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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

“Achievement-orientated Values” (Part 2 of 2): How this 1971 speech suggests solutions to fertility rates today

Inche Sha'ari Bin Tadin 2

“Achievement-orientated Values” (Part 1 of 2): This 1971 speech explains why our fertility rates are so low (and hints at how we can raise it) 

Achievement-oriented Values in 1971 speech
Singapore’s total fertility rate hit a new record low at 0.87 in 2025, a long consequence of the overwhelming success of the “Stop at Two” population control campaign launched in 1972. Just a year prior, Parliamentary Secretary Inche Sha’ari Bin Tadin gave a speech capturing the heart and motivation of the campaign. Could this speech also contain hints of how we can reverse our low birth rates?

Stay-At-Home Mothers are Becoming Rarer: Gain or Loss? 

Illustrated stay-at-home mom and working mom

Media

ParentEd Podcast by Focus on the Family Singapore | Raising Digitally-Savvy Kids – Discerning Fact from Fiction

Edric Poon In Company | Impacting Generations through Cultivate SG

East Asian Education Limited | The State of the Family in Singapore – and What Men Can Do

Upcoming Events

Tan Sin Cheng Tan Seow Hon Lim Su Ching

Cultivate Commune – Success and Flourishing in Singapore

“Unfiltered: The Whole Family Conversation” Conference

Cultivate-Commune-Feb-2025

Cultivate Commune – P*rn: What’s the Harm?

Cultivate Commune – Mismatched: Dating and the Gender Divide