When we are sick, we go and see a doctor. Medical treatment is relatively affordable and readily accessible in Singapore. But for many children living in impoverished conditions in Cambodia, medical care is far from their reach; something that they can only dream of....
Deborah: Befriending training taught me the value of empathy. I’ll admit it: I made too many new years resolutions. By the time February rolled around my focus predictably waned, but still I was determined to make one stick: that I would engage in more volunteer work....
6 January 2018 marked a special day for all of us at HAGAR. It was not a national holiday but the wedding of dear Longdy, a trafficking survivor that we had cared for since he was a child. Photo of Longdy by TNP Choo Chwee Hua Meet Longdy and you will quickly realise...
Seven months ago, our team in Vietnam received an emergency call in the middle of the night. It was from Hau, a 37 year old woman who had woken up to her drunk husband turning their house upside down. Hau feared for her life, he was violent and unpredictable. When her...
3 March 2018 – Empower a girl, and you will save her entire generation! Bearing their own style, these classy women have forged their unique paths in life. Yet each of them converge on a profound determination to step out of their comfort zone, or stick their...
Not all angels have wings. Some have stethoscopes. And others offer their hands and feet as tools of help. Close to 40 angels travelled from Singapore to Cambodia in November/December 2017 to provide health screening to the children in Sangkhim Canaan School and the...
