Who we are

We are a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the common good here in Singapore.

“Culture is not a battle to be fought,
but a garden to be cultivated.”

We aim to strengthen social bonds by creating room for reasonable conversations and finding common ground. We hope to create a common understanding of values that will help us thrive together for generations.

Latest Articles

“Mom, Dad, Where Are You?” The Right to Know One’s Natural Parents

Adoptive children have a deep desire to seek their biological parents in an effort to find themselves. It touches on deep and profound questions, involving one’s identity and origin. This right to know one’s natural parents has been recognised as a legal and moral right in Singapore.

May 6 2025

“Mismatched: Dating and the Gender Divide”: A Cultivate Commune update

Do gender roles or differences matter in dating? What do men and women think? At our Commune on 8 March, we gathered some young men and women to talk candidly about the dating scene and their own experiences, and gained some interesting perspectives on the topic.

April 28 2025

Fatal Child Abuse of Megan Khung: Can we do better?

Every child abused is one child too many. In this process of soul-searching and learning to do better in our protection of children following the death of Megan Khung, it would help to reduce the level of blame levelled at the preschool and social service agency involved. Furthermore, we should also appreciate her grandmother’s dilemmas in her response, and the wider ecosystem surrounding the incident which involved drugs and family breakdown.