The SIF Xpats Connect! Urban Farmer's tour saw close to 40 participants heading for greener pastures in the Lim Chu Kang area on 16 August. Joining the tour were expatriates and Work Holiday programme participants who were introduced to another side of Singapore’s landscape. They visited Bollywood Veggies—a fruit and vegetable farm, Qian Hu ornamental fish farm and Aero-Green Technology, an aeroponics farm.

Volunteerism knows no bounds. On-location difficulties in Afghanistan have compelled agencies to come up with a creative way for volunteers to lend their expertise – remotely, through the web.

Here's a look at how friends around the world commemorated Singapore's National Day. Thanks everyone for sharing your pictures!

A delegation of five senior Korean government officials was in Singapore from 18 to 22 August under the foundation’s inaugural Republic of Korean (ROK) Director-Generals Visit programme. It seeks to broaden perspectives and strengthen links between South Korea and Singapore.

Six senior Japanese civil servants were in Singapore to understand Singapore’s political systems and socio-economic developments. The delegation was on a five-day visit (August 12–16), under the Singapore International Foundation’s (SIF) Raffles Programme.