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Inspiring Each Other

31 May 2009     Our 44 volunteers, comprising 19 from the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, and 25 from Pioneer Junior College raised S$1267 for our beneficiaries from Student Advisory Centre. Their average sale of S$28.79 is commendable, especially since all are first-time volunteers.

The aftercare supervisees and discharged youth offenders from the Ministry of Community Development Youth and Sports led by example and initiative in sharing their experiences and sales know-how with their teammates. They were a key driving force behind their team members – always armed with a ready smile and an encouraging pat on the back – when everyone was mentally and physically exhausted.

Most notably, the aftercare supervisees and discharged youth offenders – most of them apprehensive at first to do door-to-door sales – stepped out of their comfort zones to urge the public to give second chances to ex-youth offenders and to establish new friendships with our volunteers from Pioneer Junior College. The students provided feedback that they too learnt much from the aftercare supervisees and discharged youth offenders. We are very proud of aftercare supervisee Kelly (name has been changed), who was initially uncomfortable working with strangers but turned out to be the first member of her team to sell her stock of post-it pads. She even went on to help her team members sell theirs!

We are heartened to see that our volunteers developed holistically, particularly in their confidence and communication skills; and are more inspired to contribute to our community. 

We wish to thank the Aftercare Officers from the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports for mentoring our volunteers during the sales and for taking care of their safety, security and welfare; and our volunteers for sacrificing their time voluntarily towards a worthy cause.^____ SPLAT!

Sales of Public Education Memorabilia at Pasir Ris Housing Estate

19 Apr 2009     105 youth volunteers from CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh), Dunman High School and the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports gathered at Children-At-Risk Empowerment Association, Singapore (CARE Singapore) on a humid Sunday morning, all geared up to raise funds for the beneficiaries of CARE Singapore. 

Taufiq, a youth worker with CARE Singapore, was invited to give an overview of the beneficiaries' profile and how they will benefit from the funds raised. More importantly, SPLAT! and CARE Singapore jointly emphasised that our youth volunteers should encourage the residents of Pasir Ris to give second chances to youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders.

The youth volunteers sold SPLAT!  post-it pads, our public education memorabilia for year 2009 from 9am to 7.30pm. All in all, they raised $2464.16 for the youths-at-risk supported by CARE Singapore, who will benefit from its comprehensive range of programmes. ^____ SPLAT!

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Life Behind Bars: SPLAT! Volunteer Featured in Teenage Magazine

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Erratum: We would like to correct the factual error printed in this article. SPLAT! was not "founded in 2007 by UNIFEM", but by a group of like-minded and passionate youths.

Youth Service-Learning Award 2009: SPLAT! awarded Gold Prize for Open Category

18 Mar 2009     SPLAT! was awarded the Gold Prize for the Open Category of the Youth Service-Learning Award 2009.

Our victory is not ours alone. It reflects and recognises the conscientious contributions of our stakeholders in giving of their best to educating the public to give second chances to youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders.

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The SPLAT! Volunteers Engagement and Development Huddle with Pioneer Junior College Interact Club

6 Jan 2009       "We want to disorientate you, not orientate you," declared Chu Yiu Tak, 22, Group Head for Implementation.

He was sharing his life experiences with 15 SPLAT! volunteers from the Pioneer Junior College Interact Club during the Personal Mastery workshop, one of the six workshops conducted in the SPLAT! Volunteers Engagement and Development Huddle.

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