by Site Admin | Nov 16, 2021 | Miscellaneous
A new element in Club Rainbow’s annual event brings its beneficiaries together with seniors to conceptualise ideas. Club Rainbow’s (Singapore) (CRS) beneficiaries worked with seniors on a virtual art gallery. This is part of the 6th edition of the non-profit’s...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 12, 2020 | Miscellaneous
A Drama Box experience that bonds seniors and children over food. Food has a way of bonding people together whether you are younger or older, from a different race or even culture. That was what Eurasian artist Jamie Lewis wanted to do with her community dining...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 11, 2019 | Miscellaneous
Youth Corps’ programme puts youths together with socially-isolated seniors for 10 weeks in hopes of building lasting friendships. BY: Eleanor Yap Lee Kuang does not get many opportunities to interact with youths besides school events organised through Lions...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 6, 2018 | Miscellaneous
A new initiative bonds seniors and youths over their favourite meal. Food has a lovely way of bringing people together. That is exactly what a new initiative called ‘Makan with Seniors’ started by Ageless Online and FACEUP hopes to do – bring together 15 youths...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 23, 2016 | Miscellaneous
More than 160 seniors participated in seven ILP workshops and worked with their junior buddies. Over 300 seniors and youths attended the inaugural intergenerational Learning Programme (ILP) End-of-Course Celebration recently at ITE College West, which was...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 2, 2015 | Miscellaneous
People’s Association’s Dancethon 2015 brought together seniors and youths in an intergeneration dance competition. Twenty-one-year-old Saifulloh Bin Khalid took up dancing as he was inspired by his mother, who has a passion for dancing. When he was young, he...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 30, 2013 | Health
The Grandparent Fostering Programme, a community programme launched in Jalan Kukoh precinct in November 2012, bonds the young and old together, and bridges the generation gap. BY: Eleanor Yap Generation gap and language barrier are some of the challenges facing...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 18, 2012 | Health
Part of the Council for Third Age’s Intergenerational Learning Programme, youths and seniors gained insight from each other. Students from Republic Polytechnic (RP) and a group of 10 seniors walked away with an improved understanding of each other after...
by Eleanor Yap | Nov 7, 2010 | Reflections
Counting her blessings and remembering fondly her 84-year-old grandpa. BY: Geetika Chawla I come from India, a part of the world where many families are big. Grandparents, parents and children, all live in the same home. Such is my home, where my parents,...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 27, 2010 | Finance
Delegates for the 4th ICIP conference address intergenerational challenges. BY: Eleanor Yap As a society ages and life expectancy increases, the widening “age gap” between the society’s oldest and youngest could become a key cause of conflict, not only at work but...
by Eleanor Yap | Mar 31, 2010 | Health
First-ever intergenerational activity book launched in Singapore as first of a three-part project. The Women’s Initiative for Ageing Successfully (WINGS) launched a workbook aimed at fostering closer ties across three generations in families. The Bond is a full...
by Eleanor Yap | Mar 1, 2010 | Inspiring Figures
Three families bond together while making traditional recipes and competing in front of the camera. BY: Eleanor Yap You didn’t have to go far to get drama. In a kitchen filled with three generations cooking up a storm in the required 30 minutes, we got to see tears,...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 30, 2009 | Reflections
A viewpoint on how we need to give and take, and live in harmony. BY: K V Veloo I did not realise that I was growing old until a young lady to whom I was introduced at a function thought it was socially correct to address me as “uncle”. As though this was not...