by Abriel | Aug 9, 2020 | 2020, Good Health & Well-being, What Inspires You?
Writing once saved Nicole’s life. Now, she is using it to help others. In 2011, struggling with major depression and generalised anxiety disorder, it was penning a suicide note that brought her back from the brink. Her brush with death led her to seek out a new...
by Abriel | Aug 9, 2020 | 2020, What Inspires You?, Zero Hunger
After befriending elderly residents living alone in her Yio Chu Kang neighbourhood, housewife Diljan Shaik Arif Ali found that many prefer to have home-cooked fare. She started cooking simple dishes such as rice, mixed vegetables and non-spicy curry chicken for about...
by Abriel | Aug 6, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Orange Valley Nursing Homes is donating $30,000 worth of assistive devices and face masks to the underprivileged, to commemorate the nation’s 55th birthday. The move is part of its corporate social responsibility outreach initiative, Protecting You & Our...
by Abriel | Aug 4, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
When Okorn-Kuo Jing Hong began directing a cast with disabilities in the theatre show What If, she wanted the work to respect the performers’ disabilities without trying to cover them up. Actors who cannot see could orientate themselves by feeling markings on...
by Abriel | Aug 4, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
While the Yellow Ribbon Prison Run will not be held this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still folks across the island spreading its message of renewal and redemption. Take, for instance, private-hire car driver Isam Sulong, who spent almost eight years...
by Abriel | Aug 2, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
For the past 19 years, Sherry has lived with what she calls an “invisible condition”. The 39-year-old has vasculitis, an auto-immune condition that causes inflammation of her blood vessels and deep, pus-filled ulcers to erupt on her feet whenever it flares...
