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SINGAPORE – Despite describing herself as “somewhat shy”, a 13-year-old girl stepped out of her comfort zone to engage her school and write e-mails to strangers, eventually collecting more than $164,000 for the victim of an e-scooter accident.
Grade 7 student Sophia Chiam from St Joseph’s Institution (International) started the crowdfunding campaign with the help of her mother in August after reading about Madam Ang Liu Kiow’s plight.
In under two months, the fund for the 57-year-old accident victim received donations from 1,459 contributors.
Sophia told The Straits Times she was surprised that the crowdfunding campaign gained such traction.
“(Fund-raising) takes humility and sometimes a thick-skinned, brazen (and) forward approach, but when I reminded myself of the cause, I was able to despite being somewhat shy,” she said. “It helped when total strangers stepped up and shared their thoughts and words of encouragement.”
ST reported on July 26 that Madam Ang suffered brain damage after being hit by an e-scooter in 2016, and needs help to carry out activities of daily living. She also suffers from communication impairment.
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