Empowering youth with viable employment skills, hosting virtual reading sessions for children, helping non-profit organisations improve their internal workflow – these initiatives by last year’s Champions of Good Barclays, Standard Chartered Bank and Cognizant, respectively, demonstrate how corporate volunteerism has grown to become a multi-faceted endeavour today.
Champions of Good is a national initiative under the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC)’s Company of Good that recognises exemplary corporate organisations in Singapore dedicated to supporting communities.
These companies are giving beneficiaries a leg-up in an increasingly globalised environment by helping to narrow Singapore’s employment and digital transformation gap.
Singapore, 8 April 2021 - Responding to the severe floods and landslides that have affected thousands in Timor-Leste, the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) is committing USD25,000 in the first instance to support relief and recovery operations by the Timor Leste Red Cross (CVTL). This is on top of the Singapore Government’s contribution of USD$50,000 to the SRC. The aid will be channelled towards the purchase of urgently needed relief items, such as family kits, food packages, tarpaulins and Personal Protective Equipment (for responders).
Mr Benjamin William, Secretary General and CEO of Singapore Red Cross, said, “We are extending our support for the flood relief efforts in Timor-Leste, given its impact on numerous communities. The staff and volunteers of the Timor-Leste Red Cross (CVTL) have been actively supporting the community with evacuations, food packages and tarpaulins, the setting up of shelter and the collection of data of the victims. We stand ready to offer additional suppo
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Singapore sends condolences to Indonesia and Timor-Leste after floods, landslides kill more than 100
People stand amid rocks and debris as they inspect the damage at a flood-affected village in Ile Ape on Lembata Island, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, on Apr 6, 2021. (Photo: AP Images)
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SINGAPORE: Singapore s Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan on Wednesday (Apr 7) sent condolences to his counterparts in Indonesia and Timor-Leste, after landslides and floods devastated both countries.
Tropical cyclone Seroja pounded Indonesia and Timor-Leste on Monday after torrential rain triggered floods and landslides that have killed at least 113 people and left dozens more missing.
SINGAPORE - Since he was seven, Mr Jack Goh, 33, has been visiting hospitals every three weeks to receive blood transfusions, and he has to do this for life.
The private-hire driver has thalassaemia major, a blood disorder in which the body does not produce enough haemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells.
According to the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention s website, when there are not enough healthy red blood cells in the body, not enough oxygen is delivered to all the other cells. This may cause a person to feel tired, weak or short of breath.
This condition is called anaemia, and those with thalassaemia may have mild or severe anaemia. Severe anaemia can damage organs and lead to death.
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