Impact by Youthopia

Kristian is a strong advocate for gender equality and believes that men should be included in the conversation. With a great passion on the topic, he strives to lead the next generation towards the understanding and reduction of toxic masculinity in Singapore. Do drop him a message if you would like to reach out to him about this topic (@kristianmarc).

Unlike many students, Joshua Tay decided to spend his gap years working as a supervision staff at the Singapore Boys’ Hostel. Having spent a significant amount of time with the youths there, he was troubled to see a huge disparity between the ample support the youths received while in the hostel and the lack thereof once they had left. So, together with a group of friends, Tay set up the organisation in 2017, which he calls Impart, in response to the gaps in the system that he noticed.

Johann is the Assistant Director of Planning at Yayasan MENDAKI. Mendaki is Singapore’s first self-help group focused on uplifting the Malay/Muslim community through education. He is passionate about promoting youth empowerment and mentoring, and was also involved in the launch of the MENDAKI Youth Mentoring Office that aims to enhance the mentoring culture in the community.

Ri is from UCU World, a collective for creatives to come together to share and build on each other’s skill sets. Through its time, UCU World has helped create a community of support for artists.

Carissa Cheow is one of the founders of Students for a Safer NUS (safeNUS). She started safeNUS after realising that NUS was not equipped with a plan and list of actions to be taken when a report of sexual harassment is made despite there being recurring cases. Through this, she hopes to tackle the way society handles sexual misconduct because it is not just a simple “managerial mistake”.

Ellie Lew is the co-founder of Skills For Good, a one-stop skilled volunteer matching platform that matches skilled volunteers with social organisations that require these skills. The platform was created during the circuit breaker period when many volunteering organisations faced difficulties adapting to the new digitised way of life. The demand for volunteers with niche skill-sets led to the creation of Skills For Good.

Fiona Loh is the founder of popular bakery, Whiskdom. What started as a side hustle turned into a full time business, as she quit her job at a bank as a technology product manager. Now, Whiskdom is also a platform for Fiona to do good and give back to the community.

Adriel Yong is one of the founders of Access, a non-profit organisation that aims to strengthen social mobility among youth by exposing them to work culture. Some disadvantaged students lack quality career exposure and guidance, and Access provides exactly that.

Afiqah and Elfi are the co-founders for T3at3r (Theatre) Muzikal Collective (TMC). At TMC, they organize workshops as well as Malay dance and musical theatre performances for all ages. TMC first began as a collective in 2017 and produced a Malay musical called GLAM, telling the story of Kampung Glam which had 5 sold-out performances. Following that success, the company was officially established in August 2020.

Amanda Ooi and Wong Shi Yin are the project directors of Project iRemember, a local health screening project initiated by NUS Medicine students. Project iRemember focuses on dementia screening, and works to spread awareness of other elderly mental health issues like depression and social isolation.