How I Became A Food Rescue Volunteer
Happy International Volunteer’s Day! This is a day to promote volunteering and recognise the contribution of volunteers. This year’s theme is “Together We Can Through Volunteering”. In a challenging year like 2020, volunteers have been superheroes stepping up in the frontlines, serving the needs of others in Singapore, to become a City of Good. Here, […]
Esplanade Music Truck Brings The Arts To Seniors
While Covid-19 may have kept the seniors from going to performances, it didn’t stop the performances from coming to them. Call it a moving performance, literally. For duo Two Of Us — musicians Mr Earnest Chua Kin Hee and Ms Pang Choy Ting — a truck-stage became a first-ever experience as they performed to seniors […]
Wildlife In Our Concrete Jungle
Does wildlife exist in Singapore? In 2017, we followed Kalai, a staff member from ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre, on his journey for a day as a wildlife rescue officer. Watch the video below! https://youtu.be/7H1oM1tmx5Y Recently, we also caught up with Anbu, Deputy Chief Executive of Advocacy at ACRES, to find out how the Covid-19 situation […]
How The Giving Collective Distributes Bread To The Needy
Sometimes the best way to kickstart a charitable initiative in your neighbourhood is to approach your neighbourhood chieftain for help. One of The Giving Collective’s volunteers, Ms Cath Sng, 44, did just that. She partnered with Ghim Moh’s “Uncle Di” — a man in his 70s with all the intel on the estate — to […]
Making Job Transitions Less Scary Through A Nurturing Community
Changing career paths can be intimidating, especially in these uncertain economic times. Switching to an entirely new role or industry requires skills and support, not to mention confidence and courage. The constant need to apply, upskill, go for interviews—the list goes on and on—can leave you absolutely jaded. Hatch, a Singapore-based social enterprise, wants to change […]
Eleanor Yap: Amplifying the Voices of Seniors Both Online and Offline
When Ms Eleanor Yap started the befriender initiative, Project BUDDY, during the Circuit Breaker, she expected no more than 10 volunteers. Eleanor Yap, 51, founder of ground-up initiative Ageless Online However when word about her project got out, more than 170 people came forward to provide a listening ear and engage with over 80 seniors […]
Stepping Up To Join A Non-Profit Board: From Serving Businesses to Serving Society
Corporate leader Madanjit Singh shares his motivations and aspirations to contribute to the nonprofit sector as a board member and board committee member. “You come for two years and stay for twenty years,” Madanjit Singh quipped as he recounted his move from India to Singapore in 1999, just before the turn of the millennium. At […]
Ong Bee Yong: Supporting Communities With Their Mental Health Through Covid-19 And Beyond
Taxi and private bus drivers refused to pick up healthcare workers from Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The same workers couldn’t get a meal because hawker centres did not want to serve them. To avoid risk of infecting their loved ones many refrained from returning home. That was in 2003, at the height of fears about […]
How CampusImpact Supports Local Youths
With a never-say-die spirit, CampusImpact supports the aspirations of local youths and serves their needs. They say that youth is the most crucial period in life. It’s when we gain the most experiences, learn new things, and explore many possibilities. But the journey toward adulthood can also be intimidating. Unsplash Some people look back and […]
PVPA 2020 Chairman’s Closing Speech
Closing Remarks by Mrs Mildred Tan, Chairman, National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre at the President’s Volunteerism & Philanthropy Awards 2020 Special Edition – Our Finest Hour in the City of Good Madam Halimah Yacob, President of the Republic of Singapore, Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law, Ms […]