Here’s a good thing you need to know: in 2012, a group of audiologists and speech-language pathologists from Malaysia set up a non-profit resource centre to provide community support to families with speech-language/hearing disabilities. MARCHES raises funds to help these families receive financial assistance for the purchase of hearing aids or speech-language therapy, and also raises public awareness about hearing and/or speech-language impairments. We catch up with the co-founder of MARCHES Dr Carmen Ooi, who’s also a speech-language therapist.Podcast transcript is available <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gl7ZhukL8YGGSCWMw0CYCKwrDM_RQoy1/view?usp=sharing">here</a>.Image Credit: shutterstock.comSee <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Beauty of Slowing Down and Paying Attention

On Good Things, we celebrate - you guessed it - good people, doing good things. From CSO's and NGO's, to community groups and individuals, we give props to selfless folks helping others, and who are making an impact in our world, in big and small ways.