"Just by showing up and listening to them (the peddlers), we become a small but significant part of their stories, and they become a part of ours," said Hazeem Nasser and Augustine Chan from The Signpost Project. The ground-up initiative aims to support tissue-paper peddlers across Singapore.
"Just by showing up and listening to them , we become a small but significant part of their stories, and they become a part of ours," said Hazeem Nasser and Augustine Chan from The Signpost Project. The ground-up initiative aims to support tissue-paper peddlers across Singapore. Video: Ooi Boon Keong/TODAY
"Just by showing up and listening to them , we become a small but significant part of their stories, and they become a part of ours," said Hazeem Nasser and Augustine Chan from The Signpost Project. The ground-up initiative aims to support tissue-paper peddlers across Singapore. Video: Ooi Boon Keong/TODAYMere months after enlisting for national service, Mr Ignatius Lim was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer, more commonly known as nose cancer.
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