SINGAPORE – Dressed in brightly coloured sportswear and ponchos, 103 volunteers and participants braved Sunday’s (Jan 10) downpour in the finale of Ruck-on! Singapore!, a…
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Network to help the homeless in Singapore expands as efforts ramp up to find them shelter
SINGAPORE – Nine organisations have joined an expanding network that helps the homeless as efforts are ramped up to find more find shelter space for…
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Mexico's president urges final flurry of sales for plane 'raffle'
MEXICO CITY (REUTERS) – Mexico’s government on Monday (Sept 14) made a final push to sell lottery tickets for the value of the last president’s…
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President's Challenge 2021 to support digital inclusion of vulnerable groups
SINGAPORE – Ensuring digital inclusion for vulnerable groups in society will be the theme for next year’s President’s Challenge, an annual fund-raiser for the less…
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Banksy triptych raises $4 million for Palestinian hospital
LONDON (AFP) – A triptych of a Mediterranean shipwreck donated by British street artist Banksy raised nearly US$3 million (S$4.1 million) on Tuesday (July 28)…
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UBS and staff donate $552,000 to ST School Pocket Money Fund; bank's Asia-Pacific president donates $500,000
SINGAPORE – Swiss investment bank UBS has marked its 50th anniversary in Singapore with a $500,000 donation to the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund…
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Warren Buffett donates $2.9 billion to Gates Foundation, family charities
(Reuters) – Warren Buffett has donated roughly $2.9 billion of Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock to four family charities and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,…
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Coronavirus: Forty charities unite in call for new law to end ‘patchy’ homeless help
Forty charities are urging Boris Johnson to end the “patchy” help for homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic by passing an emergency law. Crisis, St…
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2,000 underprivileged households getting care packs with food essentials
SINGAPORE – About 2,000 underprivileged households will be receiving care packs with food essentials over the next week as part of an initiative by the…
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Coronavirus: Flypast as Britain's hero of the hour Captain Tom turns 100
LONDON (AFP) – Britain organised a flypast and 140,000 people sent cards to mark the 100th birthday on Thursday (April 30) of a World War…
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Catholic Charities boss target of sexual discrimination suit involving Beyoncé cut-out
The monsignor in charge of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York displayed a life-size cut-out of a barely clothed Beyoncé in his office,…
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Food charities appeal for donations as demand from the needy rises amid coronavirus pandemic
SINGAPORE – Food charities are appealing for donations of money from the public to buy food directly from suppliers to meet the increasing demand from…
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Coronavirus: Animal charities issue warning after rise in enquiries to adopt pets
People are looking to pets to provide company, while they are unable to see friends and family due to social distancing measures. Animal shelters say…
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Charities call for government bailout to stop them collapsing due to coronavirus outbreak – The Sun
DESPERATE charities have called for a government bailout to stop many of them collapsing. It emerged last night that their donations have almost halved since…
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