/articles/national-care-hotline-now-ready-calls-after
300 specialists volunteer to help man the 24-hour hotline
SINGAPORE - The National Care Hotline is now ready to offer support to those who need it, after specialists trained in…
/articles/hello-interaction-goodbye-isolation
Help seniors stay connected during the coronavirus outbreak so that they remain active and healthy
For 73-year-old former baker Ong Hoo June, weekdays usually involve going to the Lions Befrienders…
/articles/positivity-can-strengthen-immunity
In the laboratories of Carnegie Mellon University some years ago, 95 men and 98 women volunteered to have live cold and flu viruses sprayed directly into their noses.
Yet, not everyone…
/articles/she-reached-out-aids-patients-when-no-one-would
While the pioneer leaders were the original architects of Singapore, everyday heroes helped build society here. This is another story about such people in the series, The Lives They Live.
The year…
/articles/st-causes-week-2019-befrienders-lend-ear-lonely-seniors
Recognising that the ageing population presented new issues, a group of six church friends decided to start Living Way Social Services in 2015 to help.
Led by The Living Way Church's pastor…
/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…
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