By Dr Philbert Chin, a private, passionate and committed founder behind RSVP’s success. A mover of people and resources, he never craves credit for his contribution rendered to various institutions. RSVP grew out of the conviction that the golden years of older persons can be rich and...

By Joyce Lye, the co-founder of Kampung Senang Charity and Education Foundation. ‘Kampung Senang’ is Malay for ‘Village of Inner Peace’. This is also the name of a Charity & Education Foundation that I co-found in 1999 – as a day-care activity centre for the...

By Monika Khaled, the authorised distributor of Desert Diamonds in Singapore, a global brand of simulated diamonds. Singapore is a dazzling world. I noticed that quite early when I first arrived here in 2006. Everything was sparkling – from the perfect manicured lawns, to the impressive...

By Eunice Tay, NKF’s CEO since 2006. Eunice Tay was in legal practice before joining the healthcare industry in 1991. Among her posts was Special Assistant to the managing director of Parkway Group Healthcare and COO at the National Neuroscience Institute. As a fifth generation...

What truly matters to you? Can you describe it in 6 words? We are at a point in our history unlike any other: on the one hand, seemingly endless news of wars and hate crimes; and on the other, lightning-fast communication in real time, where very personal updates come to us in the form of...

This article is an extract from Chapter 13 of Doing Good Well: What does (and does not) make sense in the nonprofit world by Willie Cheng. Willie Cheng was a former partner of global management firm, Accenture. Since his retirement in 2003, he spends a large part of his time working with...