No soap left behind

More than 1,200 bars of reconstituted soap have been distributed to migrant workers in Singapore by the nation’s first Soap for Hope initiative, hosted by the NUS College of Alice & Peter Tan (CAPT). CAPT students and other students from nearby schools have been conducting one or two soap-making sessions per week. Soap for Hope was one of the initiatives highlighted at CAPT’s Community Engagement Festival in early April.

The soap-making activity brings together students and CAPT’s off-campus partners such as the Movement of the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore, non-profit organisation HealthServe and the migrant-worker population.

“This soap-making and distribution process is a means to an end. What we gain at the end of the day — the friendship and understanding of each other — is more important than the activity. In line with learning to become a more active citizen in our country, this understanding and relationship will go a long way in building a more harmonious and welcoming society here in Singapore,” said Year 3 NUS Pharmacy student Joshua Peh Yong Kiat.

Read the full story about CAPT’s Soap for Hope.