by Abriel | Apr 28, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
Some pre-schools in Singapore are promoting a zero-waste lifestyle, hoping to instil green habits in a generation who will probably face the pressing challenges of climate change when they grow up. In January, the Shaws Preschool group launched efforts to reduce,...
by Abriel | Apr 27, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Every week or so, a group of volunteers has been visiting female inmates with young children to record them reading storybooks. They will also visit the children to play the audio recordings, so that the children hear their mothers’ voices as the books are read...
by Abriel | Apr 17, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Mr Selva Raju Arumugam has a “happy-go-lucky” family who would spend weekends together, as well as with their extended families. But it all came to an abrupt halt when he was 15. His mother, who suffered from serious complications of diabetes, had come...
by Abriel | Apr 14, 2019 | 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, What Inspires You?
Singapore’s first food bank fed 1,000 people in need yesterday at its inaugural community engagement event. The Food Bank Singapore (FBSG), which was established in 2012 with an aim to be the organisation that centrally coordinates all food donations in...
by Abriel | Apr 4, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Young people are taking mental health issues in hand by forming ground-up initiatives to raise awareness of the stigma attached and to reach out to their peers in distress. These arose from the Youth Conversations dialogues the National Youth Council (NYC) held last...
by Abriel | Apr 1, 2019 | 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, What Inspires You?
From a multibillion-dollar education start-up to wired-up mannequins, technology is helping to revolutionise the way Indian school children are learning – provided their parents can afford it. A host of online platforms are taking advantage of a surge in...
