Relief Singapore

05/09/2026

Come November 19, we will be supporting Singapore Embassy in Cairo in the Singapore Day celebrations at the MISR Public Library (MPL) in Cairo to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Singapore-Egypt relations. In line with our focus on education, we will be collecting books from the Singapore public to donate to the MPL. There will also be opportunities for volunteers to conduct reading programmes at the public library, and even perform music, singing, and dancing.

Earlier in the year, we visited informal Palestinian schools in Cairo to have a better understanding of their struggles and the challenges facing Gazan refugee students. Hence, we are glad to know that the MPL has an extensive network of 30 regional branches with mobile units bringing books and programmes to the wider community, including foreign nationals and refugees residing in Egypt for more than a year.

Join us in our mission to improve educational opportunities for people around the world, particularly those who are forcibly displaced by conflict.

29/08/2026

The world watched in horror at the videos displaying the brute force of the Aug 26 floods in Nepal. This article explains the likely reasons for the catastrophe. And as the Himalayan glacier expert in the article rightly pointed out, “We will not know the causes for days or weeks or months, because it takes time. For now, we're directing our energy to rescue. That's where they should be.”

Himalayan glacier expert Alton C Byers on what happened in Nepal and what should happen now

17/08/2026

11 years ago in 2015, it was CNA reportage of the peatland fires in Palangkaraya that moved us to respond to the haze crisis by sending N95 masks and respirators to affected villagers and frontline responders. We delivered the relief supplies to ground zero, where we saw skies darkened yellow by thick haze, and smouldering peatlands.

Hence, it is déjà vu as we read this article about this teenage “Superman” firefighter in the uphill battle against the annual fires. Sadly, just like those frontline responders we met more than a decade ago, he and his fellow firefighters aren’t using PPE (personal protective equipment), particularly respirators to minimise inhalation of poisonous PM2.5. Back then, we witnessed an elderly responder fighting the fires barefoot. Some simply wore thin scarves to cover their mouths and noses. Many wore no respiratory protection at all.

We pray that every local firefighter will take better care of themselves even as they courageously respond to the crisis. And we pray that more work will be done upstream to tackle root causes, and not simply symptoms.

08/06/2026

The most powerful earthquake to rock the Philippines since 1976. At least 32 dead. Our prayers are with all Filipinos in the affected areas 🙏

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake off the southern Philippines triggered tsunami warnings, with potential hazardous waves expected in several regions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

03/04/2026

We watch with concern as northern Thailand gets blanketed by hazardous air pollution. The haze has also affected Mae Hong Son province, where thousands of Karenni refugees live in two camps along the Thai-Myanmar border. Read about our work among the Karenni in the second link below.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/blood-clots-burning-eyes-pollution-chokes-north-thailand

https://rsis.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Beyond-Relief-Issue-12_final.pdf

Some monitors recorded pollution levels that are 60 times higher than WHO's recommended exposure. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

11/02/2026

[VOLUNTEERS WANTED]
👉 Librarians / Educators / Logisticians
One of the education ✍️🔭🔬📚initiatives that RSG will rollout in 2026 is the support and establishment of libraries in rural, remote, and forcibly displaced communities in the region. We will need volunteers to help in areas like library curation, learning, logistics, and more.

Please email us if you are keen to help: [email protected]

04/02/2026

Thank you for your support in raising the funds for the filters as well as your kind messages!

31/01/2026

We recently organised RSG’s first quarterly update to brief our donors, volunteers, and new friends on the humanitarian responses we had launched, and upcoming projects.

Thanks to the good folks at room2f, we had a very nice and cosy space to use for the session. Studio2f is their newest event space. Check it out at https://www.room2f.sg/studio2f

26/01/2026

Where does your drinking water come from? For Singaporeans 🇸🇬, we could drink water straight from the tap. For this Sri Lankan 🇱🇰family that was resettled away from the high-risk area they originally lived in, water had to be manually carried several times each day from a nearby stream, and stored in the blue barrel seen here. This water, however, may not be safe for drinking yet.

What does fruitfulness in a community look like? How could we help others live better lives?

16/12/2025

[From Singapore With ❤️]
On 16 December 2025, RSG handed over a batch of 289 household water filters to Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF) for distribution to families on the island province of Catanduanes who were affected by Typhoon Fung-wong (Uwan).

The handover ceremony was graced by Manny Pangilinan (Chairman of PDRF, PLDT, Metro Pacific and First Pacific in Hong Kong), Rene “Butch” Meily (President of PDRF), and Veronica Gabaldon (Executive Director of PDRF).

PDRF is the Philippines’ major private sector vehicle and coordinator for disaster resilience. It is an alliance of businesses dedicated to building the disaster management capabilities of the private sector in the country, working on all areas: prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and rehabilitation and recovery.

We are pleased and honoured to partner with PDRF, and we pray for God’s mercy on all Filipinos, that He would quicken the end of typhoon season before Christmas.