by Abriel | Jun 25, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Five-year-old Eden Eyok looks forward to Tuesday afternoons at Playeum, a children’s centre for creativity. Tuesday afternoons at Playeum are free entry for children with special needs. More important is that these afternoons allow those children to interact on...
by Abriel | Jun 25, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
One in four young people holds back from showing kindness in public because of fear over being embarrassed, an annual survey on graciousness shows. Looking stupid or being mocked on social media was cited as deterrents to lending a hand in public of respondents aged...
by Abriel | Jun 20, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
A new digital library, The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, will be the first resource of its kind in Singapore, offering videos, reports, fact sheets and other information to education institutions to help them organise activities such as fund-raising events...
by Abriel | Jun 18, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Carmen Tan, 23, has autism but she is thriving at speciality coffee company Foreword Coffee. The company has accommodated her with initiatives such as printing laminated instructions, simplifying processes and providing job flexibility. It hires 14 people with...
by Abriel | Jun 17, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Like an accomplished barista, Melvin Sii, 37, expertly manoeuvres a silver pitcher with his left hand as he pours milk into a cup of latte, drawing the shape of a heart. Melvin has a hearing disability and he is the assistant outlet manager of Foreword Coffee’s newest...
by Abriel | Jun 14, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
A mobile application that alerts bus drivers to passengers with special needs who are boarding or alighting has won the Land Transport Authority (LTA) an international prize. The app, named Mobility Assistance for the Visually Impaired and Selected Users (Mavis), also...
