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 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...
by Abriel | Dec 17, 2019 | 2019, Causes Week 2019, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
Armed with $30 worth of supermarket vouchers, 12-year-old Muhammad Khairunnas wandered around the Sheng Siong mart picking out groceries. It was part of local charity Children’s Wishing Well’s FRESH Programme, which organises weekly supermarket trips, pairing...
