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Featured Series – What Inspires You?
Better houses for the poor and planet
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 small team,...
Cooking blind with talking tech
Madam Rosie Wong, 70, whips up dinner for herself and her husband almost every night - and she is blind. Whether her induction hob, kitchen weighing scale or timer, all of them give her audio feedback so she can cook safely. The induction hob, for example, vocalises...
Hearing-impaired barista can now draw hearts
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...
Peer support for those with mental health issues
A charity has been launched to provide peer support to people struggling with mental health issues. Resilience Collective (RC) is the first such body to provide a platform powered by those who have experienced similar issues, rather than just professionals. It is...
Poly students lend a hand through overseas projects
On finding that a farm in Vietnam was producing excess milk, a group of students from Singapore Polytechnic (SP) came up with a way to stop it going to waste and even help the farm make some cash - by turning it into soap. Students from SP's chemical and life sciences...
Teen looked after dementia-stricken dad from 14
From a sociable and chatty man, Melissa's father became withdrawn, depressed and forgetful. Initially, Henry, a sales director, was diagnosed with depression. His family thought he was stressed by his job. He was diagnosed with young-onset dementia at age 54. His...
Pre-schools instil green habits through play
Some pre-schools in Singapore are promoting a zero-waste lifestyle, hoping to instil green habits in a generation who will probably face the pressing challenges of climate change when they grow up. In January, the Shaws Preschool group launched efforts to reduce,...
Volunteers help mums in jail read stories to their kids
Every week or so, a group of volunteers has been visiting female inmates with young children to record them reading storybooks. They will also visit the children to play the audio recordings, so that the children hear their mothers' voices as the books are read to...
Orphan with a heart for the lonely
Mr Selva Raju Arumugam has a "happy-go-lucky" family who would spend weekends together, as well as with their extended families. But it all came to an abrupt halt when he was 15. His mother, who suffered from serious complications of diabetes, had come down with a bad...