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.

The recent flourishing of social enterprises to support and integrate the visually impaired community is a heartening sign of Singapore society progressively becoming more inclusive.
These social enterprises range from traditional outfits employing the visually impaired people in consumer services, such as the Society for the Physically Disabled’s (SPD) mobile massage and car-washing services, to [...]

A typical day for beautiful golden Labrador retriever, Kendra, is waking up next to her loving master, followed by donning her full regalia of harness, leash, and ID tags, which reveals her professional role.

Tang Shin Yong travels from his home in Bishan to Geylang every morning. But unlike regular patrons of the infamous red-light district, he does not come for pleasure but strictly for work.

He spends most of his day serving its residents, many of whom form the vibrant migrant population there.

For seven days a week, Bridget Lew arrives promptly at the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (H.O.M.E.) at ten am every morning. There, for the whole day, she is kept busy overseeing her brainchild, H.O.M.E., as the organisation’s president.

Her responsibilities include management, balancing finances and handling discipline problems as well as duties down to the smaller tasks such as ensuring that everyone has enough food, manning one of the help-desks, and even buy groceries.