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Problem statement:  Retired, elderly people (aged 60 and above) are often lonely and bored in Singapore.
Current initiatives:
Engage elderly people in nursing homes and eldercare centres using music (Play For Good band)
Help to cut elderly people’s hair and provide other barber services while interacting with them (Bright Vision Hospital’s free volunteer barber service)

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Lack of social welfare for migrant workers in Singapore
- no healthcare
- low safety standards
- often exploited by employers. Many are tricked to coming to Singapore, incurring a debt and as a result have to work with little to no actual pay while paying back their debts
- little to no medical help from government or employers
Current measures
- Migrant workers centre
- transient workers count too
- help often uneducated migrant workers negotiate with employers for better rights and pay
- have medical branch where they provide free or subsidised medical help

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Problem statement: There is a social stigma on those who are suffering from mental illness in society. This results in a lack in manpower in the field of mental healthcare and these people will have difficulty integrating into society.

Current measures:
1. MINDS is a NGO that serves the mentally disabled in Singapore. They run special schools for children, equip the young with skills useful for employment and hostels. They also offer Caregivers assistance to help with the welfare needs of people with intellectual disability. With many volunteers, they help in integrating the mentally disabled back to society where people will accept and understand them.

2. The institute of mental health offers a comprehensive range of psychiatric, rehabilitative and counselling services for people of all ages. This service is easily accessible and affordable to every citizen due to governmental schemes like medisave and cpf.

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Problem Statement: Lack of engagement by the Singaporean community in reducing textile wastage

Current measures:

1) Greensquare, a social enterprise with a goal of raising Singapore’s textile recycle rate, provides convenient textile recycling services to Singaporeans so as to encourage increased participation in recycling amongst locals. Such initiatives include setting up drop-off locations where people may donate their unwanted clothes for recycling.

2) Project Upcycle, an initiative by the Central Singapore Community Development Council educates locals on ways to upcycle one’s old clothes through workshops. Through education, this project aims to bring awareness to Singaporeans on how they may reduce textile wastage by extending the lifespan of their old clothing.

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Problem statement: Lack of awareness of sustainable food waste management methods in households in Singapore (Food waste increased 40% over last decade)

Current measures:
- Food donation drives
- Surveying/scoping of restaurants’ food wastage patterns by NEA (increasing available data for reference)
- Outreach programmes (educational approaches)
- Collaboration with educational institutions and supermarkets to display food waste publicity materials to raise awareness

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Problem statement: Lack of cyber security knowledge amongst individuals in Singapore

Current measures:

1. Cyber Security Agency, an agency under Singapore government, gives advice to the public on how to safeguard their online privacy

2. Talks given in schools such as by KingMaker on how to use the internet and social media more appropriately and how to protect themselves on the internet

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Problem statement: Lack of awareness of sustainable food waste management methods in households and eateries in Singapore (Food waste increased 40% over last decade)

Current measures:
- Food donation drives
- Surveying/scoping of restaurants’ food wastage patterns by NEA (increasing available data for reference)
- Outreach programmes (educational approaches)
- Collaboration with educational institutions and supermarkets to display food waste publicity materials to raise awareness

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Problem Statement: Singaporeans lack of proper recycling habits.
Current measures:
1. Zero Waste SG launched a "Let's Recycle Together" campaign, recruiting more than 60 volunteers or "recycling rangers" to help out. Volunteers will knock on doors and hand out fliers on the uses of the blue recycling bins in their neighbourhood. However this only resulted in a slight increase in recycling in the neighbourhood and did not solve the problem.
2. The National Recycling Programme was launched in 2001 to provide fortnightly collections of recyclables from HDB and landed homes. This extended to all households in 2009 when all condominiums were required by law to provide recycling receptacles within their estate grounds. From 2011 to 2014, blue recycling bins labelled with information on what can and cannot be recycled were introduced progressively to all HDB blocks and landed homes.

