by Abriel | Jan 17, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
More Singaporeans were moved to help others in 2019 through various online platforms and physical volunteer centres, said the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY). Online charity portal Giving.sg saw a 35% growth in the number of registered users in the...
by Abriel | Jan 16, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Muhammad Nur Arif Muzani, 22, has global developmental delay, an intellectual disability. He is also an actor. Speaking to The Straits Times, Arif has to be coaxed to talk about acting in short film Layang Layang Terbang Melayang (The Kite Soars High). Released in...
by Abriel | Jan 6, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Unlike those who spent the recent year-end holidays at overseas resorts, Ms Isabel Phua and six friends opted to travel to Bangladesh to visit the villages where families of some migrant workers in Singapore reside. For 10 days last month (December 2019), they...
by Abriel | Dec 29, 2019 | 2020, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, What Inspires You?
Software engineer Tengku Hafidz remembers the first time he fell in love with coding – during a class in polytechnic. Mr Tengku, who went on to study information systems at university, now imparts tech skills to young people, particularly those from the Malay...
by Abriel | Dec 24, 2019 | 2019, Quality Education
When her son started at Northoaks Primary School earlier this year, Mrs Sarasvathy Mahendran had a wish – that her child does not think he is different from his friends in Primary 1. Seven-year-old Tejas Mahendran has cone-rod dystrophy, a disorder that results...
