{"id":4800,"date":"2024-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=4800"},"modified":"2024-02-02T09:03:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T01:03:08","slug":"daily-markup-919-boxgreen-serves-up-healthy-snacks-and-employment-opportunities-for-the-marginalized-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=4800","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #919: Boxgreen serves up healthy snacks and employment opportunities for the marginalized in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/eHrSMnSh8wk8WmdnTkMgBIvvm8Sqi_BB7Dp1olei-ahjSGKWEXQdApHxuWyv0V2Z3gqISAw67rtHMsQQxR-4Y8pr10fdE3pDgnoItUrTRw_NgjkoUMJVMlMWCnPliJWohCKZu_ab1gIX-IM3AjXtLxE\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Boxgreen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Healthy, helpful snacks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>5,500 companies vied for the first Xero Beautiful Business Fund, a S$620,000 fund offered to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the world to boost their growth in four areas: innovating for sustainability, trailblazing with technology, strengthening community connection, and upskilling for the future.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>500-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxgreen.co\/\">Boxgreen<\/a>, a provider of wholesome snacks such as soy crisps, mushroom chips, dried fruits, nuts, teas and spreads, is one of the honored few!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>But the team empowers people with more than delicious and healthy eating \u2014 they also provide employment opportunities for the underprivileged.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How? Boxgreen collaborates with the Yellow Ribbon Project and Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (Minds) to offer training and employment to prison inmates, ex-offenders, and people with special needs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The company has a kitchen facility within Changi Prison, and have plans to open another in a center dedicated to people with special needs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To date, over 210 individuals have gained valuable skills, accumulating more than 64,800 hours of hands-on training.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWork builds dignity and confidence in people and uplifts their lives as well. 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