Storytellers Initiative
We believe that everyone has a part to play in improving social mobility. Without an additional lift, children and youths from disadvantaged backgrounds may face great difficulty in breaking out of their circumstances and moving up the social ladder.
We are happy to collaborate with Rice Media on Storytellers, to provide our youths with a platform to shed light on issues close to their hearts, and let their voices be heard. The works produced through this collaboration prompt us as a society to reflect on the ways in which we can bring everyone to the same starting line.
We are happy to collaborate with Rice Media on Storytellers, to provide our youths with a platform to shed light on issues close to their hearts, and let their voices be heard. The works produced through this collaboration prompt us as a society to reflect on the ways in which we can bring everyone to the same starting line.
Storytellers is a community engagement project by Rice Media that seeks to partner with the community to drive diversity, inclusion and positive social impact through new media.
Through a mentorship programme, aspiring youths are provided with the resources, learning opportunities and a platform to ideate, craft stories, and reflect on the impact their content has on society.
Under this partnership, Quantedge Foundation scholarship recipients share their take on the underexposed lived experiences of disadvantaged and vulnerable youths, in the hope that we, as a society, reflect on how we can close the gap to enable every child or youth to access equal opportunities and thrive.
The first of two works reveals how one student’s family financial circumstances are a daily reminder of the practical sacrifices she has to make while her peers enjoy the luxury of choice. It tells the story of the weight of duty on her shoulders and her hopes for a better future.
Through a mentorship programme, aspiring youths are provided with the resources, learning opportunities and a platform to ideate, craft stories, and reflect on the impact their content has on society.
Under this partnership, Quantedge Foundation scholarship recipients share their take on the underexposed lived experiences of disadvantaged and vulnerable youths, in the hope that we, as a society, reflect on how we can close the gap to enable every child or youth to access equal opportunities and thrive.
The first of two works reveals how one student’s family financial circumstances are a daily reminder of the practical sacrifices she has to make while her peers enjoy the luxury of choice. It tells the story of the weight of duty on her shoulders and her hopes for a better future.
Choice is a Luxury I Cannot Afford: Being Strapped for Cash in University
by SMU students Janel, Elvis, Xin Ni and Vienna
by SMU students Janel, Elvis, Xin Ni and Vienna
The second piece tells the journey of a youth who grew up in multiple foster care homes, and how she found her own path to a better life despite being part of a vulnerable yet largely invisible community of youths in Singapore.
Fostering Independence: Growing Up in Singapore’s Foster Care System
by SUTD students Syarifuddin, Sree Devi and Shivani
by SUTD students Syarifuddin, Sree Devi and Shivani
Written by Rice Media, the following editorial features four Quantedge Foundation award recipients, their aspirations and how each of them are finding their own paths forward. The youths share their journeys and how their university experience has shaped what they imagine for their own futures.
Quantedge Foundation scholarship recipients and Rice Media mentors at the kick-off workshop:
(Images by Helen and Stephanie Lee)
(Images by Helen and Stephanie Lee)