{"id":1771,"date":"2020-05-13T09:59:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T01:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2020-05-13T09:59:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T01:59:26","slug":"elfa-preschools-express-support-solidarity-at-home-and-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/elfa-preschools-express-support-solidarity-at-home-and-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"ELFA Preschools Express Support &#038; Solidarity At Home and Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1100px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>During the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, business units of the <a href=\"https:\/\/crestargroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crestar Education Group (CEG)<\/span><\/a> had in various ways expressed and given their support and encouragement to those affected by the disease, as well as frontliners, in China and Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>ELFA, a member of CEG, show of solidarity has been captured in a short video in March 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><div style=\"width: 1100px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1771-1\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CEG-Covid-19.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CEG-Covid-19.mp4\">https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CEG-Covid-19.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>CEG has close ties with China through its preschool presence and training institution collaborations for some 30 years. It has about 1,500 teachers and staff and 7,000 children in its ELFA and sister-brand, Kinderland preschool, network in China that were affected by the mandatory closure of schools and lockdown of cities.<\/p>\n<p>Children from ELFA in Singapore, crafted messages on cards and posters urging their counterparts in China and frontliners there to \u201cfight on\u201d against the virus.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><div id=\"attachment_1780\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1780\" class=\"lazyload size-fusion-800 wp-image-1780\" src=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-learn-writing-Chinese-800x400.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-learn-writing-Chinese-800x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-learn-writing-Chinese-200x100.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-learn-writing-Chinese-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-learn-writing-Chinese-400x200.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-learn-writing-Chinese-600x300.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-learn-writing-Chinese-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-learn-writing-Chinese-800x400.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-learn-writing-Chinese-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-learn-writing-Chinese-1200x600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-learn-writing-Chinese.jpeg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ELFA children coming together to make a poster to cheer on the frontliners<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>ELFA, participated in fund-raising exercise, together with other key CEG business entities in response to the call by the Singapore government to donate through the Singapore Red Cross to China and other affected countries. The Group managed to raise a total of S$8,000 in a short period of 2 weeks for the cause.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><div id=\"attachment_1779\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1779\" class=\"lazyload size-fusion-800 wp-image-1779\" src=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-donating-to-red-cross-800x1066.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-donating-to-red-cross-800x1066.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%271066%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%201066%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%271066%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-donating-to-red-cross-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-donating-to-red-cross-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-donating-to-red-cross-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-donating-to-red-cross-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-donating-to-red-cross-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-donating-to-red-cross-800x1066.jpg 800w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ELFA-Children-donating-to-red-cross.jpg 923w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ELFA children donating to Red Cross Singapore<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><div id=\"attachment_1773\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1773\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1773\" src=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Red-Cross-Kids-Group-Photo.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Red-Cross-Kids-Group-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27582%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20582%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27582%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Red-Cross-Kids-Group-Photo-200x146.jpg 200w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Red-Cross-Kids-Group-Photo-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Red-Cross-Kids-Group-Photo-400x291.jpg 400w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Red-Cross-Kids-Group-Photo-600x437.jpg 600w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Red-Cross-Kids-Group-Photo-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Red-Cross-Kids-Group-Photo.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ELFA children with Mr Seet Lee Kiang, Kinderland\u2019s General Manger, presenting the cheque to Red Cross representative<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><p>The spontaneous acts of empathy and solidarity from our preschool children, parents, teachers and staff have been overwhelming and we thank all of them for their effort. In particular, the activities have also helped to lift the spirit of our young children and allowed them to learn how important and meaningful it is to support and care for those in need in times of crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfapreschools.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}