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22 JUL 2014

Go Ahead, Laugh Out Loud

He laughed at himself and went from the village idiot to the loveable hero in one split second.
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02 DEC 2013

My Philanthropy Is Turning 40

Lessons from a personal giving story for #GivingTuesdaySG.
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03 FEB 2015

Can $20 Buy Happiness?

How far will $20 go in Singapore? A social experiment with a sprinkle of creativity and a touch of kindness.
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23 OCT 2014

Dirty Water on My Face

When the universe tests your moral pronouncements it often uses you as the lab rat. Sometimes a soaking wet lab rat.
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11 MAR 2014

The Bus Driver on the 13

Making someone else feel like a million bucks.
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04 NOV 2014

You Can Read to Them on Skype

Offer "longhouse" kids dignity, literacy and hope: read them a book online.
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29 JUL 2014

Better to Give Than to Go?

Are short-term overseas volunteer trips useful? Wouldn't the money be better used as direct donations?
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01 NOV 2017

Life Was Great for Her Pillow. She Called It Pippi

Naming animals and things could help us treasure them more.
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07 FEB 2017

What This Syrian Refugee Does Will Make You Smile

He was taught entrepreneurial skills and is now reaching out to other refugees
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26 MAY 2015

Sometimes It’s Better to Be Second

Farmers, fast food and a family in reverse gear.
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08 JUN 2015

Shattered but unbroken

A smashed windscreen offers a chance for pause, gratitude and a celebration of honesty.
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13 OCT 2015

The Awkwardness of Kindness

Why do comments about kindness either stop conversations or automatically get called into question?
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18 DEC 2015

When Kindness Goes Around the World

What do you write in a Christmas card to someone who has been through so much?
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21 JUL 2015

In His Teacher’s Footsteps

A trip to Nepal makes such an impression on a teenager, he goes on to scale Everest and raise funds for the school he volunteered at.
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03 MAR 2015

What You Didn’t Know About Volunteering

How to volunteer without getting hurt and becoming jaded.
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12 MAY 2015

What Kind of World Do We Want?

One where everyone waits his turn or where there’s grace for those who jump the queue?
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20 MAY 2015

Friendship, Family and Fulfilment

What one family gained from a year volunteering together in Timor-Leste.
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26 AUG 2015

Eating My Own Poison Apple

"I felt so wronged, so injured. I started cultivating a seed of a grudge, which started bearing fruit."
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16 MAY 2025

Bridging the Education Gap — With Boats, Bikes and Books

Bridging the education gap — with boats, bikes and books
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04 MAR 2014

Keeping the Faith

Sometimes you just have to believe things will work out.

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