SSR Seminar Series: AWWA’s FEP – Results and Insights from an 18-month Cash Transfer RCT for Low-Income Families in Singapore
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Consultant, Special Projects
AWWA
Director, Family Services
AWWA
Pooja heads Impact and Special Projects for AWWA, a large multi-service charity. She is also the Founder of EveryChild.SG, an NGO working towards a loving and nurturing upbringing for every child in Singapore, through research, public education and advocacy. Pooja spent 6 years at the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), heading policy on disability early intervention for children, and then manpower planning for the social service sector. In a prior life, she was a diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). She also serves on the Board of Tasek Academy and Social Services (formerly Tasek Jurong), a charity focused on grounds-up engagement of children and youth from socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
Huixia leads the Family Service Centre and Transitional Shelter teams at AWWA, that works to uplift and empower individuals and families with complex needs. With training in Social Work and Counselling, she brings 19 years of experience to her role, focusing on equipping clients with the skills and resources necessary to meet their longer-term goals. In addition to her work at AWWA, Huixia is an Adult Educator at the Social Service Institute (SSI) and actively volunteers with the Singapore Association of Social Workers (SASW) Housing support network and the National Heart Centre’s Medifund Committee.
Associate Professor (Education)
Department of Economics
National University of Singapore
Dr Ong EeCheng is Associate Professor (Education) at the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore. She graduated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in Economics, and from Brown University with a Ph.D. in Economics. She teaches economics of inequality and labour economics, as well as introductory and intermediate microeconomics.