by Abriel | May 4, 2020 | 2020, No Poverty
More than 50,000 people, including migrant workers, will receive supermarket vouchers or other necessities with a $1.23 million donation by OCBC Bank. The bank said in a statement on 28 April that it will be providing 1,000 Singaporean families with $800 in...
by Abriel | May 3, 2020 | 2020, What Inspires You?, Zero Hunger
After learning that some delivery rider friends were getting by on just S$30 of income a day as the COVID-19 crisis deepened, freelance food caterer Mohd Razib, 55, decided to help out by providing meals for them and private hire drivers. So four weeks ago, Mr Razib...
by Abriel | May 2, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
Before home-based learning (HBL) kicked in, schools were worried that children who came from disadvantaged homes would start lagging behind their peers. Schools prepared by finding out which students needed laptops and tablets. Teachers also made arrangements for a...
by Abriel | May 2, 2020 | 2020, Climate Action
While some people may say that the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing climate change off the front page, we see more similarities than dissimilarities. Both transcend ideology in testing the competence of governments in dealing with longer-term risks. Both involve the...
by Abriel | May 2, 2020 | 2020, Climate Action
The COVID-19 pandemic has understandably superseded the issue that dominated the news, politics, business and academia for much of last year (2019) – the climate emergency. But do they both have the same underlying causes with the same solutions? The coronavirus...
