Making a Difference: Community Acts of Kindness

A few days ago I read an article about the Straits Times Singaporean of the Year, announced months ago. The acts of selflessness and kindness listed there, be it donating part of one’s liver or organising free tuition and art classes for students, are true examples of people giving back to the community. We can do that too. we can step up, make a change or be the difference we want to see. No matter at home or around the world, no matter whether it’s volunteering our time or fundraising for causes, we can do our part for our nation and for our community. Each of us can make a difference. From students taking part in VIA activities such as vitiating the old folk’s home, to adults creating fundraising efforts, we can have an effect on our community and our world. 

So many people are facing different forms of suffering, today. They are out there, protesting for freedom, fleeing injustice, fighting wars. And we can, and should do our part to help them. Because we are citizens of the world, and the world is our community. It is our time to take the mantle and the responsibility to do our part, as children, as adults, as schools, as companies, and as a society.

And we care, so we should do our part to help them.