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Ms Melissa Kwee's favourite place to read is in her living room.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF MELISSA KWEE
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Who: Ms Melissa Kwee, 53, was the former chief executive of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) from 2014 to 2022. With her at the helm, NVPC established donation platform Giving.sg, which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for various causes. It received a record $95.5 million in 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Since stepping down, she has established neighbourhood group Queenstown Kakis, which organises activities at coffee shops like hongbao-craft sessions during Chinese New Year so people can form organic connections. There is now a community calendar that involves people who live in the area.