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Problem statement: Singaporeans are generating too much plastic waste

Current Measures:
• The Last Straw: Encourage people to move away from plastic straws and use their own metal straws to reduce plastic waste.
- some food outlets/people reluctant to change as using metal straws involve change in daily habits, needing to wash straws
• One Less Plastic Bag Campaign by Singapore Environment Council: Encourage people to bring their own bags to carry groceries. Four supermarket chains are pushing for this.
- plastic bags still needed by people to line garbage bins etc., therefore still gets plastic bags from markets. Furthermore, some also reluctant to change habits

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Problem: there a lack of awareness about the situation of pulau semakau, Singapore's one and only landfill. it is teeming with biodiversity which is dying everyday from the pollution. estimated to only last until 2045

measure now: theres a "save semakau" campaign which provides tours around the island to help spread awareness to the problem.

The measure now does not have enough reach to cater to the entire population. many citizens are still unaware of the severe consequences their rubbish is causing to the environment in the semakau. Futhermore, some people who are already aware dont find the incentive to reduce their waste to reduce the impact on semakau

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Problem Statement: Lack of community engagement regarding overfishing and over-exploitation of marine biodiversity.
Current Measures:
1. Implementation of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) to protect specific marine ecosystems by allowing ecosystem to repopulate.
2. EU certifications to prevent illegal fishing and to ensure that fishing practices are sustainable.

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Problem statement: Sign language has been on the wane in Singapore, as medical advances such as cochlear implants, and speech therapy is increasingly accessible.
However, these methods do not work on everyone, leaving some hearing impaired behind, as sign language becomes less popular.

Current measures:
The Singapore Association of the Deaf holds classes from beginner to advanced level for the public to attend. This increases the amount of people on Singapore that know sign language. In addition, the centre also caters to businesses, helping those in the service sector learn more about deaf culture and sign language

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Problem Statement: Severe food wastage by businesses
It was estimated that about 791,000 tons of food is wasted per year and around half of the amount is generated by non-domestic sources , such as food manufacturers, retailers and hotels. Yet, not much light has been shone on this issue.
Current measures:
1.One-Dish@A-Time campaign by The Food Bank and Plentyfull, Encourages people (and restaurants) to consume/ sell meals made from ingredients that are deemed "ugly" that would otherwise be discarded.
2.In 2016 and 2017, the National Environment Agency (NEA) launched three Food Waste Minimisation Guidebooks for food retail establishments, supermarkets and food manufacturing establishments respectively. NEA has been actively engaging food business operators to encourage them to make use of the guidebooks.

For example, Sofitel Singapore Sentosa Resort and Spa has installed a food waste tracking system to minimise wastage.

3. Food for heart VWO takes scraps from bread shops and distribute them to the poor

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Problem Statement: Increasing food wastage in Singapore. The amount of food waste generated in Singapore has increased by about 40 per cent over the past 10 years and is expected to increase with our growing population and economic activity.

Current Measures:

1. NEA's “Love Your Food @ Schools” Projects - encourage youth to cherish food and take action to reduce food wastage

2. Redistribute unsold/excess food - unsold and/or excess food produce can be delivered to Food Bank Singapore or Food from the Heart where they are packed and distributed to needy households

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Problem Statement: Low self-esteem amongst Singapore’s youth due to body-image issues

Existing solutions:
1) The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) initiated the Beauty Redefined Campaign to encourage teenagers to adopt a healthy body image through education that aims to broaden their definitions of beauty and promote a healthy lifestyle

2) Breaking Mirrors - You’re More Than What You See is a campaign that aims to reduce body dissatisfaction and its resulting eating disorders by challenging the unrealistic body expectations as proliferated by society

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Problem statement: Local women are unable to find jobs due to various barriers such as poor health.
2 current measures: hello flowers! is a social enterprise floral studio which uses flowers to create beautiful bouquets. It
a)employs such women so that they have jobs
b)Conducts social training programmes called kin by hello flowers! in order to give these women crafting and entrepreneurial skills to help them in future

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Problem Statement : Severe food by individuals
About 2.5kg of food waste is thrown away by an average Singapore home each week, and this makes up half of all waste the home disposes, a National Environment Agency (NEA) study released

It was reported that there is about 791,000 tons of food wasted yearly in Singapore.

