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...
by Abriel | Apr 18, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
More than 120 people, including Singaporeans living overseas, wrote in to offer help after reading about 17-year-old Loh Miao Xin and her family in The Straits Times. First-year polytechnic student Miao Xin had shared that her mother was jobless, as the coronavirus...
by Abriel | Apr 18, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
COVID-19 song Stay At Home, Singapore has raised over $94,000 for families affected by the outbreak in less than a week since its release last Saturday. It has now been remade with eight young singers joining the ensemble. Riffing on the beloved National Day song...
by Abriel | Apr 15, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
After her Muslim colleagues told Ms Neo Su Yin, 40, that they had to visit the restroom to remove the surgical masks they wore under their tudung whenever they had a meal, she devised a solution. Ms Neo, who is head of post and parcel delivery and customer experience...
