LIFT (Learning Initiatives for Employment) Community Impact Fund – Turning lives around, one step at a time
Jerry Tan from the Bettr Barista Program Nothing in life prepares a youth for a negative doctor’s report. Four years ago, in his second year…
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10th Anniversary Edition – S R Nathan Education Upliftment Fund: How recipients turned their lives around with the gift of education
2021 marks a monumental turn of a chapter for the S R Nathan Education Upliftment Fund (SRNEUF). The fund that was set up by the…
The S.S. Jhunjhnuwala Charity Fund: Honoring a Father’s Legacy
For CFS donor Mr Surya Jhunjhnuwala, the late patriarch Shyam Sundar Jhunjhnuwala who founded the Hind Group, was a devoted father and man of vision,…
Learning Initiatives for Employment (LIFT): Transforming Lives for the better
Jeevan from the Bettr Barista’s Holistic Training Programme At just 18 years old, Jeevan never imagined that he would find himself resigned to his fate…
Over $9 million raised for CFS’s Sayang Sayang Fund benefitting over 130,000 beneficiaries
The Community Foundation of Singapore (CFS) launched the Sayang Sayang Fund (SSF) in Feb 2020 as an emergency response fund, aimed to benefit Singapore’s underserved…
2021 Annabel Pennefather Award winners Eunice and Wai Yhann: How perseverance and determination helped two young women become champion athletes
Every year on the 8th of March, the world celebrates the efforts and achievements of all women both past and present with International Women’s Day. This year, we honour a sports icon, lawyer and woman of the year in 2004 – the late Annabel Pennefather, who was a trailblazer in every sense of the word.
2020 Goh Soon Tioe Centenary Award winner Natalie Koh: A talented musician with a heart for children with special needs
Natalie’s first steps towards becoming a professional musician weren’t the easiest. Although she began learning violin at the tender age of five at her mother’s behest, Natalie barely passed her ABRSM exams in the fledgling years of learning the instrument.
The Goh Soon Tioe Centenary Award: Creating opportunities for future generations of musicians
Aug 5, 2020 An accomplished violinist, conductor and impresario, Goh Soon Tioe was one of the greatest pioneers of Western classical music in post war…
Supporting ITE Students through COVID
As many as 80 percent of ITE students come from low-income families and are receiving bursaries from the government. Kintan Teo is one of them. Her family of four survived on just $800 a month before COVID-19 struck. Her mother, the sole breadwinner, was working as a cleaner.
The REDAS Solidarity Project Fund: Caring for migrant workers affected by COVID-19
Among the vulnerable communities in Singapore impacted by COVID-19, it is the community of migrant workers who have toiled invisibly to help build our nation that has been very heavily affected. Infection amongst their community has been widespread, and a large number of them are confined to their dormitories, unable to leave.