10k N95 masks, 1 day: NUS student aims to distribute masks across Singapore, seeks help from public
A 25-year-old National University of Singapore student named Adrian Lim has set himself an ambitious deadline for his haze relief effort. He has collected 10,000 N95 masks and wants to hand out every single one of them in a single day. To pull it off, he made a public appeal for help through his initiative's Instagram page, SG As One, in a post on Friday, Oct 23. The post put the challenge plainly: 10,000 masks, one day, with the question of whether it could be done left hanging over the whole operation. Lim has form in this space, having already distributed 3,000 masks around the island with the help of volunteers. Those earlier deliveries reached locations such as Macpherson and Ang Mo Kio. The next push was planned for Sunday, Oct 25, with teams going door to door alongside the volunteers. Recipients include seniors, families in need and migrant worker communities, groups that feel the effects of haze most sharply.
After collecting 10,000 haze masks, this National University of Singapore (NUS) student hopes to give it all out in one day.To achieve this feat, Adrian Lim is requesting the help of members of the public, according to a post on his initiative's Instagram page, SG As One, on Friday (Oct 23)."10,000 masks. One day. Can we do it?" The post reads.This comes after he delivered 3,000 masks across Singapore with the help of volunteers, to locations such as Macpherson and Ang Mo Kio. Lim, 25, said that he will be going to various parts of Singapore along with volunteers with SG As One on Sunday (Oct 25), going door-to-door to deliver free N95 masks to seniors, families in need and migrant worker communities.The distribution will take place across two sessions, the first from 9.30am to 12pm, and the second from 1pm to 4.30pm.Outreach areas include Yishun, Tanjong Pagar, Little India, Tampines, Jurong East and migrant-worker dormitories, with volunteers and block representatives helping islandwide.