S’pore jumps up in Giving Index, but lacks in helping strangers

SINGAPORE has vaulted up 50 spots to rank 64th in the Charities Aid Foundation’s (CAF) World Giving Index this year, thanks mainly to a rise in the number of people donating. But findings showed that Singapore is still trailing when it comes to lending strangers a helping hand, coming in 134th out of 135 countries and territories.

This is the country’s best showing yet since the index was launched in 2010. Singapore was ranked 91st in the World Giving Index in 2010 and 2011. Last year, it fell to the bottom rungs of the index, at 114th out of 146 countries and territories.