Dr Tat-Hon CHAN, Founder and Managing Director

Tat Hon is a firm believer in the potential of travel to bless, that travel can be more than just leisure. His passion to want to enable travellers to have more opportunities to bless the communities that they visit led to the set up of TakeMeToVolunteerTravel.com.  Tat Hon travelled widely as part of his job and on holidays with his wife Janice and their two lovely children, Ryan and Clarice.  A qualified medical doctor, Tat Hon practised medicine for a number of years before the adventurous streak in him saw him leaving medical practice to join the Singapore Economic Development Board, spending a number of years as their Centre Director in London. He and his family remembers their 3 year stay in London fondly. He later went on to be an Assistant Chief Executive with the Singapore Tourism Board before the call of adventure came again to start up TakeMeToAsia, the Singapore-based Asian online travel specialist operating TakeMeToVolunteerTravel.com.

Tat Hon says:

“We as a company strongly advocate meaningful travel.  People around the world know volunteer travel by many different names, including voluntourism, volunteer vacations, volunteer abroad programmes, gap year volunteering, volunteer holidays or volunteer tours. Regardless of what it is called, Volunteer Travel has tremendous potential to be a blessing to both the travellers as well as the communities that we bring travelers to.  And as an Asian company based in Singapore, we are well placed to bring meaningful programs in Asia, starting with Cambodia, Thailand, India, China, Philippines, Laos and Singapore to travellers who aspire for the something different, something more meaningful.”



Ms Janice KHOO. Tat Hon's wife and a member of the founding team of TakeMeToVolunteerTravel.com, Janice loves to travel and has lived in United Kingdom and Singapore.  Janice is meticulous and efficient and has helped the team to develop strong programs.  Janice believes in and lives a work-life balance life-style.  She sets aside time for her 2 young children everyday.  Janice has sales and marketing experiences in banking, media and pharmaceuticals industries.

Janice says:

“Volunteer travel can bring people together.  Meaningful friendships are often made when people volunteer abroad together.”

Ms Sok-Keng OH.  Sok Keng is an avid backpacker and has travelled to many countries in Asia, Europe, Australasia, Africa and the Americas.  She has seen poverty in many developing countries and would like to use the product and customer management experience that she acquired in her previous career in international banks to develop meaningful travel products for both travellers and the communities they visit.  Sok Keng has lived in Hong Kong and Singapore. 

Sok Keng says:

“We will enable more travellers to volunteer abroad, especially in projects in Asia, through TakeMeToVolunteerTravel.com.  Volunteer travel promises to be a strong channel for the much needed additional resources for the many good community projects in Asia.  It will supplement these projects’ traditional sources of funding, which typically comprise of donations from well-wishers and funding from patrons and supporters.”



Ms Elaine YAP.  Elaine has travelled extensively, especially in China.  Elaine loves people and has a strong compassion for the less privileged.  Her friends and customers always remember her for her exceptional customer service.  Elaine leads groups too, and has endless interesting travel tales for her customers.  Her working experience includes travel agency work, media and marketing in various organisations.  Her series of books and workbooks are used as teaching materials in Singapore schools.

Elaine says:

“Voluntourism brings travellers to places that they would otherwise never go to.”

Ms Jaslyn HO.  Another traveller in our midst is Jaslyn, someone who loves travelling by herself and has done so in different parts of Europe, USA and South America. She has also taken many trips to various parts of Asia for work and leisure.  Jaslyn also loves cooking and is a great company to have around. Quoting one of our colleagues, she is a closet comedian who would let out her bagful of anecdotes and jokes just when you least expect it.  Jaslyn brings with her the precious experience gained from her marketing and franchise consulting background.

Jaslyn says:

“Volunteers discover themselves and are more open to making new friend and experiences when they work together for a common and worthwhile cause.”




Ms Tee-Yen CHEW, like all of us in TakeMeToVolunteerTravel.com, Tee Yen loves to travel too.  She has a special passion for visiting city destinations, and has lived in London and Singapore.  Tee Yen also reads extensively.  She has held senior positions in the Singapore Tourism Board and an event management company.

Tee Yen says:

 “These unique meaningful travel programs give travellers the opportunities to translate their love for communities in need into real action. So instead of just the usual leisure holidays, travellers all over the world can now choose to purchase a travel package from us that will enable them to not just discover the many wonderful destinations in Asia, but which will also enable them to volunteer abroad at the same time."