/articles/climate-fear-time-change-it-boils-down-you-acting-global-warming
The UN's climate change report calls for individuals to do their bit to stop the planet from overheating. Insight looks at where Singapore stands and what Singaporeans can do.
If there is one thing…
/articles/does-life-get-better-after-50
Adulthood happiness may be U-shaped, hitting a trough in late 40s before rising till 80s
When Mr Jonathan Rauch fell into the doldrums in his 40s, he had no idea why. He had a successful…
/articles/temasek-cares-project-hand-hand
Be a Volunteer and walk a child to or/and from home & his/her pre-school
Temasek Cares – Project Hand-in-Hand is a community self-help programme which aims to engage Seniors to be mentors to pre-…
/articles/causes-week-2016-helping-write-story-ages
Over this month and next, 500 elderly people in Singapore will be writing stories - without knowing how they end.
Each of them will be given a blank book and asked to fill its first five pages…
/articles/staying-upbeat-despite-his-cancer-bout-wifes-dementia
SINGAPORE - Mr Michael Wong sat on a metal bench in the garden beneath his Housing Board block in Toa Payoh North, looking tenderly at his wife.
Every now and then, the 78-year-old would reach…
/articles/family-holiday-without-whole-family
One-to-one parent-child travel is on the rise and a great opportunity to bond, say parents and kids
Photographer and film-maker Stefen Chow, 38, calls himself a "jaded traveller".
He takes…
/articles/food-5000
Willing Hearts, with volunteers' ready hands, provides meals to the needy 365 days a year
It is 4.30am. In a kitchen about the size of two badminton courts, Mr Tony Tay, 69, and three staff members…
/articles/dose-art-may-keep-dementia-bay
Two museums are trying art reminiscence therapy to engage seniors at risk in new study
Museum volunteer Tan Ai Yea is used to showing visitors works of art. The 39-year-old introduces up to…
/articles/volunteer-spotlight-growing-garden-city
Growing a Garden City The first Commissioner of Parks and Recreation Mr Wong Yew Kwan, 83, shares his experiences in helping to shape Singapore’s greening legacy.",,"
I play an advisory role on the…
/articles/facing-monster-wave
Francis Chin was inspired by Wee Tee Kiah (Befriendee) & Tan Chor Koon (Befriender) to write this fishing tale of the old man and the sea.
Wee Keong couldn’t believe what he was seeing. A…
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/articles/be-inspired-70-year-old-nancy
**Picture of Nancy, first row, third person from the right
At 70, Nancy Quek still volunteers regularly at many organisations, from schools, welfare organisations to hospitals. She…
/articles/seniors-keep-eye-seniors-pairing-seniors-plus-empathy
VWOs welcome growing interest by seniors to help out neighbours.
THE senior citizen may at first be there to take part in activities, but later volunteers to keep an eye on other old folk in the area…
/articles/she-loves-volunteering
As our population swells, the concept of a “core Singaporean” is becoming murky. In this ongoing series to find the Singaporean Core – a term raised in Parliament during the Population White Paper…
/articles/late-bloomers-retirement-planning
Picture Caption: PLAYING CATCH-UP: Housewife and pastor Joanne Lee – (from left) with son Samuel, husband Francis and daughter Sarah – started planning for retirement at the age of 47. (C) Singapore…
/articles/samsui-woman
Ng Moey Chye - Samsui Woman
At 81 years old, Ms. Ng does not allow her age to slow her down. She continues to support herself by collecting used cardboard, and once a week she will make her way to…
/articles/full-time-volunteer
It is all in the attitude and the strong desire to give back to society – that is what Mos Zay lives by.
Sixty-four-year-old Mos Zay (left) once called a wrong number. But after he spoke, the person…
/articles/senior-artists-prove-age-no-barrier-pursuing-passion
ENCOURAGED BY ART PIONEER DAD, SHE FOUND HER OWN VOICE
Visual artist Kartika Affandi, 85, began her love affair with art as a young child, painting live subjects under the watchful eye of her…
/articles/5-things-do-today-lose-yourself-virtual-yosemite-turn-anxiety-art-and-more
Stuck at home because of Covid-19? The Straits Times recommends fun, uplifting things to do each day
1. EXPLORE: GO ON A VIRTUAL HIKE
Lose yourself in Virtual Yosemite, an online exploration…
/articles/green-cure-virus-blues
Greens are the best cure for the Covid-19 blues.
When I joined a ballot for a community garden plot in December, I had vague notions of growing stuff for the dinner table.
But…
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