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...
by Abriel | Dec 24, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
22-year-old Mark Yeong is a Singaporean studying in the University of Sydney who spends his holiday in a different way. This second-year student physiotherapy student is a volunteer firefighter that has been battling the bushfires that have been plaguing Australia...
by Abriel | Dec 22, 2019 | 2019, Causes Week 2019, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
Outside of regular full-time national servicemen duties, six NSFs also spend their Saturdays running a free tuition programme for children living in rental flats in the Henderson area. Mr Chua Tze Hean, who started Budding Minds in October last year, roped in five...
by Abriel | Dec 22, 2019 | 2019, Good Health & Well-being, What Inspires You?
“I have a vision to bring eye care technology and innovation to communities-at-large and underprivileged societies. I strongly believe that technology can help improve awareness on eye health and give better eyesight for all.” Eye surgeon Claudine Pang is the first...
by Abriel | Dec 18, 2019 | 2019, Causes Week 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
It was life in the United States that opened Singaporean Nilofar Iyer’s eyes to the needs of the underprivileged. While in Pennsylvania with her husband in 2014, the housewife was struck by the poverty and juvenile delinquency in some neighbourhoods. “It...
by Abriel | Dec 17, 2019 | 2019, Causes Week 2019, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
Seven-year-old Yin Le used to struggle with reading in English. Her mother, Ms Wendy Kang, fretted as her command of English was not strong. In January, Yin Le began attending weekly Story L.A.B. reading sessions at Potong Pasir Community Club, where volunteers read...
