Team Homage, comprising four students from SMU and SUTD, was the winner in the Create4Good Challenge, a research innovation competition which is open to the undergraduates of the two universities. Some 22 teams participated in the challenge. The team's project uses a matching system to pair the elderly with home care professionals that suit their needs. SMU School of Information Systems undergraduate Tong Nhat Duong, one of the founders of Homage, said, "The current process of finding home care services can be stressful for a family, so we want to build a marketplace of trusted care professionals for senior citizens." Asked how the prize money would benefit the project, he said that his team will be able to "reach out to more customers and build up our platform, which will be fully ready by July".
Mr Huey Nguyen (left) and Mr Tong Nhat Duong at the Create4Good Challenge, which encourages the development of solutions that cultivates a more inclusive and caring Singapore society.PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES