Projects

YOUTH SERVICE-LEARNING AWARD (YSLA) 2007

The YSLA 2007 recognises and rewards exemplary Service-Learning projects initiated and implemented by youths aged 13-30 years old. Applications were opened for projects implemented between May 2006 to April 2007. 11 project teams received the Award this year and the award ceremony was held in conjunction with the National Youth Sector Conference (NYSC) 2007.

Category 1

Organisation Project
Gold Award 

Victoria School

ViSIT - Victoria Science Integrated Tutorial

The team created an e-learning portal to help Primary Six pupils overcome their apprehension and difficulties in learning PSLE Science. This interactive online solution took to schools, allowing pupils, usually unable to afford private tuition to have access.

Silver Award 

Hwa Chong Institution            (High School Section) 

HIPS UnLTD - A Bloom's Approach

The team created a pre- and post-program analysis as well as lesson packages on English Language for Holy Innocent's Primary School pupils. They also compiled a Bloom's taxonomy guide to indoor and outdoor learning for educators.

Bronze Award

Nanyang Girls' High School 

ChilliCrab - An Authentic Taste of Community Involvement

The team promoted the awareness of dementia through a play and made a difference in the lives of the Lions Home residents through interaction. Performances were also put up at more than five schools.

Merit Award

Tanjong Katong Primary School

Project Starfish: Prefects' CIP Trip to Batam (Service-Learning)

A donation drive was organised to raise funds and collect books to build and upgrade the library in a Batam school. The team also spent some time with the Indonesian children while in Batam.

Merit Award

Bedok South Secondary School 

Educational Games Galore

Four Secondary Three students decided to do something when they realised pupils from the Learning Support Programme (LSP) in Temasek Primary School have difficulties grasping the concepts of English and Mathematics. The team created colourful 3D games to entice them to learn, and in the process, they themselves learnt that small efforts count too, in contributing back to society.

Category 2

Organisation Project
Gold Award

Hwa Chong Institution                (College  Section) 

COLOURFUL MINDS: Service-Learning @ Autism Association Singapore

The misconception of Autism can prevent autistic youths from fully integrating into society. The team spent months conducting research and working with the Autistic Youth Centre (AYC). Focusing on the strengths of autistic youths, the team worked with the youths to create and illustrate their short-picture-stories (using a theme of acceptance) which were then compiled and sold to the public. 

Silver Award

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, School of Interdisciplinary Studies

"Life for Rent" Conference

Polytechnic students organised a conference to raise awareness about the difficulties faced by Filipino foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Singapore after a research trip to the Philippines and conducting interviews with FDWs.

Bronze Award

Hwa Chong Institution (College Section) 

Bubble with Love

The team aimed to raise awareness of hospice care in their school population by developing and analysing surveys on youths' understanding on the subject. They also raised funds for visits to terminally-ill patients.

Merit Award

Anderson Junior College 

Melodies from the Heart @ Anderson Junior College

The team brought together Singaporean and Indonesian youths with disabilities for an inaugural cultural exchange and musical talent showcase. Three performances were put up for both the general public and college students.

Merit Award

Service-Learning Club @ National Institute of Education 

Project Asha, Sikkim 2006

A team of trainee teachers set up a media corner at the English Language Learning Centre for the underprivileged and destitute children to learn English through music and movies.

Category 3

Award Project
Gold Award Inspire '06

20 student coordinators from various institutions garnered the support of more than 2,500 student volunteers from all over Singapore to raise funds for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. They raised $100,000 for the project with seed funding of only $3,000. The project also reached out to 1.27 million members of the public over 16 weekends, through the sale of uniquely designed soft toys.

YOUTH SERVICE-LEARNING AWARD 2006

Applications were opened for projects implemented between May 2005 to April 2006.  11 project teams received the Award in 2006 and the award ceremony was held during the Beyond Oneself: Convention for Youth Leaders in Community.

Category 1

Organisation Project
Gold Award 

Hwa Chong Institution            (High School Section) 

Leadership Training Roadmap at Eunos Primary School

This project was conceived to fill in the need for a comprehensive leadership training roadmap in primary schools. The roadmap developed by the team not only imparts the necessary and relevant leadership skills to the primary school student leaders, but also creates opportunities for them to put the skills they learned into use. In addition, the roadmap covers a wide spectrum of skills that would enable the student leaders to acquire more challenging skills in future. 

Silver Award 

Victoria Junior College 

The Milk Project

This group of students aimed to raise awareness for the MILK (Mainly I Love Kids) organisation and the Compassion Fund. The project team created a website (www.compassionfund.sg) and a tagline "Compassion Fund: make the heart smile, go the extra mile". They designed a Compassion Fund blog banner for posting on wholesome blogs to increase awareness among youths who read blogs. They also took photographs and edited them for usage in MILK brochures and other publicity materials. A team member wrote an article about their project experiences and the need for donations in the Bao Mi Hua (Lian He Zao Bao) column for youths. 

