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Travel with Love

Travel with Love

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 ...

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Green School Bali: An ode to bamboo, the world’s future

Green School Bali: An ode to bamboo, the world’s future

Located 20 minutes North of Denpasar and 15 minutes South of Ubud, Green School’s eight-hectare campus sits among lush vegetation, divided by the Ayung River. It looks more like a serene, though rustic, holiday resort than a school. The school’s tagline is “Equipping Children For 2025”. By that, the Hardys want, ...

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Seeing Me for Who I Am

Seeing Me for Who I Am

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.

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Open Source Technology for Rural Hospitals in Thailand

Open Source Technology for Rural Hospitals in Thailand

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 ...

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A look at Thailand’s young fleet of “ICT4D” social entrepreneurs

A look at Thailand’s young fleet of “ICT4D” social entrepreneurs

Internet cafes and computer gaming centers line every major street in Bangkok. With that, Thailand’s new generation of innovators are no strangers to Information & Communication Technology (ICT). But what's more, they are not satisfied in using these important ICT skills for just pursuing monetary returns. Thailand is fast becoming a ...

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Feature Articles, Inclusive Markets, News / Posted: Sunday, November 15th, 2009

VillageWorks Songkhem Collection

Where Songkhem (hope) comes in the form of intricate handicrafts
VillageWorks

“When people buy in Singapore, life is improved in villages in Cambodia,” said Susan Lee, who runs Beyond Imagination’s (BI) retail outlet at the Girls’ Brigade Headquarters in Singapore. Beyond Imagination is the sole distributor for VillageWorks products in Singapore.

 
Directory, Lifestyle, South East Asia / Posted: Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Gift and Take

Restoring dignity, rebuilding lives
GiftandTake

Give and Take (GAT) believes in creating a source of livelihood for the disadvantaged through the sale of handicrafts. Abroad, GAT has a rigorous social audit process to ensure that beneficiaries are fairly treated. Locally, GAT has job attachment programmes created specially for youths with special needs.