by Abriel | Feb 16, 2018 | 2018, Quality Education
The Canossian family has started an inclusive pre-school that takes in both mainstream children and those with special needs. The new pre-school, which comes under Canossaville Children and Community Services, has 70 children, seven of whom have hearing loss. It is...
by Abriel | Feb 12, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Scrap metal collector Tan Yew Huat is looking forward to celebrating Chinese New Year – his home of more than 40 years has been spruced up for the first time. “It is in some way like a new beginning,” said Mr Tan, 59, who has lived in his Hougang...
by Abriel | Feb 11, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Strict upbringing by her father, who was a firm disciplinarian, left Madam Victoria Rany Francis with a lifelong fear of speaking to strangers. To avoid prying neighbours, the 82-year-old keeps the windows and door of her three-room flat closed most of the time. She...
by Abriel | Feb 7, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Mr Cho Ming Xiu, 30, a social work undergraduate at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) first saw what mental illness does to a person when he was in junior college. His classmate, who was an accomplished student and president of the student council,...
by Abriel | Feb 4, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Volunteers who help maintain rest facility for loved ones of very sick children are also a source of support. Darren Ng, 43, who works at a fintech company, spends three times a week last year and once a month this year to volunteer at the National University Hospital...
