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Lending a Broken Hand

A teacher volunteers to help children from slums and learns so much from them along the way.
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04 MAR 2014

Keeping the Faith

Sometimes you just have to believe things will work out.
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12 DEC 2013

Mandela Can’t Do It All

"Sometimes I think people deify a hero in exchange for not having to act like the hero."
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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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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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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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26 MAY 2015

Sometimes It’s Better to Be Second

Farmers, fast food and a family in reverse gear.
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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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21 JUL 2015

#chasingthegood: Changing the Conversation

Yes, social media is more than a series of selfies.
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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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08 JUN 2015

Shattered but unbroken

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

The Unlikely Librarian

In an Indonesian village where afternoons are spent napping, one fisherman is losing sleep so kids can read.
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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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16 SEP 2014

Standing on Strangers’ Shoulders

What it means to have someone believe in you, believe that you can run with the best.
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