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Culture

21project in Hawaii: This summer could change your life

I still stand by this conviction two years later: 21project changed my life. Relatively unknown on our little Southeast Asian island back in 2017, the six-day youth training school made quite the...

How-tos & Handles

As a young person, how can I make a difference in my culture?

Culture is not neutral. It represents the ideas and behaviour of a particular group of people or society; culture is formed by the people who propagate it. If we have a belief about something, it...

Do Good

Are we numbed to wastage?

I recently read about a group of Singaporeans who prepared a huge buffet spread of food for the public – free of charge. The only catch? All the food served at the event was “rescued”...

Money Matters

Budget 2019: Who can we open wide our hand to this year?

When we think of this significant speech that takes place around the same time every year, naturally we anticipate the goodies that will be given out. A hongbao is always welcome.  Delivered by...

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Fashion for good: Paradigm Shift the label

Founded by Audris Quek, 23, the ethical fashion label aims to break mindsets that skinnier and skimpier are better, remind women of their worth and provide good jobs for people in Nepal.  I had a...

Culture

What if every year is the worst year ever?

If you’ve done a search for the “worst year ever”, you might’ve read about year 536. I quote: “It started when a mysterious fog swept over the continent (of Europe), veiling the sun in...

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A refugee story: All they want for Christmas is you

“I’ve always been looking for ways to tell their story, especially to get people to understand refugees a bit better,” Alexis had written in her latest text to me. “It’s a Chin...

Missions

How to minister in the most dangerous places on Earth

Three years ago, my team and I were eight hours deep in the jungles working in a war-ravaged village when a rebel soldier came charging at us in a fit of rage. He was threatening to rape those who...

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In the midst of your joy, do not forget your brothers and sisters in misery

“The Father’s heart is for His house to be full,” declared Cedric Chew at The Father’s Heart for the Homeless on October 30. “The Singapore Church has been blessed...