SINGAPORE - There is still more scope for active and sustained volunteerism among the youth, even as they become more civic conscious and active, said former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Thursday evening. Rather than one-off efforts, more can be done through sustained and cause-driven volunteerism which has the biggest impact, he said. He called on youth to “be impatient...
SINGAPORE - There is still more scope for active and sustained volunteerism among the youth, even as they become more civic conscious and active, said former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Thursday evening.
Mr Tharman, who is among the presidential hopefuls for the upcoming election, was speaking as the guest-of-honour at The Halogen Ball, a fundraising gala dinner organised by Halogen, a charity focused on empowering young people.Not everyone has to be the loudest voice in the crowd, or the leader of a movement, said Mr Tharman, 66.
“There’s a lot to do, strengthening trust in our neighbourhoods, growing civic responsibility generally, and very importantly, just increasing interactions between people,” he added. “I think what we’re really trying to do here in Singapore, in the region, in fact globally, is to build optimism amidst challenges that are unprecedented,” he said.
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