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The Singapore Armed Forces Volunteer Corps (SAFVC) is a uniformed volunteer auxiliary branch of the Singapore Armed Forces.It was established on 13 October 2014 to allow Singaporean women, first generation permanent residents and naturalised citizens, all of whom would otherwise not be subject to an obligation to serve national service, to contribute their part towards Singapore's defence.
As a result, a new form of volunteer organisation, the Civil Defence Auxiliary Unit, was created to provide an immediate pool of ready personnel. Modelled from the Singapore Police Force’s Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) scheme of service, members of the CDAU are given the same status and authority of regular SCDF officers. They are ...
In February 1888, the corps was revived as the Singapore Volunteer Artillery, their motto being In Oriente Primus (First in the Far East), which is kept by the Singapore Artillery. It was the first unit in the British Empire, regular or auxiliary, to field the Maxim Gun , a fully-automatic machine-gun.
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The Home Team Volunteer Network (HTVN) is a volunteer organisation in Singapore. It was launched by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs , Teo Chee Hean , at the Home Team Convention on 15 July 2011. [ 1 ]
Singapore Committee of the World Organisation for Early Children Education; Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises; Singapore Council of Women's Organisations; Singapore Dental Health Foundation; Singapore Disability Sports Council; Singapore General Hospital, Medical Social Service; Singapore Gujarati Society; Singapore Heart ...
VSO delivers development impact [clarification needed] through a blended volunteer model consisting of international, national, and community volunteers working together to develop the systems and conditions for positive social change. [2] In 2022–23, VSO worked in 35 countries in Africa and Asia. [3]
The Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) in Singapore comprises volunteers from the general public. VSC officers are imbued with equal powers of a regular police officer to enforce law and order in Singapore. They wear the same police uniform as police officers as they patrol the streets and participate in public outreach events.