I am raising S$40,000 for 40 charities by the time I turn 40 in 2017. Simply put, 40k for 40 by 40! I have already donated S$4,000 of my own funds to these charities and I hope you will participate in this effort. This charity is one of the 40 beneficiaries. Thank you for helping to make this difference.

Initiated in 2004 and adopted by The Business Times in 2005, The Business Times Budding Artists Fund (BT BAF) originated from a conviction that no child with the strong interest and potential in the arts should be denied the opportunity to develop his or her talents due to a lack of financial resources.

Since 2005, BT BAF has reached out to more than 18,000 financially-disadvantaged children and youth, between the ages of six to 19 years old, through a variety of programmes including camps, workshops, signature events and structured arts training programmes in Music, Dance, Theatre, Visual Arts and Tech+Arts. Beneficiaries receive lessons at arts training centres, The Little Arts Academy and 10 Square which are supported by the Fund and managed by The RICE Company Limited, a registered charity with IPC status. For more information, visit www.baf.sg.