by Abriel | May 16, 2020 | 2020, Responsible Consumption & Production
The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting supply chains across the world, but in Singapore, dinner plates are full thanks to strategic moves by the Government to diversify food sources and build up local agricultural capabilities. Here, where 90% of food is imported, the...
by Abriel | May 15, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Healthcare frontline workers have been receiving donations of face masks, cooked food and other care packages in acknowledgement of their efforts. On 14 May, a group of them received an unexpected gift: locally grown fresh vegetables. Social enterprise City Sprouts...
by Abriel | May 15, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
For the past two weeks, Dr Somrita Ganchoudhuri has been conducting short livestreams on Facebook in Bengali dialects to keep the Bangladeshi migrant worker community up to date on the latest developments. The 33-year-old research consultant began doing this because...
by Abriel | May 13, 2020 | 2020, What Inspires You?, Zero Hunger
Inspired by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s recent Twitter message thanking those who donated meals during Ramadan, millionaire venture capitalist Ozi Amanat and his wife Asema Ahmed have donated 1,000 meals to migrant workers in quarantine through the charity Free...
by Abriel | May 12, 2020 | 2020, What Inspires You?, Zero Hunger
Packs of sweet treats are on their way to 900 beneficiaries of The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund (STSPMF) to boost their spirits during the circuit breaker period. The packs contain products from soya bean-based food and beverage retailer Mr Bean, including...
