Kindle
KINDLE is a value-based mentorship program that pairs foster youth with trained mentors to develop essential life skills and navigate various life scenarios. Each session focuses on one value and its scenarios. More than just teaching skills, KINDLE creates consistent, trusted relationships where foster youth can grow in confidence, character, and capability, equipping them to navigate life's challenges and build hopeful futures.
Vision Statement
Play Together, Grow Together
Mission Statement
Provide CAPTains with the opportunity to mentor and connect with youths on a deeper level, and create a safe & welcoming space, where the kids can be vulnerable and engage in learning freely without fear
Mirik & Isaiah
Directors of AY 25/26
Directors' Message
For us, KINDLE has been a transformative journey filled with moments that remind us why community engagement matters. One of our most memorable experiences was witnessing our mentee step up to lead others despite his own fear and hesitation. That quiet breakthrough showed us how small, consistent encouragement can unlock potential these kids didn’t know they had. What has really stuck with us throughout this journey is discovering how scared the mentees are to be vulnerable, viewing it as weakness rather than strength, which has shaped how we approach each session with greater patience and intentionality.
We joined KINDLE because we wanted to do something meaningful for kids who haven’t had the easiest childhood. To bring joy into their lives and equip them with tools to face the world so they can grow up stronger and more resilient. Through this experience, we’ve learned that community engagement isn’t just about fulfilling service hours; it’s about genuinely giving back and being part of a cause that fosters positive relationships and real impact. We’ve grown in our ability to interact with kids, step out of our comfort zones, and show up authentically.
Moving forward, we hope to continue refining these skills and, most importantly, leave each mentee knowing that someone believed in them, invested in them, and saw their potential, even when they couldn’t see it themselves.
The Team
Natasha
Training & Development Head
Always choose love!
Eunji
Publicity & Awareness Head
Live Laugh Canva
Chloe
Admin & Finance Head
find joy in the small things!
Pre-engagements
The pre-engagement phase consists of two key sessions that prepare CAPTains for meaningful mentorship with foster youth. First, an experienced foster parent shares her personal journey, challenges, and insights into the foster care experience, helping CAPTains develop authentic empathy and understanding of the emotional landscape that foster children navigate. Second, MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development) provides essential briefings on administrative procedures, legal frameworks, and the broader foster care system in Singapore. Together, these sessions equip CAPTains with both the heart and knowledge needed to interact and mentor the mentees despite their unique circumstances, creating a safe, meaningful relationships with foster youth.
Engagement & Impact
During the engagement phase, CAPTains facilitate 8 value-based sessions designed to teach foster youth essential life skills through interactive activities. Each session centres on a core value and translates it into a practical, relatable lesson. For example, in the Resilience session, foster youth learn to navigate setbacks through a “Failure Resume” activity where they reflect on past challenges, identify lessons learned, and reframe failures as growth opportunities. These sessions follow a consistent structure: opening with icebreakers to build rapport, followed by value introduction through relatable scenarios, hands-on activities that make abstract concepts tangible, group discussions for peer learning, and closing reflections that help internalise lessons. This approach impacts the foster community by providing consistent, safe spaces where they can develop emotional regulation, perspective-taking, relationship skills, and self-awareness.
CAPTains experience significant personal growth through the engagement sessions. Hearing foster youth’s stories of resilience and struggle shifts CAPTains’ worldviews and increases their appreciation for their own circumstances. Each member of KINDLE is tasked to plan and facilitate one session. During facilitation, CAPTains learn to adapt their communication style to their audience, breaking down complex concepts into age-appropriate language, reading the room to gauge engagement levels, and thinking on their feet when activities don’t go as planned. Working with foster youth who may have experienced trauma, instability, or trust issues requires CAPTains to develop greater self-awareness, emotional regulation, and sensitivity. They learn to recognise when to push forward, when to give space, and how to respond appropriately to unexpected emotional moments.