by Abriel | Feb 28, 2020 | 2020, No Poverty, Singapore Budget 2020
An islandwide initiative will be rolled out to provide meals for vulnerable families in the heartland, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Manpower Low Yen Ling. Details of this scheme – which will allow families to redeem free meals at some...
by Abriel | Feb 19, 2020 | 2020, No Poverty, Singapore Budget 2020
In addition to the annual goods and services tax vouchers, public transport vouchers and service and conservancy charges rebates, low-income Singaporeans will receive a grocery voucher worth $100 annually for two years, starting from this year. Deputy Prime Minister...
by Abriel | Jun 30, 2019 | 2019, No Poverty, What Inspires You?
When Radwa Rostom was a civil engineering student at Cairo’s Ain Shams University, she participated in charity work for underprivileged communities in the city’s informal settlement of Ezbet Abu Qarn. After finishing her studies, Ms Rostom returned with a...
by Abriel | Aug 13, 2018 | 2018, No Poverty, What Inspires You?
Students and staff from Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) are raising funds for villagers hit by the recent spate of earthquakes in Lombok, Indonesia. Close to $20,000 has been collected so far in a campus donation drive which started on 6 August, with plans to use the funds...
by Abriel | Dec 13, 2017 | 2017, No Poverty, What Inspires You?
Mr Kelvin Wan, 45, is the energetic founder of non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope Place. The local media has hailed him as Kuching town’s hero. Mr Wan knows what it is like to go hungry – an experience that set him on his journey of bringing hope to others. In...
by Abriel | Jun 21, 2017 | 2017, No Poverty
Hong Kong has been struggling with a housing affordability issue since China’s takeover, and it has been a government priority to boost supply of new homes. Later this year, residents of Hong Kong can look forward to pay for living in apartments which are as small as...
