Our Stories

Conversations without words. Not quite certain how this would pan out, Andrew Wijaya’s foray into the remote village of Bengkala where an unusually high number of deaf people live, ultimately allowed him to experience a way of life that espoused simplicity and humility.

Imagine this. You’ve just had a lip-smacking dinner and are ready to call it a night. You go to the cluster commons kitchen to wash your plate

Even from a young age, Juan Nathaniel’s had his heart in the right place. The Environmental Studies undergraduate has always been fired up about the possibility of innovating for the greater good, but all that remained a pipe dream until last year when his participation in Pioneer House (PH) Frugal Innovation Challenge took him to Chennai, India.

It is her love for badminton that brought Amritha her pride and joy at Pioneer House (PH). What started out as a simple hobby when she was a little girl became an opportunity to grow a supportive community of 210 members (and counting) some fifteen years later.