Freedom Cups

From Nigeria to Nepal, Freedom Cups and their buy-one-give-one model has travelled far since the Singaporean social enterprise was formed in 2015. Unlike single-use sanitary napkins and tampons, each cup lasts up to 15 years. This helps ease a financial burden for women from underprivileged communities, whom they give the cups to.

Picha Project

Social enterprise Picha Project has empowered 11 refugee families in Malaysia to date through its food and cultural exchange model. Its open house and catering services have served some 70,000 meals so far - all prepared by its refugee partners, who receive 50 per cent of the sales.

Parastoo Theatre

Founded by an Afghan refugee in Malaysia to give voice to the refugee community, Parastoo has been putting up theatre performances since 2017. It also participated in festivals and events calling attention to the refugee issue.

Sangeeta Darvekar Charitable Trust

Founded in 2003 to promote oral cancer awareness, Sangeeta Darvekar Charitable Trust turned its attention to education for tribal kids with Cycle for Change: donate bicycles so that children can continue to attend school. It has distributed 356 bicycles in India to date.

New Life Stories

New Life Stories is a non-profit in Singapore set up in 2014 to help incarcerated mothers and their children. It strengthens their bonds through storytelling and support programmes for both mother and child. Its first cohort had 15 mothers; it increased that to 30 in 2018.

Animal Lovers League

Animal Lovers League (ALL) is a registered charity and no-kill home to over 500 dogs and cats, and the animals under their care consist of vagrant strays, abandoned, traumatised, abused and rescued animals.