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To counter the stress of Covid-19, Nature Reconnections immerses individuals in the smells, sights and sounds of Singapore’s UNESCO World Heritage Site.

After months of quarantine, migrant workers prepare to rejoin the community and adjust to the new life ahead of them.

A home is a basic need to most of us but the low-income and elderly lack the ability to keep their own quarters clean and safe. Knowing these needs, 3 charities and their volunteers are doing their part to meet needs. Covid-19 may have complicated their operations, but they are innovating to seek out the help they need.

Those who have lost jobs in the Covid-19 pandemic must now depend on safety nets that come in the form of government payouts. For those that fell through the cracks, here's how charities and initiatives in Singapore stepped in to provide free or affordable meals so they don't have to go hungry.

Most children in Singapore could simply be worried about whether Covid-19 has affected preparation for their year-end examinations. However, there are some youths who are concerned about survival. 

Charities serving the disabled have to resort to taking things online, or pushing forward as far as they can while still respecting Covid-19 rules and regulations. You can help too by volunteering or donating.

These volunteers stepped up at a crucial time to discover the unarticulated needs of these “transient workers” while they are here in Singapore, leading to creative and innovative solutions.

The best solutions answer the most urgent needs facing communities and our Singaporean brand of empathy can lead to innovations for economic recovery. Celebrating the International Day of Charity in 2020.

For eight weeks, WhatAreYouDoing.Sg followed individuals, staff at social service agencies and charitable groups as they battled the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The charity, founded by Mr Tony Tay, plans to expand its kitchen to cater for different communities, and to build a homeless shelter that will also offer training for those in need.

Children and youth need face-to-face human interaction to process complex emotions, or risk developmental challenges as they grow up.

Charities in Singapore rethink their outreach programmes to help the young overcome socio-economic, emotional and health problems.

With Covid-19 wreaking havoc on public volunteerism, there is an urgent need to think outside the box to contribute more than just cash to charities in Singapore. (READ MORE)

As donations slide, charities’ primary concern is how to serve their beneficiaries — from disadvantaged children to abandoned pets — with fewer resources...(READ MORE)

When donations to groups working with the disabled fall short, beneficiaries and their families take the blows. In partnership with National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) – Towards a City of Good... (READ MORE)

Despite the challenges faced by businesses across all sectors, arts groups in particular have persisted in their mission, turning to alternative ways to make a living while theatres and performance spaces remain silent... (READ MORE)

Little by little, Ms Lim Su Pei and her team at OH! Open House watched two years of planning implode over the course of the COVID-19 situation. The independent arts group’s first international show in its 10 years of operation, WOOD 2020, aimed to turn old factories into living exhibition spaces... (READ MORE)

The engineering team building the COMET fleet is no stranger to tough briefs. For them, designing medical transport for COVID-related passengers is a less complex gig than their usual work: building special function vehicles... (READ MORE)