by Abriel | Apr 23, 2020 | 2020, What Inspires You?, Zero Hunger
Lee Ray Sheng was thrilled when his fried beehoon stall opened for business at the end of February. For the 20-year-old computer science undergraduate at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Raydy Beehoon, which opened into the wee hours of the morning, was a...
by Abriel | Apr 20, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Community groups have launched an online platform to help low-income families whose plight during the coronavirus pandemic was featured in The Straits Times on 19 Apr. It noted the systematic gaps that these families face such as food insecurity and low wages. These...
by Abriel | Apr 20, 2020 | 2020, Quality Education
Madam Nur Hidayah Shahrudin used to take her son Rizq to parks or to Changi Airport every week so he could practise walking with his pacer gait in large open spaces. But as social distancing and circuit breaker measures were put in place in recent weeks, her...
by Abriel | Apr 20, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Firms, charities and donors have come together to donate 1.3 million reusable cloth masks to Singapore’s migrant workers under a community initiative called MaskForce. The masks, which have a filter pocket, also come with 650,000 surgical masks that can be...
by Abriel | Apr 20, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
A group of volunteers has launched a campaign to encourage Singaporeans to be more welcoming when migrant workers are relocated to housing estates in a bid to curtail the coronavirus. The initiative – Welcome In My Backyard (Wimby) – is a direct response...
by Abriel | Apr 19, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Charities and social enterprises here are striving to keep helping the needy amid the COVID-19 crisis by adapting their services to comply with the circuit breaker restrictions and cope with dwindling volunteer numbers. But they warn that some low-income families may...
