Making Our Mark Through a Tree | Heartware Network

Aug 08, 2022 | Kisha San Juan

Making Our Mark Through a Tree

Participants from UBS and Heartware Network all raring to get their hands dirty by planting trees. On 16 July 2022, over 50 volunteers from Heartware Network and UBS gathered at St. Wilfred state land for a tree planting event to invest in a clean and green future. This event was part of the first day […]

Jul 04, 2022 | Xin Yi

Volunteering with Heartware Support Our Pioneers Programme

Xinyi serves as a General Volunteer in our Heartware – Support Our Pioneers programme that targets seniors who are socially-isolated and are often from the lower-income wage bracket. Every other Saturday morning, Xinyi, with a group of dedicated volunteers, visit seniors in their homes along Jalan Kukoh. When they first started the programme, the […]

Apr 27, 2022 | By Soh Hui Fang

Wei Xiong’s leadership journey from volunteer to advisor of Youth Volunteer Council

1. What was your role as a volunteer in the past? What do you do? I started volunteering with Heartware Network when my school (Serangoon Junior College) partnered with the organisation in 2003. Then, I participated in the Make-A-Difference (MAD) movement where we fundraised volunteer hours for volunteer welfare organisations. I can still remember the […]

Apr 01, 2022 | Chia Jia En

10 Influential Women in history

Every year, International Women’s Day (IWD) falls on March 8. On this day, we commemorate the various achievements of women, celebrating us being one step closer to gender equality and greater women’s empowerment. The theme for IWD this year is “Break The Bias” [1], which encourages women to step out of the stereotypes and gender […]

Mar 06, 2022 | By Kieran Massang, Edited by Soh Hui Fang

10 ways to express your love and gratitude

How should we define love? Is it a form of emotional connection with another person or as an invisible and strong bind that brings about a sense of togetherness, between two or more people? When we think of love, one may imagine that it finds its place, or exists, in the one-to-one relationship of a […]

Feb 26, 2022 | Amber Goh

Volunteering with Heartware Learning Together Programme

Amber has always enjoyed working with children, so when the opportunity arose for her to help a less-privileged student, she jumped at the chance. As a naturally caring person who is able make others feel at ease, she was soon able to build a friendly relationship with tutee and make her comfortable during out reading […]

Feb 09, 2022 | Jaz Low

Hello 2022!

The ancient tale of Noah told of a man who built an Ark in which he, his sons, and their wives, together with male and female pairs of all living creatures, would be saved from a flood to return the Earth to its pre-creation state of watery chaos. The turbulence that is detailed in this […]

Dec 16, 2021 | Kisha San Juan

Volunteerism Tips for Youths, By Youths

Graphic by Kisha San Juan The rise of virtual volunteering has exposed youths to different volunteering programmes in Singapore, but some may have found the calling to serve fellow youth. Due to similar mindsets, values and attitudes, some youth may find it easier to volunteer with people who come from the same generation as them. […]

Nov 23, 2021 | Jesline Yu

How much do you know about children with intellectual disabilities in Singapore?

In building a caring nation and inclusive society, Singapore has made ‘The Enabling Masterplan’ – a five-year roadmap that has recommendations to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities, support caregivers, and build a caring and inclusive community. Other than that a group of youths from Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Republic Polytechnic has […]

Nov 01, 2021 | Isabelle Goh

Dementia Awareness: How We Can Help?

Imagine walking into your kitchen to make your morning coffee and then reaching out to get that teaspoon of sugar from the top right-hand cabinet. Wait, was it in the top left cabinet instead? Riddled with uncertainty, you open both, hoping to see the sugar jar staring right at you, but it is nowhere in […]

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