by Abriel | May 6, 2020 | 2020, Climate Action
Mayors from Seoul to Seattle are stepping up plans to make their cities healthier in a global strategy to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and fight climate change. Cities are the single-largest source of mankind’s greenhouse gas emissions heating up the...
by Abriel | May 5, 2020 | 2020, No Poverty
Nearly 300 homeless people have sought help from an aid network during the circuit breaker period, said Minister for Social and Family Development Desmond Lee. Called Partners Engaging and Empowering Rough Sleepers (PEERS), the network had engaged 65 people when it...
by Abriel | May 5, 2020 | 2020, Climate Action
With nations restricting movements to curb COVID-19’s spread, carbon-intensive fossil fuels have seen a drop in demand. While experts acknowledge that demand for fossil fuels is likely to return once restrictions are lifted, the experience offers insights into their...
by Abriel | May 4, 2020 | 2020, What Inspires You?, Zero Hunger
Every weekday, social enterprise Glyph delivers free lunch and dinner to 50 children and their families living in rental flats in Bukit Merah. The meals include rice with meat and vegetables, noodles or burgers. The initiative, which started on 20 April, aims to ease...
by Abriel | May 4, 2020 | 2020, What Inspires You?, Zero Hunger
In the midday heat, Mr Bernard Teo and his team are handing out free food packs to a long queue that stretches along the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Chinatown. It takes the trio about 15 minutes to give out all 110 lunch meals to the needy. Since 8 April, the day...
