President’s Inaugural Visit to the Singapore International Foundation

Madam Halimah Yacob, President of the Republic of Singapore (front row, centre), joined the SIF staff for a photo in the SIF’s community space.

Madam Halimah Yacob shared her thoughts on meeting with the SIF’s Citizen Ambassadars on her Facebook page, saying, “Singapore International Foundation (SIF) has been doing good work in providing platforms for Singaporeans and international communities to improve the quality of lives. Keep it up!”

A Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSE) Programme Winner, WateROAM (second from left), explaining the social impact they generate through lightweight water filters with Madam Halimah Yacob. The YSE is a flagship programme of the SIF that inspires, equips and enables youths of different nationalities to start or scale up their social enterprises.

One of the many social innovations shared with Madam Halimah Yacob during her visit was Freedom Cups, a social enterprise that distributes menstrual cups to women in developing countries without access to proper sanitation for their periods.

(Left) Chairman of the SIF, Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, presented a gift basket to Madam Halimah Yacob. The specially curated basket contained gifts from various social enterprises that the SIF works with.