The Goducate Coordinating Center is situated in the research hub of Singapore. Among its “neighbours” are the National University of Singapore (Singapore’s premier university), and Biopolis and Fusionopolis (which are two centers that house Singapore’s cutting-edge research organizations).
Goducate has been fortunate to get the use of this office space, through the kind generosity of one of our major corporate sponsors, a cutting-edge health-care group called MHC Asia Group Pte Ltd. MHC has not only provided this valuable space to us but also been a very generous donor to several of Goducate projects in Sabah (East Malaysia), Cambodia and Indonesia.
Several of their board members and staff have even visited our projects on the field. Earlier this year a MHC team was sent to Indonesia to teach English and provide basic medical screening. As Goducate lacks many of the IT and other high-tech skills needed to reach the world, we have been fortunate to have the support of specialists from MHC. MHC is indeed a model corporate sponsor that not only provides much needed funds for Goducate but also encourages its staff to be involved in charity work.
Our center has been designed with the purpose of being a command-center where we daily meet to dream, plan and execute our battle against poverty and hopelessness. The many photos of poor people surrounding us as we meet are a constant challenge to us of the importance and urgency of our work. And the many smiling faces in the photos that surround us are a constant encouragement to us as we face what seem like insurmountable difficulties.
I believe the same impact will be felt by all those that visit our center. Therefore, I believe that it is an ideal place to invite our friends to meet at the Goducate center. So if you have to meet someone in the neighbourhood (say, the National University of Singapore, Biopolis or Fusionopolis), then make the Goducate Center your meeting place! You may turn your meeting from one that is social or mundane into one that is life-changing!
