Vincent Ng

Opinion

The Dreams of Singapore’s Migrant Workers—And How We Can Help Realize Them

What dreams do migrant workers in Singapore have beyond building our city? This article explores their aspirations, challenges, and how we can better support their future.

Opinion

How might we create a thriving co-op ecosystem in Singapore?

From working with social service agencies to overseas study trips, here are 11 recommendations to create an ecosystem that supports more co-ops in Singapore.

Opinion

Lessons learnt from worker co-ops in New York City

Worker co-ops can lead to increased wages, wealth and more resilient businesses. Here's how New York City is encouraging worker co-ops.

Opinion

Why don't we have more co-ops in Singapore? An analysis of key issues by a local co-op founder

Co-ops are businesses that do good for society but why are there so few co-ops in Singapore and what can we do about it?

SDG16

Best practices for youth civic engagement

How to make civic engagement fun for youths to want to take part? Read on to learn what Corina discovered through years of designing civic engagements for young people to dialogue with decision makers.

Opinion

Lessons learnt from Participatory Budgeting in NYC

Read more about how the NYC Civic Engagement Commission used Participatory Budgeting to crowdsource meaningful ideas from New Yorkers to better use the city budget

Community Solutions

How to use viral videos to combat disinformation campaigns

How a think-tank in Moldova is combating disinformation campaigns by Russia and safeguarding an environment for democracy to thrive.

SDG10

Playing for change: How Let's Sepak uses sports for youth development

What if we could use sports for youth development - to teach youths about building healthy relationships, making better life choices and providing them with a stable environment? Learn how Miruna and Irwan are doing this through Sepak Takraw!

SDG4

Inside a Mongolian childcare for children with special needs

Gerel started a childcare centre for children with special needs to receive education and provide respite their parents. Read more about the best practices she learned here.

SDG4

The holistic leadership development program transforming female refugees into changemakers

Through a holistic leadership development program comprising modules around identity, migration, power, problem solving, etc, The Azalea Initiative transforms female refugees into changemakers

Community Solutions

Empowering tomorrow's environmental leaders: The 12-week environmental club for children in Librazhd

To reduce littering and improper waste disposal in his town, Arlis started an environmental club, with weekly interactive activities to cultivate a love and appreciation for the environment in children. Read on to learn about what worked!

Community Solutions

From taboo to talk: Using music, dance, trivia and debate to destigmatize mental health in rural areas

We analyze a successful program to promote mental health awareness in Kenya through dance, trivia, debate and lived experience sharing.