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Social wellness: Interview with Ms Nancy Quek Lee Long
Nancy Quek, 70s, has enthusiasm for cooking. As a food lover, she learnt cooking from her mother since she was 13 years old. She wanted…
/articles/50plus-expo-2015-singapore-jubilee-edition
The 50plus Expo was a long-awaited annual event to embark on an active ageing journey for Singaporeans and non-Singaporean visitors.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the 50plus EXPO 2015 (…
/articles/cool-grandma-runs-her-own-blogshop
Young people are not the only ones hawking their wares online. In 2014, TNP met a then 77-year-old who was doing it too. Today, Madam Ng Suan Loi is still running the blogshop. She turns 80 in 2017…
/articles/lions-befriender-has-been-volunteering-30-years
Lions Befrienders hopes to inspire more people to work with seniors. When the then Ministry of Community Development (MCD) approached his churchfor volunteers to befriend needy elderly 30 years ago,…
/articles/kampung-spirit-revival-more-volunteer-informally
Instead of working with organisations, more are initiating their own efforts to serve causes
Fewer people are donating to charity, but those who are, are giving more generously. When it comes to…
/articles/nus-students-help-seniors-age-well-home
Pharmacy undergrads assist residents in sorting out medication and other health issues
Each day, retired construction worker Goh Chek Eng needs to take a mind-boggling array of pills: 11 in the…
/articles/age-no-barrier-charity-work
Man, 64, joins 1,000km cycling trip to raise funds for kidney patients
At 64, Mr Peter Sng is cycling 1,000km.
He will be riding travelling from Belum, Perak, to Singapore, to raise funds for…
/articles/swimming-coach-big-heart
As a Runninghour volunteer, she runs with people with disabilities
Q What is your secret to looking fabulous?
A Lots of laughter. I'm surrounded by people with empathy and kindness. I also…
/articles/he-has-helped-needy-elderly-30-years
Lions Befrienders hopes to inspire more people to work with seniors
When the then Ministry of Community Development (MCD) approached his church for volunteers to befriend needy elderly 30 years ago,…
/articles/drawing-seniors-out-their-shell-art
In fast-paced Singapore, there are those in need - and those who take up the cudgels on their behalf. This is the fourth in a series on noteworthy causes that The Straits Times will be spotlighting.…
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/articles/food-needy-charity-pop
With five children aged 12 to 20 under her care, single mother Siti Aidah Abdullah rarely has a say in what food she and her children eat.
The 48-year-old, who has Stage 4 leukaemia, is on…
/articles/pilot-scheme-aims-help-needy-families-eat-healthier
Health Promotion Board pilot to benefit about 200 families and show them how to make incremental changes to diets
A pilot aimed at helping lower-income groups eat better will encourage them to buy…
/articles/melbourne-sojourn-young-children
SINGAPORE - We are observing a crash of rhinoceroses, when we hear a grating noise.
"Mummy, look," my son says. Kipenzi, a Southern White Rhinoceros, aged five and weighing a robust 1700 kg,…
/articles/initiatives-tackle-frequent-hospital-admissions-see-results
Efforts to integrate community health and social services for those who are at risk of hospital readmission have grown in recent years.
The National University Health System (NUHS), which…
/articles/red-planet
The otherworldly landscape of Wadi Rum in Jordan, with its strange rock formations and soft red sand, often stands in for the planet Mars in movies
Gingerly, I inch across the stone archway,…
/articles/fitness-step-your-own-home-or-office
Studies show that even three 20sec bouts of climbing stairs can improve fitness up to 12%
NEW YORK • As little as 20 seconds of brisk stair climbing, done several times a day, might be enough…
/articles/rediscover-englands-literary-legacies-two-weekend-itineraries-yorkshire-and-bath
Writer Samuel Johnson once declared expansively that "when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford".
That was indubitably a romanticised…
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Mr Tan felt that his physical and emotional health have both improved since he started the Community Befriending Programme.
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It always make me happy to see people enjoying my food.
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Having moved to Commonwealth only in February 2016, this programme had certainly widened Madam Ratty’s social circle in her new community.
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