Food waste accounts for about 10 per cent of the total waste generated in Singapore, but only 16 per cent of the food waste is recycled. The rest of it is disposed of at the waste-to-energy (WTE) plants for incineration.
Current measures:
1. NEA launched an outreach programme in November 2015 to encourage the adoption of smart food purchase, storage and preparation habits that help consumers save money while reducing food wastage at source. The outreach programme features educational materials publicised on newspapers, television and through community-led initiatives, which included an educational skit, as well as a resource package for schools.
Problems:
The outreach programme  is not effective in raising awareness and people are still not actively concious on the consequence of their food wastage
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One-Dish@A-time campaign by The Food Bank and Plentyfull, to encourage people to consume meals made from ingredients that have been discarded not because they have turned stale, but because they are “ugly”.
Problem:
The effect is not long lasting as it is patron only order food that restaurants create and not actively choosing to cook with "ugly" food. People are still not buying "ugly" food and cooking with it themselves, which is not solving the problem at its root.

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Over the past 10 years, food wastage in Singapore has increased by more than 40 per cent. The average Singaporean household discards about $170 worth of food and beverage a year, ammounting to more than $200 million annually!

1. #HappyPlateSG is a community initiative which is a representation of Electrolux's commitment to raise awareness of food waste in Singpore. Each year, it tackles various topics related to food waste, including finishing up lerftover food on plates and encouraging the of expiring food in food preparation and consumption.

2. "The Food Bank Singapore" was founded in 2012 and strives to bridge the gap in the market by collecting surplus food and transferring them to organisations and underpriviledged families in need of food.

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Problem statement: Local women are unable to find jobs due to various barriers such as poor health.
2 current measures: hello flowers! is a social enterprise floral studio which uses flowers to create beautiful bouquets. It
a)employs such women so that they have jobs
b)Conducts social training programmes called kin by hello flowers! in order to give these women crafting and entrepreneurial skills to help them in future

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Problem Statement: As we continue to progress into the 21st Century, skills that people spent many years to hone are quickly becoming irrelevant and replaceable by artificial intelligence, which are already being slowly introduced into the workforce and more and more people are getting retrenched as a result, especially those who are in their 40s
Current measures:
1)SkillFuture, a government initiative where all Singaporeans are given $500 credits to allow them to attend courses to Ensure Singaporeans can continue to upgrade their skills to stay relevant in today’s society, on top of this, all Singaporeans aged 40 and above can receive up to 90% subsidies for their course fees as part of the SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy.
2)Professioabl Conversuon Programmes to help professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) who feel that their skills are becoming irrelevant and need to switch careers but require assistance from the government to do so. The programmes provides subsidies for employers that hire those aged 40 and above that have been unemployed for a period of time, to encourage companies to join this programmes and help those aged 40 and above that have become retrenched.

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Problem statement : There is a social stigma on those who are suffering from mental illness in society. This results in a lack in manpower in the field of mental healthcare and these people will have difficulty integrating with society.
Current measures :

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problem statement: one in seven people in singapore have experienced a mental disorder
2 current measures:
1) Schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder and dementia are in the list of conditions covered by the Medisave for Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP)
2) Frontline staff from government agencies, including the police, will be trained to spot and respond to mental health cases in the community.

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Problem Statement: Lack of financial literacy among secondary to tertiary students.

Current measures: MoneySense Organisation hosts roadshow and talks for ITE and Poly students, but does not do it for secondary school and JC students.

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Problem statement: Lack of awareness and understanding about the deaf and hard of hearing community.

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Problem statement: Singapore generating too much plastic waste

Current Measures:
- The Last Straw: Encourage people to move away from plastic straws and use their own metal straws to reduce plastic waste.
- One Less Plastic Bag: Encourage people to bring their own bags to carry groceries. Four supermarket chains are pushing for this.

