boys’ Hostel (SBHL) weekly to meet with the youths undergoing corrective custodial sentences.

Youth mental wellness has been a recent talking point in Singapore. More than two young Singaporeans aged 10-19 commit suicide every month, and this figure has increased from previous years.