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Featured Series – What Inspires You?
Zero-waste warriors
An ambitious but hopeful goal was set by Environment and Water Resources Minister Masagos Zulkifli a week ago when he launched Singapore's Year Towards Zero Waste. The year-long campaign aims to raise awareness of waste issues in Singapore and highlight the need for...
Dyslexic girl wants to set up social enterprise
Prior to receiving her O-level results, the Crescent Girls' School student, Benecia Tang, 16 had secured a place in Singapore Polytechnic's (SP) School of Business. When she was in Secondary 3, Benecia started a project on community marketplace app Carousell selling...
Celebrate with gifts of giving to a good cause
For her birthday party next month, Sasha Marimuttu wants her friends to donate money to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) instead of giving her presents. Sasha, an only child who turned seven last Friday, and her mother have started a "Be...
Lifetime blood donor intends to keep giving
Mr Robert Chew was 18 and on his way to donate blood when he noticed a girl and her mother at the entrance of Singapore General Hospital staring at the people walking in. He walked up to the girl and asked her why she was there. Nervous and flustered, she said her...
Once a homeless teen, now a youth leader
Siti Noor Mastura's voice starts quavering as tears well up in her eyes. She stops talking, blinking furiously as she swallows the lump in her throat. The tears drop; her right hand reaches out for a piece of tissue paper on the table. Her chest of painful memories...
One woman’s punishing run to highlight water woes
From ankle-deep mud in Central Asia to the scorching heat of Australia, Mina Guli, 48, is running 100 full marathons (42 kilometres each) in 100 days to highlight a looming global water shortage. Her unorthodox world tour began in New York on 4 November and has so far...
Hipster cafe run by senior citizens
In a brightly lit space right next to Khatib MRT station, baristas togged out in striped aprons pull espresso shots and steam milk to create latte art. Meanwhile, customers sip their brew as a large poster near the entrance greets patrons with cheeky puns: "How do I...
Scaling Mt Everest to raise awareness
A pair of professionals from the finance sector have pledged to scale Mount Everest in May 2020 as part of a new campaign to raise funds and awareness for mental health issues, especially the burden on caregivers. Mr Yeo Siak Ling, head of business development at...
Proudly Deaf and championing causes
Low Jarn May, 43, is Deaf. The capital letter, she says, denotes a community proud of their Deafness, and sees it as a difference, not a disability. Although it is meant to be politically correct, the term "hearing-impaired" is now considered an outdated, and even...