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MHC Asia an exemplary company in corporate social responsibility

MHC Asia, Singapore’s largest third party medical administrator, adopted Goducate as the charity that it would support as part of their corporate social responsibility program.

It has provided Goducate with a nice office for free. MHC staff often chip in to help when we need help, using MHC’s office … … Read More

Vision to educate 1 million poor Asian children

We finally made the long awaited trip to visit the two Kampong learning centres established by Goducate in Sandakan (Sabah)

I made this trip with my daughter, her friends and our MHC team comprising of our chairman Mrs Cecilia Tan, our Chief Operation Officer, Dr Benjamin Kuan and two … … Read More

Once a govt rebel, now a helper of the helpless (4)

An interview with Linn, our Goducate worker among the depressed communities in East Malaysia.

Linn is a Filipina who now lives in Malaysia, with her husband and her three children. Her husband is working with poor migrants in Kuala Lumpur. PC: What experiences did you have organizing “communities”? Linn: … … Read More

Once a govt rebel, now a helper of the helpless (3)

An interview with Linn, our Goducate worker among the depressed communities in East Malaysia.

Linn is a Filipina who now lives in Malaysia, with her husband and her three children. Her husband is working with poor migrants in Kuala Lumpur.

Linn: It was the call of the times and … … Read More

The helpless become helpers (2)

Lexon is from Indonesia (front row, extreme right). After finishing middle high school in his home place in Sumatra, Lexon migrated to the island of Batam to look for work. He found a manual job in an oil refinery.

I first met Lexon, over three years ago, when he … … Read More

The helpless become helpers

At our Project Leaders Training last week were two young men who were once hopeless and helpless but were now attending the training as leaders! They had been helped but were now helping others!

Both of them had never left their country before. They were proud owners of brand … … Read More

10 tips on writing a blog by Dr Leslie Tay from IeatIshootIpost food blog

Blogs are like little news websites that have sprouted in the internet world very rapidly. It is really very easy to start a blog using free tools like blogspot and wordpress. Volunteers working in Asia to help poorer Asians face many challenges and difficulties. They may have interesting … … Read More