By Debbie Ng, a marketing communications manager at NVPC, who gets a lot of fulfillment working in the non-profit sector. A self-confessed animal lover, she recently started a blog to rehome dogs. Take a step back and look around you on this tiny island. What likely greets you is an urban...

At the IAVE World Volunteer Conference held in Singapore in January 2011, Dr Kenn Allen of Civil Society Consulting, a Washington DC-based consulting firm, presented an executive summary of the Global Corporate Volunteering Research Project, a multiyear research project that conducted in...

By Terence Chong, a sociologist and Chua Ai Lin, a historian, writing on behalf of the Singapore Heritage Society. In land-scarce Singapore, the tension between heritage and modernity is not unusual, as the on-going debate over Bukit Brown Cemetery demonstrates. This debate is the latest in...

Paper does not appear out of thin air, Ink does not rain from the sky and Articles do not form from the ether. Here we chronicle the many hours chasing the 5 C’s that culminates in each unique issue of Good Paper. Dazzle Foo “I live to create a good life, inspired...

By Claire Chong, Clarice Chee, Jonathan Lim and Laura Nickles, honours year students from the NUS Business School, doing their consulting practicum module with the NUS Museum. A common interest in social entrepreneurship and a desire to inspire social change led us to NUS Museum for our...

By Micah Sulit, who joined the Cat Welfare Society in January 2011. Her growing love for animals, vegetarianism, and volunteer work in animal welfare all began with a community cat. Whether you live in a private estate or a Housing Development Board (HDB) flat, you probably know of at least...

Many animals are intelligent and feel complex emotions like joy, happiness, depression and distress. Studies show that they have family bonds and feel true compassion for each other. Like us, animals have biological needs and experience pain, stress and discomfort. Every year billions of them...

By Rafidah A Razak, a GIVE.sg Fellow, who is working in the public service. She enjoys photography and ‘voluntourism’ and has a keen interest in social issues. Calling all runners who have registered for Standard Chartered Marathon in Dec! Challenge yourself to Run for Good towards...

By Carlyn Law, a PR consultant by day and off duty, she is always on the prowl for good food, green pastures and cats around the globe. Every Saturday, you can find members of The Green Volunteers, including its founder Grant Pereira, busy planting, weeding and watering part of the garden at...

The latest Good Paper has been printed, Ninety points, islandwide, it must travel, Social Enterprises are too stretched, The latest Good Paper has been printed, To send, Charities are not interested, Online, ask for heroes by the handful, The latest Good Paper has been printed, Ninety...

By Jonathan Ngiam, a senior Project Officer of National Biodiversity Centre at National Parks Board. With a total land area of 723 km2 and a 511 km coastline, Singapore is one of the smallest countries in the world. However, her waters and coastline harbour a relatively rich marine...

It usually begins the same way. “Oooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooooooh Ooooooh Ooooooh Ooooooh”. You all know what it is. A greeting from the chimpanzees of the Gombe in Tanzania. It always generates a round of applause when it is uttered by 77 year old Dame Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall, more...