New York University

My parents, like many others, sheltered me from the world as if something bad was going to happen otherwise. I believed that Singaporeans were all treated fairly and that others were taken care of. That was until June 2018, when one of my lecturers invited me to volunteer with her to deliver food to homebound elderly in the community. I would usually peer into the homes of the elderly, calling out to them. Most times, my heart sank. The elderly were usually skinny and only had just enough meat to cover their bones. This is not how we should be treating the people who built our country. I…