Hacks on Building Life Skills By Volunteering
Volunteering is a great opportunity for you to make a difference in others’ lives and society. You will also get to make a difference in yourself through many ways. Not only do you get to make new friends, you gain confidence, satisfaction and skills! Indeed, volunteering hone life skills that will eventually benefit you in professional and personal space. In this article, we...Read More
Gaining Financial Independence through Adulting
For individuals who are adulting, financial independence is a huge milestone. We often struggle with reading/paying bills, and making sound financial decisions that we are confident of. CoVid-19 has resulted in high levels of economic uncertainty. Individuals feel anxious about the future and not know the best way to respond financially. This workshop aims to empower young adults aged 18 to...Read More
Becoming Financially Independent from Parents
2020 is shaping up to be a year that shows the power of financial independence. As teenagers, we crave independence. This means we also need to become financially independent from our parents. When we do not depend solely on others for livelihood, we have more control in our lives. This gives us a greater say in how we respond to our environment. COVID-19 has forced countries into isolation...Read MoreLessons Learnt as a Business Owner
There are so many lessons that I learn as a business owner.Daily, I am challenged to learn and constantly apply myself in different areas. It’s been a crazy second quarter of the year as we took part in the City of Canning’s business program, networking with other business owners and being facilitated in all areas of business. The time commitment was intensive, but the sessions...Read MoreSelf-Growth – Lessons Learnt From Our Very First WA Business Pitch
It’s been 6 months since we got ourselves present in Perth, Western Australia. So far, it’s been a steep learning curve for me. I got myself acquainted with the culture here, and tried to figure out how to set up a business in all sense and aspects. Australia is very different to Singapore. As I like to say, I probably learnt more in the past 6 months what didn’t work than...Read More
Of Self and Finance
Having the ability to make money has always been top-of-mind for people across generations. However, how many of us are able to manage money well? An unstable global job market over the last decade or so has forced Millennials and the younger Gen-Z to take a closer look at financial independence, literacy, and impact – for themselves and their children. Without a doubt, financial empowerment,...Read MoreAn Adventure Awaits
Last Saturday, YWLC organised a hackathon for Social Change with a focus on empowering women in the community. Cynthia and I were proud to be part of the change-makers involved in this hackathon. The experience for me was an amazing, humbling and inspiring one. It was a pleasure to meet all the other change-makers and to hear their different stories of the social work they do to...Read MoreOur Mission in Empowering Mothers!
It’s always exciting to be in the space of change! We grow everyday. As we journey with social workers on the ground, our perspective widens. Our initial work focusing on financial empowerment for youths gets many more layers of context as we hear more and more stories of the diverse circumstances of the youths. This helps us maintain relevancy of our program. It also challenges us...Read More