Canadian International School

A discussion about social injustice during an Economics class inspired Kaushal Tummala and Max Doornbos to start The Singapore Injustice Podcast that addressed social issues in Singapore. The sixepisode podcast received 200 subscribers on YouTube.

One topic that Grade 11 students at CIS researched was the low living standards in migrant dormitories, which initially included a lack of access to basic necessities during the Circuit Breaker.

“We learnt that a lot of them haven’t been outside for months on end and they were tightly packed inside the dormitories.”

Kaushal felt personally connected to the issue of migrant worker welfare. The student council vice-president, who is in his final diploma year, shares, “I’m also from South India where most of the workers are from, and they have the same financial background as my parents.”

After finishing the podcast earlier this year, Kaushal and Max reached out to charities supporting migrant workers and participated by helping to distribute necessities like shampoo to dormitories across Singapore.

This August, Kaushal also founded The Welfare Workers, a service club that connects student volunteers with Singapore charities. He hopes to rally fellow students to come together to support various social causes.

“Our ultimate goal for The Welfare Workers is to pass the spirit of giving back on to younger students and future cohorts of CIS,” he says. “Since we have the ability to help the underserved, we should do more to give back to the community. People who are more ‘able’ should be able to help out people that aren’t.”

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