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Doing good with food: Delivery service to support hawker and private car hire communities

CTPCLC student fellows Donovan, Jet, Long Jian and Sanjula, and students from College of Alice and Peter Tan (CAPT) worked together during the Circuit Breaker to pilot HawkerJio, a food delivery solution which offered CAPT...

Student volunteers engage vulnerable families to curate customised programmes for ComLink

When the National University of Singapore’s Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre (CTPCLC) released the list of organisations that its undergraduates could partner up with for their Community Development Practicum, Mr Yeo Qin-Liang and Ms...

Relationship with employers main reason for FDWs not completing contracts

CTPCLC fellows partnered with Centre for Domestic Employees (CDE) as part of their Community Development Practicum to conduct social research on the relationship between foreign domestic workers and their employees. The study revealed that two-thirds...

Singapore’s Youth Beyond Volunteerism

OpenJio, co-founded by CTPCLC Alumni Amelia Lim, is a Telegram channel that seeks to keep one updated on ground-up initiatives and events in the social sector. The group's founders hosted their first "OpenJio Opens Up"...

New minor in community leadership

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new Minor in Community Development and Leadership for the upcoming academic year (starting August 2019). NUS undergraduates who undertake the programme will have the opportunity to…

Dr. Chua Thian Poh conferred Honorary Doctor of Letters

Congratulations to Dr. Chua Thian Poh on being conferred the NUS Honorary Doctor of Letters at the official NUS Commencement Ceremony 2019 by Singapore President and NUS Chancellor Madam Halimah…

CTPCLC Symposium 2019

The annual CTPCLC Symposium was held on 10 May 2019 and graced by Guest-of-Honour Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Home Affairs. This year, we showcased…

Foreword Coffee

CTPCLC Alumnus Lim Wei Jie, co-founder of social enterprise startup Foreword Coffee, believes that "Every cup of coffee can be like a foreword, enticing one to delve into its narrative". Foreword Coffee aims to promoting...