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App to feed the hungry launched
Singapore's first food bank fed 1,000 people in need yesterday at its inaugural community engagement event. The Food Bank Singapore (FBSG), which was established in 2012 with an aim to be the organisation that centrally coordinates all food donations in Singapore, is...
More young people supporting peers with mental health issues
Young people are taking mental health issues in hand by forming ground-up initiatives to raise awareness of the stigma attached and to reach out to their peers in distress. These arose from the Youth Conversations dialogues the National Youth Council (NYC) held last...
Technology boom transforms how kids in India learn
From a multibillion-dollar education start-up to wired-up mannequins, technology is helping to revolutionise the way Indian school children are learning - provided their parents can afford it. A host of online platforms are taking advantage of a surge in smartphone...
Riding the wave of climate issues
Artists use their works to explore and highlight environmental themes, approaching them in an evocative and poetic manner. Canadian artist and photographer Benjamin Von Wong and social impact strategist Laura Francois created a sculpture made from 18,000 plastic cups...
App helps families find lost seniors with dementia
Mr Anthony Lim, 54, spotted an elderly woman looking lost and disoriented. He recalled having seen the same 83-year-old woman about three hours earlier at the lift lobby of his Sengkang Housing Board block when he returned home from work. But he also remembered her...
Technology gives added impetus to China’s green efforts
Ant Forest, a mini-app on Alipay, plants trees for users when they make greener choices in daily consumption. Instead, behind the hit go-green initiative is Ant Financial, a subsidiary of Alibaba - the technology giant that turned China into today's e-commerce and...
Redemption in quenching others’ thirst
Nightclub promoter turns his back on a life of vice and debauchery, and sets up global water charity. Scott Harrison, then 29, boarded Mercy Ships, an old cruise ship converted into a floating hospital to volunteer and document the non-profit work done (as a...
Students on a mission to cut bottled-water consumption
For nearly a decade, Ms Erny Kartolo’s mother bought bottled water in bulk for her family, so that they would be hydrated when they ventured out of their home. Every month, she would stock up on a box holding 40 bottles of water from suppliers such as Dasani. “Her...
Universities nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit
More young people are now keener on entrepreneurship, with some even taking the plunge to start their own businesses as soon as they leave school. Universities such as Nanyang Technological University have responded to the trend by introducing tie-ups with companies...