A Brush with Kindness: Stories from the heart
On 13 May 2023, more than 125 volunteers stepped forth together to paint and serve the urgent housing needs of 27 disadvantaged families...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Apr 22
Rehabilitating Homes, Restoring Lives
Various study sources have shown that a home environment sets the very foundations of one’s formative years - in particular well-being,...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Feb 13
The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not overcome it
It’s 9:30am on a Saturday morning, and our team had just arrived to put the finishing touches to our last Project HomeWorks session for...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Sep 13, 2022
Uplift and Empower
We met our very own self-proclaimed “celebrity” homeowner, 56-year-old Mr Goh, last month. To which we say: If Mr Goh has a million fans,...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Aug 11, 2022
Kindness which knows no bounds
“We need to understand each other. Then the world will be a better place.” This is 81-year-old Uncle Mottalib’s life motto, and it truly...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Aug 1, 2022
How Uncle Sim taught us to laugh in the storm
We knew 80-year-old Uncle Sim would be a ball of fun the moment he welcomed the team by mechanically waving and calling himself a...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Jun 24, 2022
Life through the eyes of our homeowners
“For life is made up of the moments that make it worthwhile, and the people who fill it with love.” It’s easy to get caught up in the...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Mar 10, 2022
International Women’s Day, the Habitat way
On 8 March 2022, Wednesday, we partnered with corporate supporter P&G to commemorate International Women’s Day the best way we knew how –...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Mar 8, 2022
The strength of one woman's fire
“And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Feb 10, 2022
Restoring Homes, Restoring Hope
Project HomeWorks isn’t just about restoring the condition of a home. Behind every home, there is a precious homeowner who is looking for...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Dec 14, 2021
The family ties that bind
How do we even begin to describe the Koh family? The family of five, who live together in a 2-bedroom HDB flat, consist of the Koh...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Nov 13, 2021
Love and Loss
If you had lost something or someone you loved, would you have the strength to carry on smiling? 62-year-old Mr Lim certainly has the...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Oct 8, 2021
Thriving at home
When we first met 79-year-old Mdm Tay, it was apparent that she is someone who wears her heart on her sleeve. We saw it in her open...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Jun 18, 2021
Back to home base
At first glance, one would never expect that under 74-year-old Mdm Ong’s frail appearance lies untold stories of admirable strength and...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- May 17, 2021
From hoarded to home again
In many of the hoarding cases that Habitat for Humanity Singapore comes across, the accumulation of things in the house is usually...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Apr 14, 2021
Restoring peace of mind at home
Mr Singh and Tinku, his 4-year-old dog and only companion. Mr Singh has requested for us to not reveal his identity. Having a home that...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Mar 19, 2021
The road to recovery
“Back when I was still the boss, I was always downstairs cooking, drinking and smoking with friends. To suddenly go from that to being...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Feb 19, 2021
A new home for a new chapter in life
Already into his last 6 months of serving National Service, 23-year-old Amirans knew it was now or never to finally improve his family’s...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Feb 4, 2021
Strength to start over: Overcoming depression during Covid-19
Complete social isolation, loss of income and discrimination - it was this dangerous trifecta that re-triggered Mr Sani’s depression and...
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Dec 10, 2020
A Thread of Hope: Comfort in times of isolation
This is Uncle Ong, a #projecthomeworks home partner and recipient of our very first completed Agape Blanket. The blankets were...
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