Category 8 of 10
Humanitarian Leadership
The community builders who turned compassion into systems
About This Category
Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership
For volunteers and community leaders whose service has made a genuine difference and who multiply impact by mobilising others.
You might qualify if you have...
- Led volunteer initiatives with measurable community impact
- Mobilised others to serve — multiplied personal impact
- Built sustainable humanitarian programmes or organisations
- Served communities consistently over a sustained period
- Created systems that continue to operate beyond personal involvement
You might know someone who qualifies if they...
- They inspired 50+ others to volunteer or serve
- They built an organisation that operates without them
- Their humanitarian work has measurable beneficiary impact
- They turned personal compassion into a scalable system
Past Honourees
Winners in Humanitarian Leadership
2021 · Merit
Chee Yi Long
Facilities Manager
2021 · Honouree
Leow Wen Pin
Associate Pastor & Disability Ministry Leader
2021 · Honouree
Dennis Chia Wen Jie
2019 · Honouree
Dr. Mustafa Izzuddin
Associate Professor and Executive Director
2019 · Honouree
Dr. Kumaran s/o Rasappan
2018 · Honouree
Pang Junxiong Vincent
Assistant Professor
2018 · Merit
Farhan Firdaus
Partner at Meet Ventures
2018 · Merit
Kenneth Wong
Lecturer
2017 · Honouree
Lily Goh
Deaf Arts & Music Practitioner-Artiste and Singapore Sign Language Facilitator
2016 · Merit
David Hoe
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2016 · Honouree
Bernise Ang
Principal & Chief Alchemist
2015 · Honouree
Francesca Phoebe Wah Li Ting
2014 · Honouree
Dr Siew Tuck Wah
2014 · Merit
Michelle Tham
2013 · Honouree
Zhang Ting Jun
2011 · Merit
Calvin Teo
2009 · Honouree
Mr. Quek Chun Hou, Terence
2006 · Honouree
Dr. Fatimah Binte Abdul Lateef
1996 · Honouree
Dr. William Tan Kian Meng
Recognise Excellence
Nominate for Humanitarian Leadership
Know someone who excels in humanitarian leadership? Nominate them for the TOYP Awards 2026.
Nominations close · 31 May 2026