Saturday, April 10, 2010
SPDition at NTU @ 3:08 PM
SPDition@NTU is a joint event held by Volunteer Management (VM), NTU Hall 8 MAXAR Committee and Society for the Physically Disabled Singapore (SPD). Other than promoting volunteerism amongst students in NTU, this event also served to expose the WSC members to the physically disabled community. The venue of this event was set to be within NTU campus to let the clients (beneficiaries of SPD) experience life in NTU and to encourage them to work towards entering university and obtaining a degree.
The volunteers attended a wheelchair handling training session two days before the actual event. Useful wheelchair handling techniques such as maneuvering of wheelchair on uneven ground and different methods to overcome obstacles were taught. The volunteers were also given a chance to have some hands-on exercises on the techniques explained. Everyone had great fun and bonded very well through this training. The volunteers have definitely brought back with them practical skills that will be useful to them in anyway.
On the actual day, the event started off with a bus tour around NTU. There were two members from the MAXAR committee who played the role of a “tour guide” and shared with the clients their experiences in NTU, and at the same time showing them our pleasant garden campus. After the tour, the clients gathered for refreshments and were shortly split into 5 groups for the station games. Some sports and simple team games were played. The clients loved the “Guess the idiom” game because they were given the chance to showcase their drawings to the volunteers who were supposed to guess. One of the clients even wrote down the meanings of the idioms and brought the drawings back to keep. Everyone had enjoyed the games very much and displayed teambuilding spirit throughout.
The event ended with a mini prize presentation to reward the clients and volunteers with medals and certificates. The clients were extremely happy when they received the medal because that was maybe the first time for some of them to feel honoured and receive prestigious awards such as medals. One of them even took the courage to stand in front and thank everyone for providing them this opportunity to come to NTU and they will never forget this memorable experience. Refreshments were also provided to fill those hungry stomachs after a long day of fun.
It is actually quite disheartening to know that some kids who were actively running around playing games during the event were actually diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy, a group of hereditary muscle diseases that weaken the muscles that move the human body. Nevertheless, we hope that SPDition@NTU was a valuable experience especially for the clients as it allowed them to engage in activities related to sports and games which they might not have tried before. SPD is also very satisfied with NTU’s facilities for being disabled friendly and this will definitely benefit the physically disabled shall they come to NTU as undergraduates.
Labels: It was not easy but we've all overcome it...KUDOS to all...
Saturday, April 10, 2010
SPDition at NTU @ 3:08 PM
SPDition@NTU is a joint event held by Volunteer Management (VM), NTU Hall 8 MAXAR Committee and Society for the Physically Disabled Singapore (SPD). Other than promoting volunteerism amongst students in NTU, this event also served to expose the WSC members to the physically disabled community. The venue of this event was set to be within NTU campus to let the clients (beneficiaries of SPD) experience life in NTU and to encourage them to work towards entering university and obtaining a degree.
The volunteers attended a wheelchair handling training session two days before the actual event. Useful wheelchair handling techniques such as maneuvering of wheelchair on uneven ground and different methods to overcome obstacles were taught. The volunteers were also given a chance to have some hands-on exercises on the techniques explained. Everyone had great fun and bonded very well through this training. The volunteers have definitely brought back with them practical skills that will be useful to them in anyway.
On the actual day, the event started off with a bus tour around NTU. There were two members from the MAXAR committee who played the role of a “tour guide” and shared with the clients their experiences in NTU, and at the same time showing them our pleasant garden campus. After the tour, the clients gathered for refreshments and were shortly split into 5 groups for the station games. Some sports and simple team games were played. The clients loved the “Guess the idiom” game because they were given the chance to showcase their drawings to the volunteers who were supposed to guess. One of the clients even wrote down the meanings of the idioms and brought the drawings back to keep. Everyone had enjoyed the games very much and displayed teambuilding spirit throughout.
The event ended with a mini prize presentation to reward the clients and volunteers with medals and certificates. The clients were extremely happy when they received the medal because that was maybe the first time for some of them to feel honoured and receive prestigious awards such as medals. One of them even took the courage to stand in front and thank everyone for providing them this opportunity to come to NTU and they will never forget this memorable experience. Refreshments were also provided to fill those hungry stomachs after a long day of fun.