Bronze Award

Nanyang Primary School 

CARE

The primary 5 Gifted Education Program students served a minority group in their school - to make a difference in the lives of foreign students (4% of the school population) studying in the school and visiting students from abroad, by setting up a CARE Buddy System. This is a database capturing the profiles of foreign students and their buddies. The team also designed posters to actively recruit their schoolmates as potential buddies. They organised a bonding session to orientate new buddies and new foreign students, and to provide a platform for cultural exchanges.

Merit Award

Zhonghua Secondary School

Serving With A Mission

The aims of this project were to raise awareness of MINDS Yio Chu Kang Gardens School programs, organise and conduct an art education workshop for the MINDS students, and exhibit the resulting artworks. In addition, the team raised funds for the beneficiaries through numerous efforts, including seeking sponsorships and selling handcrafts. Throughout the project, the team showed perseverance to overcome challenges.

Merit Award

Holy Innocents' High School 

Outreach to One-Room Flat Elderly

This project was a collaboration with Lion Befrienders. The main objective was to make a difference in the lives of lonely, neglected elderly people living in one-room flats. At the same time, the project provided an opportunity for the youths to gain a better understanding of the needs and problems faced by the beneficiaries and challenged them to interact with them despite the generation gap and language barrier. 

Category 2

Organisation Project
Gold Award

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Be The Light Of Someone's Life

The aim of this Work-Integrated-Learning (WIL) project was to impart basic IT skills to the reformative trainees, which would be useful in their future employment. The team conceptualised and conducted weekly IT sessions using programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. At the same time, the team managed to raise funds to set up an IT room at the Prisons Aftercare Supervision Section (PASS). The three-month long project ended with a graduation cum Yellow Ribbon ceremony, where the trainers and trainees shared their experiences, as well as raise awareness of the Yellow Ribbon campaign.   

Silver Award

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

Project Deuteronomy

This project took a novel approach to reach out to young patients in primary school level who have missed lessons due to their long term illness. The team created videos of Science lessons with themes such as "States of Matter" and "Photosynthesis". These lessons were produced in VCDs and given to the young patients so that they can learn while away from school. The team also posted their video production on the internet to gather feedback from other youths, so that they could improve on it. 

Bronze Award

Service-Learning Club @ National Institute of Education

Project Polwatta 

The objective of this project was not only to raise funds for Polwatta School in Sri Lanka, but also to implement programs and structural improvements so as to raise the school's profile and make a difference to the students' lives. The team also put in a netball program, donated and installed IT equipment, and set up a Science garden for the students.

Merit Award

Institute of Technical Education 

Safe Home Project

This project aims to create a safe and friendly home environment for the elderly, in response to the challenge of an ageing population. Between Jan 05 to Apr 06, the team installed fittings in 388 homes at no cost, to help reduce the risk of home accidents and to make it easier for the elderly to perform daily tasks. 

Merit Award

Republic Polytechnic 

Eco-Trail Project

This team worked closely with a non-profit organisation, Mirror Art Group (MAG) to create a tourism program which aims to empower the villages in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Among the things accomplished were the development of educational information and signs about nature trails in the region, in addition to brochures and websites to publicise and educate visitors. 

Category 3

Award Project
Merit Award

Student Care Services Clementi Centre 

 
True Heartz

This overseas community service project was done in collaboration with the Tsunami Volunteer Centre, to help the villages of Khao Lak rebuild their homes and living environment. The team did a number of fund raising activities to subsidise the trip and to acquire materials for the Khao Lak people. Aside from furnishing and restoring buildings, they also planned and executed activities for the village children.

NATIONWIDE YOUTH SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECTS COMPETITION 2005: X MARKS THE SPOT
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Category 1

Organisation Project
Hwa Chong Institution A Better Tomorrow For Dyslexics (winzip file - 27mb)
Raffles Girls' Secondary School  The Healing Of Magic
Ping Yi Secondary School  Carberries For FUNd
CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent SPHERE Project
Gan Eng Seng Primary School  Project Pal 

Category 2

Organisation Project
Ngee Ann Polytechnic CMP - Creating a Multimedia Presentation
Raffles Junior College Creative Science (winzip file - 288kb)
Meridian Junior College  Lead With Passion Serve With Compassion
Hwa Chong Institution  Learning in Signs

Category 3

Organisation Project
Child at Street 11 Inspire
Youthop!a Re:V@mp (Reaching out to Empower: Volunteer @action mentoring project)
Touch Community Services  CRuSH Ambassador Training
En Community Services Society World's Longest Friendship Band (winzip file - 3.61mb)

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