Will You Hold My Hand? – Psoriasis Awareness Booth in NTU 12th - 13th October 2010
Will You Hold My Hand? is a collaboration project with the Psoriasis Association of Singapore (PAS). The event aims to spread awareness of psoriasis as a non-contagious skin disease to the student and staff population of NTU. In addition, we hope to stop discrimination and stigmatization of psoriasis patients.
Prior to the booth manning, the VM members attended a briefing by Dr. Colin Theng, President of PAS, on 5 Oct’10. Dr. Theng shared with us about psoriasis and how the disease affects the patients, both physically and socially. There was also Nik, a psoriasis patient, who shared with us his life with the disease.
A two-days booth was set up at the Linkway@North-South Spine. The VM members acted as youth ambassadors for PAS and actively reached out to the people who walked passed the booth. Pamphlets with information about psoriasis were given out to the passersby. The students and staff were asked to show their support to the patients by writing words of encouragement and pasting their messages onto a hand-shaped pledge board. They were also asked if they would like to pledge against the discrimination of psoriasis patients by signing on the pledge forms. Although some of the VM members found it difficult to approach the students as they were usually rushing to their classes, we had collected more than 200 pledges and well wishes. It was heartening to know that our fellow schoolmates are empathetic towards the psoriasis patients.
Will You Hold My Hand? – Road Show @Anchorpoint Shopping Mall 24th October 2010
The road show was organized in conjunction with World Psoriasis Day, which fell on 29 Oct’10. World Psoriasis Day is an annual day specially dedicated to the people with psoriasis. Dr. Lim Wee Kiak, MP for Sembawang GRC, opened the event. Following that, I had the honour of presenting the pledge board to Dr. Theng. The day was lined up with performances, talks by dermatologists as well as sharing sessions by psoriasis patients.
VM members acted as youth ambassadors and actively reached out to the public in and around the shopping mall. They helped raised awareness of psoriasis by giving out pamphlets and engaging with the people through simple quizzes.
I have not heard of psoriasis before this collaboration. This awareness programme not only made me understand the disease better but it also allows me to feel more for patients suffering from skin diseases in general. I believe that our efforts will not be in vain and the people will continue to spread the word that psoriasis is not a contagious disease, and they will not discriminate against them.
To all the psoriasis patients out there, VM will hold your hand!! ☺
Will You Hold My Hand? – Psoriasis Awareness Booth in NTU 12th - 13th October 2010
Will You Hold My Hand? is a collaboration project with the Psoriasis Association of Singapore (PAS). The event aims to spread awareness of psoriasis as a non-contagious skin disease to the student and staff population of NTU. In addition, we hope to stop discrimination and stigmatization of psoriasis patients.
Prior to the booth manning, the VM members attended a briefing by Dr. Colin Theng, President of PAS, on 5 Oct’10. Dr. Theng shared with us about psoriasis and how the disease affects the patients, both physically and socially. There was also Nik, a psoriasis patient, who shared with us his life with the disease.
A two-days booth was set up at the Linkway@North-South Spine. The VM members acted as youth ambassadors for PAS and actively reached out to the people who walked passed the booth. Pamphlets with information about psoriasis were given out to the passersby. The students and staff were asked to show their support to the patients by writing words of encouragement and pasting their messages onto a hand-shaped pledge board. They were also asked if they would like to pledge against the discrimination of psoriasis patients by signing on the pledge forms. Although some of the VM members found it difficult to approach the students as they were usually rushing to their classes, we had collected more than 200 pledges and well wishes. It was heartening to know that our fellow schoolmates are empathetic towards the psoriasis patients.
Will You Hold My Hand? – Road Show @Anchorpoint Shopping Mall 24th October 2010
The road show was organized in conjunction with World Psoriasis Day, which fell on 29 Oct’10. World Psoriasis Day is an annual day specially dedicated to the people with psoriasis. Dr. Lim Wee Kiak, MP for Sembawang GRC, opened the event. Following that, I had the honour of presenting the pledge board to Dr. Theng. The day was lined up with performances, talks by dermatologists as well as sharing sessions by psoriasis patients.
VM members acted as youth ambassadors and actively reached out to the public in and around the shopping mall. They helped raised awareness of psoriasis by giving out pamphlets and engaging with the people through simple quizzes.
I have not heard of psoriasis before this collaboration. This awareness programme not only made me understand the disease better but it also allows me to feel more for patients suffering from skin diseases in general. I believe that our efforts will not be in vain and the people will continue to spread the word that psoriasis is not a contagious disease, and they will not discriminate against them.
To all the psoriasis patients out there, VM will hold your hand!! ☺
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! :)
Will You Hold My Hand? – Psoriasis Awareness Booth in NTU 12th - 13th October 2010
Will You Hold My Hand? is a collaboration project with the Psoriasis Association of Singapore (PAS). The event aims to spread awareness of psoriasis as a non-contagious skin disease to the student and staff population of NTU. In addition, we hope to stop discrimination and stigmatization of psoriasis patients.
Prior to the booth manning, the VM members attended a briefing by Dr. Colin Theng, President of PAS, on 5 Oct’10. Dr. Theng shared with us about psoriasis and how the disease affects the patients, both physically and socially. There was also Nik, a psoriasis patient, who shared with us his life with the disease.
A two-days booth was set up at the Linkway@North-South Spine. The VM members acted as youth ambassadors for PAS and actively reached out to the people who walked passed the booth. Pamphlets with information about psoriasis were given out to the passersby. The students and staff were asked to show their support to the patients by writing words of encouragement and pasting their messages onto a hand-shaped pledge board. They were also asked if they would like to pledge against the discrimination of psoriasis patients by signing on the pledge forms. Although some of the VM members found it difficult to approach the students as they were usually rushing to their classes, we had collected more than 200 pledges and well wishes. It was heartening to know that our fellow schoolmates are empathetic towards the psoriasis patients.
Will You Hold My Hand? – Road Show @Anchorpoint Shopping Mall 24th October 2010
The road show was organized in conjunction with World Psoriasis Day, which fell on 29 Oct’10. World Psoriasis Day is an annual day specially dedicated to the people with psoriasis. Dr. Lim Wee Kiak, MP for Sembawang GRC, opened the event. Following that, I had the honour of presenting the pledge board to Dr. Theng. The day was lined up with performances, talks by dermatologists as well as sharing sessions by psoriasis patients.
VM members acted as youth ambassadors and actively reached out to the public in and around the shopping mall. They helped raised awareness of psoriasis by giving out pamphlets and engaging with the people through simple quizzes.
I have not heard of psoriasis before this collaboration. This awareness programme not only made me understand the disease better but it also allows me to feel more for patients suffering from skin diseases in general. I believe that our efforts will not be in vain and the people will continue to spread the word that psoriasis is not a contagious disease, and they will not discriminate against them.
To all the psoriasis patients out there, VM will hold your hand!! ☺
