/articles/neighbourly-care-vulnerable-residents
Trained volunteers check that they take medication and go for medical appointments
Ms Nekmah Mahadi works at a primary school canteen stall from mornings to afternoons.
The 52-year-old…
/articles/neighbours-step-out-fight-dengue
Mum-and-daughter pair among 6,000 volunteers who are spreading the word on prevention in a friendly way
Dressed in yellow vests and bright red shirts, Madam Liew Yin Wan and her daughter, Ms…
/articles/volunteer-run-library-celebrates-3rd-year
library@chinatown is first and only one here staffed this way
Decked with festive lanterns, a 1960s-style photo booth and a live band, library@chinatown bustled with activity yesterday.…
/articles/single-mum-has-big-heart-marsiling-neighbours
67-year-old who survives on govt aid stations herself at void deck to provide help to others
At the age of 67, single mother Jainah Awang still has to take care of her grown-up son, who is…
/articles/doing-charity-work-out-rental-flat
Ex-businessman, wife have been providing free meals to needy Chai Chee residents for 5 years
Step out of the lift on the ninth floor of Block 23, Chai Chee Road at lunchtime and you will notice the…
/articles/40-years-between-photos-couple
Home nursing service project takes portraits of patients with loved ones
Until recently, the only formal photograph that Madam Qui Jok Poh had with her husband, Mr Khoo Piak Choon, was taken…
/articles/growing-older-mandatory-growing-optional
Mrs Eileen Koh-Ling speaks fluent English and Chinese. “In my 20s, I started to work and was learning English at the same time. All these 40 plus years, I have been working non-stop and it seems to…
/articles/positive-mind-leads-successful-ageing
Rajam Sadanandan has worked with SINDA (a self-help group) for nearly 20 years.
Rajam is happy, full of self-esteem and resourceful. She is able to contribute to the community through…
/articles/happy-time-elderly-thanks-volunteers
Neighbours meet and catch up at annual reunion lunch organised by volunteers
Chinese New Year Eve used to be a quiet affair for retired civil servant Choe Seong Phan, 97, and his wife, Madam…
/articles/seniors-cook-camaraderie-novel-void-deck-kitchen
Something is brewing in a corner of Marine Parade.
The usually empty void deck at one block of flats is often filled these days with old folk busy chopping vegetables or peering over bubbling…
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/articles/curious-about-things
To 81-year-old Madam Amta Taiyeb Mama, learning about things, learning from others, and teaching others are as natural as breathing. In fact, she would even go so far as to say that learning is as…
/articles/highest-honour-drug-offender-turned-social-worker
After almost a decade behind bars, stay at halfway house helped turn his life around
As a teenager, Mr Kelvin Quak was a gang member who tried heroin to gain the acceptance of his fellow gang members…
/articles/theatre-ties-bind
Motley crew… Passion for theatre binds the cast of It Takes All Kinds, its director Serena Ho (top row, third from left) and assistant director Julius Foo (top row, third from right).
/articles/rock-climbing-coach-aims-50km-charity-walk-after-fall-almost-paralyses-him
Now, 50-year-old is embarking on 50km charity walking challenge with the aid of walking sticks
Two years ago, rock-climbing coach Chua Chee Beng fell from a height of 7m in an accident and…
/articles/merdeka-generation-former-psa-diver-recalls-adventures-under-sea-including-finding-body
While the pioneer leaders were the architects of Singapore, everyday heroes helped build society here. This is another story of our Merdeka Generation, those born in the 1950s who lived and…
/articles/retired-firefighter-76-recognised-volunteerism
He was among 12 honoured for service at SCDF Volunteer Gala Nite yesterday
Firefighting is in his blood. In fact, one could say 76-year-old Yunnos Shariff was born into it.
He was born…
/articles/bucket-lists-never-end-65-she-started-mountain-trekking
SINGAPORE - Age does not mean the death of dreams.
These three inspiring seniors are ticking items off their bucket lists in travel, business and thought leadership.
Accountant Khoo Kah…
/articles/mother-all-jobs-foster-mum-19-years-still-going-strong
While the pioneer leaders were the architects of Singapore, everyday heroes helped build society here. This is another story of our Merdeka Generation, those born in the 1950s who lived and…
/articles/merdeka-generation-community-service-runs-his-blood
While the pioneer leaders were the architects of Singapore, everyday heroes helped to build society here. Members of the 'Merdeka Generation' - those born in the 1950s - persevered through a…
/articles/89-she-helps-recovering-drug-addicts-reconnect-families
Some call Madam Khaw Seow Wah a bearer of good news. For the past 30 years, the long-time volunteer with Christian halfway house Breakthrough Missions has been knocking on the doors of the families…
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