Tech and Data Help To Maintain Privacy for Food Aid Beneficiaries
To meet their goal of eliminating food insecurity and social stigmas, The Food Bank Singapore turns to automated food aid distribution via dry rations and cooked meals vending machines. One in 10 Singaporean households experienced food insecurity at least once in the last 12 months. Although Singapore is ranked as the most food-secure nation in […]
Adapting to Covid-19
Community, Disrupted. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives—travelling overseas has come to halt, most of us are working remotely from our homes, and large gatherings have become a luxury. Every day, the news shows us how different our world has become. Infections are rising, with some countries reporting record-high case numbers as late […]
Beng Who Cooks: Beng With Big Hearts
Even before the Circuit Breaker, Mr Jason Chua, 28, and Mr Hung Zhen Long, 27, anticipated that many folks would lose jobs and have trouble feeding their families. So they set up the Beng Who Cares Foundation to deliver poke bowls — free to those in need — from their hawker stall Beng Who Cooks. 20201020_Jason […]
Omar Faruque Shipon: The Information Ambassador for Bangladeshi Migrant Workers
Mr Omar Faruque Shipon spent another Father’s Day away from his two sons, aged nine and four, who are back home in Bangladesh. He last saw them on a trip home in August 2018, and had planned to fly home on February 28 before Covid-19 thwarted those plans. Here, he has an extended family of […]
Reverend Samuel Gift Stephen: The Great Befriender
Reverend Samuel Gift Stephen isn’t just on a mission to find out what rations are lacking when he visits migrant worker dormitories. He is out to save lives. He is shortlisted in the “Leaders of Good” category for the upcoming President’s Volunteerism & Philanthropy Awards 2020 Special Edition – Our Finest Hour in the […]
Caring For Our Elderly Amid Covid-19
By 2030, senior citizens aged 65 years and above are expected to make up one quarter of the Singaporean population. Noting that Singapore is an increasingly ageing population, it is essential that we take good care of our silver generation. This has been made evident amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. With senior citizens more vulnerable to the virus, […]
Leading Our Teams Successfully: Reflections from Our Non-Profit Leaders
On 7 August 2020, the Centre for Non-Profit Leadership (CNPL) organised a webinar titled “Leading Our Teams Successfully”. It featured Yap Poh Kheng, CEO of Care Corner Singapore Ltd, and Tan-Wu Mei Ling, Executive Director of SHINE Children and Youth Services. Moderated by Manojit Sen, this conversation shared insightful reflections and advice about how nonprofit leaders can […]
Foreign Domestic Workers Paddle Through Social Distancing Challenges
Advocacy group Race2Share uses sports and fitness to promote physical and mental wellbeing among minority groups. Five women dragon boat enthusiasts breezed past their peers of foreign domestic workers (FDW) at the Kallang Wave Mall. On a recent Sunday afternoon, the team of FDWs was eager to start paddling. It has become a weekly habit […]
Financial Support for Students Amid COVID-19
The Ministry of Education (MOE) is determined to ensure that every child is given equal access to quality education. Minister for Education Lawrence Wong commented that his ministry will make sure that students from disadvantaged backgrounds do not have their learning disproportionately affected by Covid-19. As such, many educational institutions and organizations have come together […]
Starting a Business In The Time of Covid-19: Getting Support
The Covid-19 pandemic has put everyone’s lives and the economy on a rollercoaster to say the least. As a result, job prospects have been hard to come by for fresh graduates and those recently retrenched. Looking on the bright side of this problem, Singapore has made countless efforts in readying the country for a post-pandemic world. One such endeavour is […]