About Us

Joan Bowen aims to empower youths and children with special needs by training them with a range of skills that will enable them to make their own mark and contribute as an active member of the larger community in Singapore and beyond. Joan Bowen conducts these endeavors without discrimination and seeks to bring out the best in every candidate through its programme with a spirit of friendship, partnership and love.

Friday, March 16, 2012

we are slowing breaking through

The kitchen crew planning and counting the various type of serving plates and bowls for a private dinner tomorrow night. I can see them thinking which plate/bowl to use for each main course. And more important - if each design is sufficient for 1 particular dish. Makes me proud!
The team at the village spent 2 days this week cleaning and counting of the cutlery.

another birthday celebration - cake for Elaine

Elaine smiling with her birthday cake......not all her crew friends can celebrate with her because some are still cleaning up at the village before the school term starts on Monday.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Food & Hygiene Test

Joan Bowen @ the Village took a maintenance break during the school holidyas. And we sent 8 of them to the Food & Hygiene course on Tuesday. Although they spent one day coaching by the other crew (on Monday) - only one crew passed the test at 5pm. The remaining 7 crew spent another 2 hours re-coaching and re-test before they finally passed the test at 8pm.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

getting fat with ECHO'S CAKES

colors - taste - and all things sweet and yummy to look at - Echo's cakes what else! We have been baking all kinds of cakes and muffins and many more since Echo started teaching the crew at Joan Bowen. I must admit the challenges ahead will be very difficult and I am not sure what will happen but at this moment we will still try our best to learn and bake with Echo. We only need a breakthrough for our efforts and pray for God's promise to give us a miracle so that we can continue to have Echo teach the crew. In Jesus' name we pray and ask and the favor will be granted.

year older for each crew

Yifang (January) Pei Ni (February) and Hong Chen - 9th March....we have a wonderful lunch on thursday 8th - to celebrate 3 birthdays...more to come before the end of the month. Lord - please bless and protect them - grant them favors always.

raising our competent crew

Encouraging them to share - buddy system to teach each other - so that we can raise a team of confident crew and their self esteem will not suffer. We try to ensure their working environment have the necessary opportunities to help them discover their own passion in life - sometimes I see them struggling emotionally - it is tough on them.
I have to put my trust in God to grant them favors and lead them on.

STAYING POSITIVE

Run away from "toxic people" surround yourself with people who are positive, who support you and want you to succeed. I constantly marvel at how our own experiences fall into place when thinking about what - how - when - to CREATE for our customers. We ask ourselves - is it TEACHABLE ? Our special crew can-do spirit says to move on....SO WE CLEAN CLEAN AND CLEAN just to stay positive and then move on -