by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
The Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) will continue to give subsidies to poor Chinese families, including children, even as it puts greater focus on providing services such as helping parents find jobs, supporting the children’s education, and providing...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
According to the United Nations, 10 per cent of the world’s population lacks access to safe drinking water. Every day, approximately 3,000 children die from diarrheal diseases linked to contaminated water. To combat this problem, French engineer Jean-Paul Augereau...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
FoodCloud was a college project set up by Aoibheann O’Brien and Iseult Ward. It later became a tech start-up that connected businesses who had surplus food with charities who needed food. Five years on 8,300 tonnes of food, more than 18 million meals, have been...
by Abriel | Jun 23, 2017 | 2017, Quality Education
By 2030, Bukit Panjang is expected to grow by 15 per cent from its present 139,000 residents. Bukit Panjang Public Library will reopen on July 1 after 10 months of renovation to meet the needs of a growing population. The revamped library, in Bukit Panjang Plaza,...
by Abriel | Jun 23, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Singapore is stepping up a gear towards a car-lite future, with the formation of a new panel to study how public transport can be easier on children and the elderly. “My aspiration is that families who now own cars because they need to ferry their children or...
