by Abriel | Sep 9, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
The non-profit organisation, RSVP Singapore – The Organisation of Senior Volunteers launched an initiative called Retire with a Purpose on 9 September, to encourage more employees from this age group to serve the community. The idea is for older employees to...
by Abriel | Sep 9, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Peer support specialists will be able to apply for an apprenticeship scheme to ease them back into the workforce. This scheme provides them with a training allowance during a six-month work trial and is a collaboration between the National Council of Social Services...
by Abriel | Sep 8, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
For years, it was a bit of a squeeze in a four-room flat in Lorong Ah Soo for Madam Indranee Elizabeth Nadisen, her husband and six children. But even then, she always found the space and time to foster children. Over her 35 years as a foster mother, 43 children...
by Abriel | Sep 8, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Gareth Ho, 17, looks like any normal teenager, but gets around in a motorized wheelchair. Some people find this unacceptable. Strangers have told him that, at his age, he should be walking around instead of being in a wheelchair. They do not realize that he has...
by Abriel | Sep 8, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
In some Housing Board blocks, common spaces such as void decks are fitted with motion sensors that switch lights on and off when residents pass by. Soon, they could have another purpose: letting HDB planners know which spaces are underutilized. Armed with such data,...
