Avishi Gurnani

  • Marine Pollution—International Coastal Clean-up

    In today’s day and age, global warming and climate change are slowly coming to the forefront of the issues that our world is facing. Yet pollution and specifically, marine pollution, an issue that is still very much affecting our world, is slowly being forgotten by so many of us. Every… Read ⇢

  • Make the Most of Your Holidays: Volunteer for a Better Community

    As the holidays approach for many of us, we find ourselves at home, and with free time to spare. And we can use this time for good. “Time is money,” they say, and so it is. Time is value and we can now use this free time we have to… Read ⇢

  • How Your Blood Donation Saves Lives

    A few days ago I saw an article published online, detailing the sad plight of blood reserves in Singapore, as they fall to extreme lows. I am glad to have a family who supports these causes by the Red Cross Association of Singapore; with both my parents as doctors. But… Read ⇢

  • 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… Read ⇢

  • Building Lifelong Friendships Through Cultural Interactions

    A few months ago, I had the privilege of welcoming a batch of Taiwanese students to my class. There was great hubbub and chaos as they entered’ we hadńt been expceting them at first and our class was extremely eager for the opportunity to help and interact with Hebe students… Read ⇢

  • Meaningful Experiences with the Elderly

    Recently I was given the meaningful opportunity to take part in an investigation where we had to go and interview the elderly. For most of us, this was a new and exciting opportunity- we did not interact with the elderly in our day-to-day life, and so this seemed interesting and… Read ⇢

  • 20/3/2024

    So excited to announce that my poem ‘When the Janus-faced ripple beckons’ has been selected as a Highly Commended piece in the Shepton Snowdrops Poetry Festival. Recently we’ve been facing one of our greatest fears come to life- that it that global warming is now almost unstoppable. Almost. We’ve had… Read ⇢

  • KidSpirit, the world’s only non-profit youth-led platform.

    Hey there! KidSpirit is the world’s only non-profit youth-led platform that allows teens the opportunity to discuss life’s big questions, through artworks or writing. Sign-ups for KidSpirit’s editorial board are now open! Anybody can sign up, as long as they have interest in joining and will commit to at least… Read ⇢

  • 12/03/2024

    Today is a momentous occasion indeed— it is the first blog post of 2024; and of this website. I am so super excited for this new journey I am embarking on! Today is also the first day of Ramadan—at least according to Oman, Jordan and some other countries. It is… Read ⇢