– Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, author and motivational speaker
There are many issues that the community is facing. And only when we take the effort to find out more and keep ourselves up-to-date, can we be part of the solution and change can happen, to truly build a community that cares.
Helping kids with autism connect
Building a relationship with someone on the autism spectrum can require more patience and understanding than establishing ties with a neurotypical peer. Freelance writer Kendra Stanton Lee, whose brother is also on the autism spectrum, asked parents and specialists...
Finding hope again after despair
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...
Climate change may affect food supply in Singapore
The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) released on Tuesday (Oct 16) placed Singapore at the top of the list, a jump of three places from last year (2017) and for the first time, it has topped the ranking since the listing of 113 countries was started in 2012 by the...
Family shares food and fun with the less privileged
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,...
Migrant workers volunteered to clean Pasir Ris Beach
A group of migrant workers spent their Saturday at the beach at Pasir Ris Park. But instead of relaxing there, they will be cleaning it up - for free. In a post on its Facebook page on Wednesday, non-governmental organisation Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) said...
Lifeline for critically ill kids from Vietnam
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...
Urgent changes needed for region’s future
The release of the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report showed that even half a degree Celsius of extra warming will affect every nation, if world leaders do not take any actions. The urgency stems from the fact that decades of data showed that...
Bukit Panjang CC opens green exhibition
Bukit Panjang Community Club (CC) has ramped up its green efforts by launching a free permanent exhibition explaining the importance of sustainability. Issues such as energy and water efficiency in buildings, biodiversity in urban landscapes, reducing food waste,...
Ex-problem kid driven to help at-risk youth
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...
Ordinary people can play a big part in fighting climate change
Fighting climate change might seem like a big problem that is for governments to solve. However, Dr Peter Newman of the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute in Perth said that ordinary people play a crucial role especially by reducing their power...
Save trees and restore forests to curb climate change
The most effective weapons in the fight against climate change - a tree. However, widespread land clearing raises local temperatures, and rising global temperatures are, in turn, triggering more wildfires. Yet, big forest countries such as Indonesia, Brazil and the...
He helps others with selective mutism
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...
Loss of grandpa to cancer spurs youth to help others
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 people...
Helping autistic students ease into real world
When it opens in 2022, the new Rainbow Centre campus will feature an area modelled on real-world environments such as shops and other community spaces. The new campus will be able to serve 300 students with autism aged between seven and 18. Dubbed Social Town, this...
Giving hope after losing voice
The day is etched in her memory. Ms Crystal Goh woke up one morning in April 2011 and could not muster a decipherable word. "It sounded like I was having a very bad sore throat. Like I was being strangled," she said. "People couldn't understand me when I spoke." Her...
Giveaway highlights food waste problem
It was SG Food Rescue's third food wastage awareness drive - an event where they distribute "rescued" food items that are edible but were thrown out by suppliers. About 800kg of food was given away to more than 200 members of the public in two hours from a room at the...
Nutritious food crucial for needy
Single mother Indrapathi Sugumaran, 33, has been receiving vegetables, fruits and meat every Sunday for the past two months from Singapore Red Cross volunteers. "It makes a difference to us because we get to have chicken or fish weekly now instead of twice a month in...
Food insecurity in Singapore
Despite being ranked the fourth most-secure food nation in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit last year (2017), researchers have found that there are people here who struggle to get access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food. In speaking to 236 people...
Mental Health: Looking beyond the label
The first nationwide mental health anti-stigma campaign "Beyond the Label" was launched by the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) on 8 September 2018. It aims to correct misperceptions, raise awareness and promote greater social inclusion of people in recovery...
A safe haven for the deaf
Mr Robert Chew's business, Patsfield Services, was hit by several setbacks. The Australian supplier of his company's rides was bought over four years ago by another company which wanted to capture the Singapore kiddy ride market for itself. All 273 of his kiddy rides,...
