by Abriel | Oct 24, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
It has been nearly six years. Ms Azlin Amran suffered a severely damaged spinal cord, fractured pelvis, punctured lungs and such terrible abrasions to her face that the nurses advised her not to look into the mirror for a month. During those long years, she had to...
by Abriel | Oct 17, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Food brings people together. Over a meal, one family hopes to bring people closer, spark conversations and promote inclusivity among people from all walks of life. My Home Your Home is a private home-dining and entertainment experience run by TV producer Rose Sivam,...
by Abriel | Oct 14, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Hoai Thuong is 19 months old, and cute as a button. She lies, lively eyes darting, in her hospital bed at Gleneagles, her oversized head wrapped in swathes of bandages. The Vietnamese infant has just had an operation in the morning for hydrocephalus, a condition where...
by Abriel | Oct 10, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
As a child, youth worker Kevin Chia found himself shielding his mother from beatings from his father. His father, who was involved with gangs and jailed repeatedly for drug offences, often returned home drunk and would beat up his wife over money. When Mr Chia tried...
by Abriel | Oct 7, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
For eight years from Primary 3 to Secondary 4, Nigel Ng did not speak a word to his classmates in school. After being scolded and punished by his teachers for talking too much or too loudly in class in Primary 2, he began to believe that talking was an unpardonable...
by Abriel | Oct 5, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
After the loss of his grandfather to lung cancer in 2015, Mr Aloysius Moh wanted to find a way to help people with chronic illnesses. “This feeling of not wanting others to go through the same thing I went through triggered something in me. I wanted to help...
