They say it takes a whole village to accomplish something great — and with every clear goal that benefits a good cause, all it takes is the initiative of one to inspire the many. This is a mantra TheOneHourProject (TOHP) has carried for five years. And through many of those years, BAGUS (Building All Groundups […]
It Takes a Village – We Found Ours. Read More »
Words from our founder, five years in. “I started TOHP believing my friends and I could help nonprofits. Five years later, it surprised me that we didn’t just get volunteers — we built a community that keeps showing up.” That’s how our founder, Madelene Ortega (Madz as she’s fondly called by her friends), put it
I Started Believing We Could Help. I Didn’t Expect to Build a Family. Read More »
Five years ago, TheOneHourProject started with a simple premise: that one hour — freely given — could matter. Half a decade later, the numbers bear it out. Over 500 volunteers across Singapore, the Philippines, and beyond. More than 100 organisations. An average of 500 hours of help logged every year since 2021. But numbers only
What Half a Decade of Hope in Action Looks Like: Notes and Numbers from the Field Read More »
By: Noelle Hui What does it mean to belong? Surely it is not the tons-of-pictures-on-social-media kind we have gotten used to to perform for others, but the real, unguarded kind, where you can show up and still be welcomed with no exception. At the heart of authentic belonging is the freedom to immerse yourself in
5 Ways Volunteering Creates Spaces Where Everyone Belongs Read More »
June is Pride Month — a month that reminds us of courage, compassion and chosen family. We look to the LGBTQIA+ movement for fighting for the right to belong and take note of other non-profits for doing the same for different communities. Here are six of them — including three we are proud to call
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