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If you have watched, shared, liked or commented on Our Better World stories but feel you can do more, you are on the right page.

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Got ideas on how we can improve? Want to partner us to impact lives together? We'd love to hear from you!

Together we can create impact like this:

More blind tennis players getting trained

More volunteers have made it possible for Soundball to increase training from once to thrice a week in Singapore.

Volunteers reading with kids on Skype

Busy working mum Jaya's 90min a week contribution has made a real difference in the lives of underprivileged kids in Malaysia.

More buddies for special needs runners

Meng Hong watched the story, volunteered, got “addicted” and is now vice-chair of Runninghour.

Shark fishermen becoming eco-guides

A million online views have led to more eco-tours with Dorsal, giving more shark fishermen an alternative livelihood in Lombok, Indonesia.

Our Impact in 2016

We can’t do it alone. We need the help of:

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Other Contributors

Josh Lye

Story Fella

A recovering journalist who has lived in five countries, Josh enjoys unearthing stories about everyday people helping other people. It is this passion that got him to help start Our Better World. He was instrumental in shaping its growth in its first five years.

Noelle Perera

It was her passion for social change and inability to sit still that led Noelle to help launch Our Better World. She spent four years as its community manager. Now based in Sydney, Australia, Noelle continues to use social media to change the world.

Daniel Li

Daniel joined Our Better World because of his determined belief that digital media can help make the world better. He’s gone on to pursue his dream of starting his own online business. Originally from China and now a Singaporean, he has a little girl who keeps him engaged in his other full-time role as a father, through which he also hopes to make the world better.

Janet Wu

Janet made a leap from big, corporate America to the Singapore start-up , non-profit scene. As a closet web technologies architect, she wields technical know-how and focuses on online growth. She also secretly loves research, roadmaps and PowerPoint. Her passion for people, Asia, and transforming communities and culture led her halfway around the world for a short stint with us.

Lim Hwee Hwee

Between never-ending laundry, cooking not-very-tasty meals and coaching her son with special needs, Hwee Hwee finds time to do freelance translation and copyediting. Formerly a journalist, she is passionate about writing and finds joy in English-Chinese translation. As a member of Our Better World’s Chinese editorial team, she hopes to promote greater understanding and acceptance of persons with special needs.

Lim Woan Fei

Eight parts feeling, and two parts reason, Woan Fei will always be a fervent scribe, driven by her love for words, her sense of justice and a passion for life. She enjoys her role on OBW’s Chinese editorial team, helping more people to overcome their differences and embrace the beauty of a kinder, more diverse, and inclusive multilingual society.

Lu Caixia

“Run, Forrest, run!” Caixia’s favourite line in the movie Forrest Gump reminds her that there are no blues that a good run can’t cure. As part of Our Better World’s Chinese editorial team, nothing gives her more satisfaction than seeing her work as a translator help spread the good to a wider audience.