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For the past nine years, Eileen Yap, the founder of Singapore Fashion Runway, has poured a five-figure sum monthly into her social enterprise, which nurtures underprivileged youths. She tells CNA Women what keeps her going, despite the many challenges she has faced. 

Eileen Yap is the founder of social enterprise Singapore Fashion Runway. (Photo: Eileen Yap)

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A shop unit tucked inside Marina South Pier MRT station comes to life every afternoon, from Monday to Saturday. Here, groups of eight to 15 young adults with special needs come to learn how to design patterns, sew, model and dance.  

At its helm is Eileen Yap, who runs Singapore Fashion Runway (SFR), a social enterprise dedicated to nurturing underprivileged youths in artistic and hard skills, to help them assim...