by Abriel | Dec 10, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
For the past three years, Madam Mai Thi Thien Thanh and her 50-year-old husband Kang Eng Hiang – a couple who run a small stall at Geylang Serai Market – have opened their modest Marsiling Housing Board flat to Vietnamese families with children who are...
by Abriel | Dec 9, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
A charity here wants to give poor families in Singapore a free staycation as respite from all their woes. The Break Away Holiday Charity is the brainchild of Swiss banker Andrea Meierhofer, who roped in his Singaporean wife Sharin Lim, and their friend Minz Xu to...
by Abriel | Dec 2, 2018 | 2018, Good Health & Well-being
The increase in the number of people seeking help for mental health issues has prompted the Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH) to start an initiative that provides therapy through art. The Creative Mindset Hub, which officially opened yesterday (1 Dec) at...
by Abriel | Nov 28, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
A pair of professionals from the finance sector have pledged to scale Mount Everest in May 2020 as part of a new campaign to raise funds and awareness for mental health issues, especially the burden on caregivers. Mr Yeo Siak Ling, head of business development at...
by Abriel | Nov 18, 2018 | 2018, Good Health & Well-being
In recent years, more young people have reached out to an Institute of Mental Health (IMH) programme that helps youth with mental health issues. Experts attribute this in part to a growing awareness of depression. The “steady increase” in the number of...
