A walk with Geylang Adventures - a social enterprise - is the first step towards breaking down social barriers and understanding xenophobia, while discovering hidden adventures and enclaves in a Singaporean heartland. You also support their volunteer initiatives such as giving free haircuts to migrant workers and the low-income on weekends. 

Geylang Adventures has also launched a second walk in Dakota, one of Singapore's oldest housing estates. Take in its quaint charm, and learn about the price of urban redevelopment - exacted on the elderly residents who called it home.  

Learn more about Geylang Adventure's social initiatives here

Explore the issues faced by the former Dakota residents here

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By visiting the centre, you not only learn more about regional art, but help the efforts to preserve and spread awareness about the local history, folklore, and support budding artists. The centre also sells crafts created by artisans from rural parts of the region, providing a platform for them to earn a sustained income. 

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A visual feast of Indian folk and contemporary art, visit this arts campus for the museum, the buzzing market and enriching workshops.

By visiting the centre, you not only learn more about regional art, but help the efforts to preserve and spread awareness about the local history, folklore, and support budding artists. The centre also sells crafts created by artisans from rural parts of the region, providing a platform for them to earn a sustained income. 

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Sales of their handmade ceramic wares fund programmes for the elderly and the underprivileged. Subsidised rates are provided for people with mental health conditions to aid in their recovery.

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Learn pottery from a social enterprise that uses the sensory experience of moulding clay to teach a craft and promote mental wellness. 

Sales of their handmade ceramic wares fund programmes for the elderly and the underprivileged. Subsidised rates are provided for people with mental health conditions to aid in their recovery.

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Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle is one of the last keeping the trade alive, and the Tan family has made it their mission to educate visitors on the history of pottery in Singapore and how it contributed to Singapore’s growing economy in the 1960s. You visit supports them in their efforts to spread awareness about the art of wood-firing kilns, and keep the flame alive for future generations.

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Visit one of the last dragon kilns in Singapore, and browse for intricate tableware, or get your hands dirty in a pottery workshop. 

Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle is one of the last keeping the trade alive, and the Tan family has made it their mission to educate visitors on the history of pottery in Singapore and how it contributed to Singapore’s growing economy in the 1960s. You visit supports them in their efforts to spread awareness about the art of wood-firing kilns, and keep the flame alive for future generations.

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The memory and sigificance of Bukit Brown is being kept alive by the efforts of dedicated volunteers, who share their knowledge at no charge.

Your visit helps to spread the word about one of Singapore's most vulnerable historic treasures and promote awareness of conservation, so that heritage can co-exist with urban redevelopment.

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Take a fascinating walk in Bukit Brown Cemetery, a spot so rich in Chinese immigrant history, it was placed on the World Monument's Watch list in 2014.

Founded by an ex-offender and a former prison officer, The Caffeine Experience wants to get you your dose of caffeine while providing ex-offenders with the means to sustain themselves and their families. Every purchase helps provide training of the baristas, counselling sessions for staff, and other areas of staff development.

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Besides serving much-raved-about coffee, The Caffeine Experience serves second chances to ex-offenders by offering them stable employment.

Founded by an ex-offender and a former prison officer, The Caffeine Experience wants to get you your dose of caffeine while providing ex-offenders with the means to sustain themselves and their families. Every purchase helps provide training of the baristas, counselling sessions for staff, and other areas of staff development.

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A social enterprise, Soon Huat aims to provide ex-offenders, drug abusers and the less privileged in the community with meaningful employment opportunities. Founder Jabez Tan is an ex-offender who discovered his gift for cooking while serving time. 

A meal at Soon Huat supports their mission to help those on the fringe of society transform their lives. 

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Known for their unique take on bak kut teh, a Chinese pork rib dish, this restaurant also dishes out hope, by employing ex-offenders seeking a fresh start. 

A social enterprise, Soon Huat aims to provide ex-offenders, drug abusers and the less privileged in the community with meaningful employment opportunities. Founder Jabez Tan is an ex-offender who discovered his gift for cooking while serving time. 

A meal at Soon Huat supports their mission to help those on the fringe of society transform their lives. 

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Himalayan Ecotourism, through its cooperative model, engages locals as shareholders — and not as passive workers — with a two-fold agenda: a) a means to livelihood, and (b) as conservators of a fragile ecosystem that has been experiencing the side-effects of human activity.

When you travel with Himalayan Ecotourism, you not only ensure that money from tourism in the region empowers locals who are dedicated to protecting the land they call home but can also opt to neutralise your own carbon footprint.

Meet Stephan of Himalayan Ecotourism, and Sanju of the GHNP Community-Based Ecotourism Cooperative, which works with Himalayan Ecotourism to improve livelihoods through ecotourism and sustainability initiatives. 

In the Himalayas, a national park cost locals their livelihoods. With Himalayan Ecotourism, explore the mountains and help communities thrive again.

By shopping Watubo products, you support the development of Sikkanese ikat as a sustainable livelihood for Watublapi residents. To date, Watubo has worked with 25 weavers, most of whom are women under the age of 50, as well as a few men. 

Supporting demand for vegetable-dyed ikat also encourages weavers to stick with dyeing processes that are safe for people and the environment, and to conserve culturally important plants such as morinda and indigo.

Supporting ikat as a sustainable profession in Watublapi would encourage their young people to stay in the village and contribute to the community. A strong ikat business also encourages other collaborations, such as working with Watublapi graduates who have left the village but whose business skills and connections to the outside world can benefit weavers. 

You can find Watubo's original creations on Noesa's website. Look out also for ikat items made with fabrics from Watublapi by Noesa. 

Noesa can be contacted for further enquiries about Watubo via WhatsApp at +62 81315556670. 

Meet Rosvita of Watubo