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Problem: pulau semakau, Singapore's one and only landfill. it is teeming with biodiversity which is dying everyday from the pollution. estimated to only last until 2045

measure now: theres a "save semakau" campaign which provides tours around the island to help spread awareness to the problem.

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Lack of “true academic meritocracy” in Singapore due to unfair starting points for children of different families because of different SES.
Current measures:
government funded kindergartens
Providing scholarships for financially needy students
Edusave

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Problem statement: Singapore is leading towards an ageing population, resulting in a lack of manpower in the workforce.
Current measures:
1. schools and restaurants such as macdonalds hire retirees as part-timers to replace jobs that young people are unwilling to do such as cleaning.
2. Singaporeans are motivated to take on more jobs such as being a full time clerk during the weekdays and being a GRAB driver during the weekends.

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Problem Statement: Overfishing and over-exploitation resulting in shrinking populations in marine biodiversity
Current Measures: 1. Implementation of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) to protect specific marine ecosystems by allowing ecosystem to repopulate. 2. EU certifications to prevent illegal fishing and to ensure that fishing practices are sustainable.

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Problem Statement: Skills people spent years honing are quickly becoming irrelevant, and people get retrenched
Current measures:
1) SkillsFuture
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- Problem: Teen rebels not knowing where to channel their anger and energy to, resulting in them breaking rules and becoming at-risk of breaking the laws
- TCW Cares
- SPAR Framework (Ministry of Social and Family Development)
- not enough: not able to reach out to all of them quickly enough

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Problem statement: The income gap between the rich and the poor is increasing.
Current measures:
1.social security act, universal healthcare, unemployment benefits for the poor in the US.
2.Subsidies for healthcare and housing in Singapore. 3.Free healthcare in the EU.

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Problem statement: insufficient cyber security for individuals
Current measures:
1. Cyber Security Agency, an agency under Singapore government, gives advice to the public on how to safeguard their online privacy
2. Talks given in schools such as by KingMaker on how to use the internet and social media more appropriately and how to protect themselves on the internet

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Problem Statement: Singaporeans do not have proper recycling habits, wasting useful materials.
Current measures:
1. Zero Waste SG launched a "Let's Recycle Together" campaign, recruiting more than 60 volunteers or "recycling rangers" to help out. Volunteers will knock on doors and hand out fliers on the uses of the blue recycling bins in their neighbourhood.
2. The National Recycling Programme was launched in 2001 to provide fortnightly collections of recyclables from HDB and landed homes. This extended to all households in 2009 when all condominiums were required by law to provide recycling receptacles within their estate grounds. From 2011 to 2014, blue recycling bins labelled with information on what can and cannot be recycled were introduced progressively to all HDB blocks and landed homes.

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Problem statement: obesity among children is on the rise in singapore.
Current measures: 1. Schools

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Problem Statement: kids from underprivileged families lack a positive environment to grow up in.
2 current measures:
Yishun+ (Bernice Wong) - befriended some kids living in Yishun rental flats. They meet at the void deck at least once a week to do activities, have supper and do schoolwork.
Some churches also engage kids from rental flats in activities.

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Problem statement: Increasing Food waste in Singapore (Food waste increased 40% over last decade)

Current measures:
- Food donation drives
- Surveying/scoping of restaurants’ food wastage patterns by NEA (available data for reference)
- Outreach programmes (educational approaches)
- Collaboration with educational institutions and supermarkets to display food waste publicity materials to raise awareness

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Problem: Declining birth rates in Singapore
Current Measures:
Incentives and aid provided by the government given to families who decide to have a baby
Campaign to change the mindset of couples in the 21st Century

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Problem statement: Lack of awareness of depression amongst Singaporean youths
Current measures:
1. Touch Community Services partnered with Nanyang Polytechnic ( NYP) to launch themed trains that include stories of people with mental health issues to help give citizens perspective on the lives and issues that depressed people face.