STORY OF THE DAY • May 07, 2021 • 7 min read
Poverty The groups plugging holes in Singapore’s social safety net
By
Charmaine Sew
• May 07, 2021
In a state where the government has a heavy hand, people are pushing beyond traditional notions of welfare, with community-organised groups emerging in the name of mutual aid to reach out to the people left behind by the city-state’s rapid growth