This nonprofit organization is based in
The Philippines also has a nonprofit
Research and Advocacy Standing
Sabah and is locally known as the “Humana
group for people in the business sector.
Committee is a Singaporean nonprofit
Child Aid Society Sabah.” It aims to help
This is the Philippine Business for Social
created to extend assistance to citizens.
provide education to the children of mostly
Progress (PBSP), the country’s biggest
It is composed of professionals and
Indonesian and Filipino plantation workers
co rp o ra te-l ed soci al devel opment
representatives from the health, social
in Sabah through open learning centers.
foundation. It is dedicated to helping poor
service and law enforcement sectors.
people escape poverty and become self-
The committee aims to properly train
reliant.
professionals to work with victims of child
PHILIPPINES
The Philippines has a multitude of
nonprofit organizations. One of them is
abuse. It also seeks to educate and advise
SINGAPORE
caregivers on effective method for child
the ICanServe Foundation, founded by a
Singapore may be considered a rich
journalist cancer survivor. This non-stock
country but it also relies on nonprofits
organization promotes the early detection
to pursue a number of endeavors or
To address environment and nature
of breast cancer through self-examination.
advocacies. The Asia-Europe Foundation
problems and issues in Singapore, Nature
(ASEF) is an international nonprofit
Society was born. This volunteer-run non-
The International Deaf Education
organization established in 1997 by the
governmental, nonprofit organization
Association is an organization created
countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting
is devoted to the preservation and
to help deaf and blind people who are
(ASEM). It aims to promote mutual
appreciation of the natural heritage of
impoverished and have been neglected by
understanding and cooperation between
Singapore and is actively involved in the
their families.
Asia and Europe.
Sungei Buloh, Lower Peirce, and Chek Jawa
upbringing.
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