It is actually quite disheartening to know that some kids who were actively running around playing games during the event were actually diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy, a group of hereditary muscle diseases that weaken the muscles that move the human body. Nevertheless, we hope that SPDition@NTU was a valuable experience especially for the clients as it allowed them to engage in activities related to sports and games which they might not have tried before. SPD is also very satisfied with NTU’s facilities for being disabled friendly and this will definitely benefit the physically disabled shall they come to NTU as undergraduates.
Labels: It was not easy but we've all overcome it...KUDOS to all...
about us
NTU WSC Volunteer Management
Welfare Services Club is a non-academic constituent club in NTU which provide an umbrella of voluntary activities and social work.
We consists of 3 committees, namely Regular Service Projects (RSPs), Special Projects (SPs), and Supporting Committees (SCs).
Volunteer Management (VM) is currently one of the Special Projects under WSC.
Volunteer Management organizes events to expose the students and staff population of NTU, who are not regular volunteers, to volunteering.
Every year, we will source for different beneficiaries which are those that we are not regularly helping out in. The events we organize differ yearly ranging from fund raisers to outings except for our annual 3 day camp for underprivileged children, Kids' World, in December.
Our events range from 1 day to 3 days for the beneficiaries and for every event we plan, we would need volunteers. Hence, this provides an avenue for students and staff who are unfamiliar with or are unable to volunteer regularly to be able to learn more about volunteering.
VM serves to act as a bridge which links the beneficiaries to a larger population and to potential regular volunteers.
We hope more volunteers like YOU will join our BIG family! :)
Saturday, April 10, 2010
SPDition at NTU @ 3:08 PM
SPDition@NTU is a joint event held by Volunteer Management (VM), NTU Hall 8 MAXAR Committee and Society for the Physically Disabled Singapore (SPD). Other than promoting volunteerism amongst students in NTU, this event also served to expose the WSC members to the physically disabled community. The venue of this event was set to be within NTU campus to let the clients (beneficiaries of SPD) experience life in NTU and to encourage them to work towards entering university and obtaining a degree.
The volunteers attended a wheelchair handling training session two days before the actual event. Useful wheelchair handling techniques such as maneuvering of wheelchair on uneven ground and different methods to overcome obstacles were taught. The volunteers were also given a chance to have some hands-on exercises on the techniques explained. Everyone had great fun and bonded very well through this training. The volunteers have definitely brought back with them practical skills that will be useful to them in anyway.
On the actual day, the event started off with a bus tour around NTU. There were two members from the MAXAR committee who played the role of a “tour guide” and shared with the clients their experiences in NTU, and at the same time showing them our pleasant garden campus. After the tour, the clients gathered for refreshments and were shortly split into 5 groups for the station games. Some sports and simple team games were played. The clients loved the “Guess the idiom” game because they were given the chance to showcase their drawings to the volunteers who were supposed to guess. One of the clients even wrote down the meanings of the idioms and brought the drawings back to keep. Everyone had enjoyed the games very much and displayed teambuilding spirit throughout.
The event ended with a mini prize presentation to reward the clients and volunteers with medals and certificates. The clients were extremely happy when they received the medal because that was maybe the first time for some of them to feel honoured and receive prestigious awards such as medals. One of them even took the courage to stand in front and thank everyone for providing them this opportunity to come to NTU and they will never forget this memorable experience. Refreshments were also provided to fill those hungry stomachs after a long day of fun.
It is actually quite disheartening to know that some kids who were actively running around playing games during the event were actually diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy, a group of hereditary muscle diseases that weaken the muscles that move the human body. Nevertheless, we hope that SPDition@NTU was a valuable experience especially for the clients as it allowed them to engage in activities related to sports and games which they might not have tried before. SPD is also very satisfied with NTU’s facilities for being disabled friendly and this will definitely benefit the physically disabled shall they come to NTU as undergraduates.
Labels: It was not easy but we've all overcome it...KUDOS to all...
