When she was a little girl, Zheng Chu Yun loved to watch airplanes flying across the sky and she even chased after them. Though she could no longer do that post diagnosis with muscular dystrophy, she made a vow that one day she would sit on the plane and let it bring her to wherever she wished to go.

SEforum speaks to Olivia Choong, who is on a mission to convert Singapore and beyond to join her in her cause for conservation. The tall and lean vegetarian is the founder of the local chapter of international environmental movement, Green Drinks. Green Drinks Singapore, a non-profit organisation, which took root in 2007, aims to network [...]

You may have heard the expression “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”, but is that really true? What comes to mind when you see a blind person walking down the street? According to most people I ask, they tell me they either feel pity or admiration.

Dr Kongkiat Kespechara, a self-taught computer programmer, medical doctor and social entrepreneur from Thailand, shares his experience setting up and running Hospital OS with SEforum. Hospital OS is an open-source software that enables small rural hospitals to more effective employ their resources to serve and to address the health issues of disadvantaged groups. In the course of the past seven years, Hospital OS has been adopted by about 100 healthcare centres in Thailand and adapted by countless to benefit an underserved population.

SEforum chats with Shiao Yin, one of three founders of social enterprise Food For Thought (FFT), for the new happenings and vision of the newly launched FFT @8Q.