Singapore News - At the age of 12, Chng Rui Jie has raised more than $1.2 million for charity. She started organising online fund-raisers through Giving.sg when she was nine to raise funds for primary school pupils who might go hungry during recess because of their families’ financial. Read more at www.tnp.sg
SINGAPORE At the age of 12, Chng Rui Jie has raised more than $1.2 million for charity. She started organising online fund-raisers through Giving.sg when she was nine to raise funds for primary school pupils who might go hungry during recess because of their families' financial woes. This desire to help was spurred by Rui Jie's own experience when.
Lianne Chia & Anne-Marie Lim
SINGAPORE (CNA) – Emblazoned with smiley cartoon rabbits and a bright pink background, the animated graphic on Chng Rui Jie’s online fund-raising page stands out from the other campaigns on the Giving.sg website.
‘Hungry EASTER BUNNIES thank you’, it is titled. In simple language, the 10-year-old Gongshang Primary School pupil writes that she loves rabbits, calls for donations and signs off as a “bunny lover”.
This is just one of the 18 online campaigns Rui Jie has run in the course of the past year.
Some, like this, have raised a few thousand dollars; others brought in more, such as a campaign she started for