by Abriel | May 18, 2020 | 2020, What Inspires You?, Zero Hunger
After a day of virtual meetings, research and syllabus planning, university lecturer Judy Sng is not ready to kick up her feet – instead, she has been heading to her local community club (CC) every day to give out meals to Muslims breaking fast. She is one of...
by Abriel | May 18, 2020 | 2020, What Inspires You?, Zero Hunger
For Mr Mohammad Yusoff Juma’at, the spirit of giving during the holy month of Ramadan extends beyond the Malay/Muslim community. Since 30 April, the civil servant, his wife and two close friends – service engineer Megat Hikal Salim and accountant Nurul...
by Abriel | May 16, 2020 | 2020, Responsible Consumption & Production
The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting supply chains across the world, but in Singapore, dinner plates are full thanks to strategic moves by the Government to diversify food sources and build up local agricultural capabilities. Here, where 90% of food is imported, the...
by Abriel | May 15, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Healthcare frontline workers have been receiving donations of face masks, cooked food and other care packages in acknowledgement of their efforts. On 14 May, a group of them received an unexpected gift: locally grown fresh vegetables. Social enterprise City Sprouts...
by Abriel | May 15, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
For the past two weeks, Dr Somrita Ganchoudhuri has been conducting short livestreams on Facebook in Bengali dialects to keep the Bangladeshi migrant worker community up to date on the latest developments. The 33-year-old research consultant began doing this because...
by Abriel | May 13, 2020 | 2020, What Inspires You?, Zero Hunger
Inspired by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s recent Twitter message thanking those who donated meals during Ramadan, millionaire venture capitalist Ozi Amanat and his wife Asema Ahmed have donated 1,000 meals to migrant workers in quarantine through the charity Free...
