This is Uncle Ong, a #projecthomeworks home partner and recipient of our very first completed Agape Blanket. The blankets were co-designed with volunteers under Sew Much Love, a new initiative under our virtual volunteering series for volunteers to collaborate together as a Habitat community. We're glad Sew Much Love could bring some sense of togetherness for Uncle Ong, who is himself deeply-family oriented and yet circumstances find him living alone at home. His wife of 34 y

Mdm Pallayah and her husband had been battling a bed bug-infestation in their home for months. As a former interior designer, it was Mdm Pal

When Tiffany & Co.'s training manager Charles Pang signed up to be a volunteer with his company team for Project HomeWorks, little d

If the youths of today hold the key to our future, we foresee bright days ahead thanks to the dream team of 17-year-old Ng Yi Jiat, Koh Pi Rong and Wang Heqing. The bubbly trio are Habitat Singapore’s Campus Chapter Leaders in Dunman High School. Campus Chapters are student-driven groups that function as a mini-Habitat office within their school. Tasked with widening Habitat Singapore’s reach and impact, Campus Chapter leaders like Yi Jiat, Pi Rong and Heqing were trained by

If you belong to the camp who believes that vulnerable Singaporeans like our elderly are too entitled or too dependent on charity hand-outs, we have a story to share that will renew your faith in extending a hand to help someone stand on their own feet. At 67-years-old and battling stage 2 Colon Cancer, Mr Lim still lives up to the "never say die" essence of the tougher, older generations of Singaporeans. Habitat Singapore first met him after his case was referred to Project

Ask any non-profit what they need, and the resounding answer would be “funding and volunteers”. This is why tech-volunteer and monthly donor, Charles Thompson, is our star supporter this month. From running a non-profit sports club, to helping with annual fundraisers, and giving to church groups, Charles has always been happy to give of his resources to causes which resonate with him. After graduating as a computer scientist, Charles has been working as an IT consultant for o

Adding a new TV, washing machine and standing fans to their 4-room flat used to seem like an extravagant luxury that 63-year-old Mdm Kng couldn't afford to give her family of 6. This was back when she used to spend about $1,000 every month fixing wires and appliances damaged by rats that were running amok in their home. If this story sounds familiar to you, it should. We last saw Mdm Kng seven months ago at her Boon Lay Drive flat where she lives with her husband and four gra

To most people, home is a refuge. But what happens when the home becomes a pressure point in the family and barrier to receiving essential social support? This was the case for 70-year-old Mrs Ng and her 50-year-old son Peter, who suffered a stroke in his 30s. Years of caregiver stress has taken its toll on this small family unit, resulting in a cluttered house that has led to rising tensions between them. On top of a cluttered living environment, their home developed a bed b

Growing up with an architect for a father, Matthew (pictured in blue) learnt very early about the importance of a home and what it means to be a family. While he can’t build houses like his dad, Matthew has found a way to continue his father’s legacy by improving the safety and sanitation of homes belonging to vulnerable families in Singapore. “My father’s career was a big part of his life. He was an architect and even when I was a little kid, I use to be taken around to job

As a master electrician by trade, JP (pictured right in the photo above) had spent time volunteering with Habitat for Humanity Canada to build houses for families there. And supporting vulnerable families was something JP knew he wanted to continue doing even after moving to Singapore in 2017. It didn't take long for him to get in touch with Habitat Singapore and within 2 months of living here, JP found himself at his first Project HomeWorks session in December 2017. He's bee

Ru Yi first volunteered with Habitat Singapore for Home Sweep Home 2017 before embarking on a internship as a Project HomeWorks Programme Intern. Ru Yi found Project HomeWorks so enjoyable, she became a HomeWorks Champion once her internship came to an end. We asked Ru Yi about her Project HomeWorks experience and here are her thoughts: Habitat: What inspired you to take part in Project HomeWorks? The word ‘Home’ strikes a chord deep inside me. Personally, I feel that having

"How did the house get to this state?" It's one of the most common questions we're asked when we talk to potential partners and the public at advocacy events about Project HomeWorks. And as all our volunteers would know, there's never a simple answer. Vulnerability is not a state that anyone consciously crosses into overnight; it starts slow. For 77-year-old Mdm Chow (pictured right), working and caring for her 54-year-old daughter May Leng, who was born with Cerebral Palsy,

Take an elderly family who has lived in the same house and amassed a collection of things from the past 30 years. De-cluttering their house during Project HomeWorks is like opening up a time capsule of a version of Singapore that people haven't seen in decades. There's also nothing quite like uncovering these vintage finds to bridge the generation gaps between our elderly who lived & breathed the era of analog, the sandwich generation who were transitioning to digital and the

“I made up my mind already… I will not keep collecting things… I can live in Ren Ci for about 5 months without all the things. So when I come back, why should I want all these things to live with me?”, reflected Uncle Loh as he watched student volunteers from SMU sort and pack his things. Thrift-shopping, which had started out as a hobby for Uncle Loh, had turned him into a serial collector. Over the years, it also made his home in Toa Payoh unsafe for him to live in. After