Founders

Health Partners was founded by two long-time health activists who have devoted many thousands of hours to volunteer work. They work for the health of humans, the planet and our fellow animals (especially farmed animals).

George Jacobs

Has a doctorate in Education, and has taught at the primary, secondary, tertiary and adult education levels, focusing on language education, environmental education, and teacher education.

George has served on the boards of a number of non-profit international educational organisations, and has over 250 publications in education and related fields (view some of them here).

In the NGO area, George is the long-time president of Vegetarian Society (Singapore), now called Centre for a Responsible Future – a long-time board member of Kampung Senang – a long-time member of Nature Society (Singapore).

Yeow (Mr. Loh Yeow Nguan)

Graduated from NUS with a B.A. in Architectural Studies. He has dedicated his life to a humanitarian role to build a better world in his respect for the Earth and all life.

As the Senior Executive of Education and Outreach of Vegetarian Society (Singapore), or VSS, he developed talks and educational programmes for schools and has conducted numerous workshops for many institutions and private companies through his involvement with VSS since 2000. He has also played a similar role at Kampung Senang Charity and Education Foundation. He completed a nutrition course from Cornell University and the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. Yeow was a founding member of the Cat Welfare Society (in 1999) to save and manage stray cats in Singapore.

Yeow also developed our bicycle-powered blender to add an element of fun to a healthy diet. He is continually devising ways to encourage a healthier lifestyle for everyone.