Boys’ Town is a Catholic charity that provides residential care, street outreach, fostering, clinical intervention, adventure therapy and family reunification for children and youth in need and their families.

Boys’ Town helps both boys and girls, from infants to young adults who come from disadvantaged families and may have faced hardships due to financial struggles, family issues, emotional trauma, or abuse. Through the services, Boys’ Town equips them with the skills they need to become responsible and contributing members of society.

After Japanese Occupation ended in 1948, Brother Vincent, a member of the Brothers of St. Gabriel restarted St. Joseph’s Trade School and Orphanage to be the current Boys’ Town. Mr. William Thomas McDermott, an Australian businessman and philanthropist, helped raise funds and modelled the institution after the original Boys’ Town in Nebraska, United States.

The idea of Boys’ Town was conceptualized when Brother Vincent and Mr. McDermott met during the Japanese Occupation at Changi Prison. They discovered a common interest in helping disadvantaged youth after seeing the plight of orphans who had lost their homes and families.