Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Totally Random! =D

Dear all,
First ever post here, so I shall make this very readable... As people say, a picture speaks a thousand words. So this post shall be filled with images hahahaaa...

First of all.. I must say, the strong spirit of volunteerism is within all of us. And really, despite Kelvin wants to be pro-volunteer, we ourselves yet decide to be more pro-beneficiary. which is a very very good thing! hahaa.. so thousand of applause for all of us...

I can sense that all of us are very bonded as a group, so this image shall depict our close relationships.. =)



hahaa.. cute hor? =x can name who is who ma? =)

Also also, helping out and returning to the society is something I see as taking an extra mile ahead, so all of us can be regarded as superheroes of the society. Making a little effort to help make life of another person a little bit better. By being a listening ear, the Boys will be able to share their woes and happiness. Which i truly believe that they appreciates.. =) and hope that someday, we can be their own superhero!




Last but not least, something inspirational.... :)

Looking forward to coming Wednesday session to teach the Boys sign language!!! :DDDDD

PS. Hope that everything went extremely well for Yong Sheng.... :)


<3<3<3 Aimin!!

Monday, 27 February 2012

The Spirit of Volunteerism

Everyone is unique and different, yet we all still able to come together as one. All of us are from different faculty, different ages, different background, different gender, but we have one thing in common that bring us together and commit ourselves weekly to a strong passion we have in us.

The bonding session at ECP last weekend was an eventful one. Being away from Singapore last semester as I was on student exchange programme, I do feel that I need to step out and interact with the rest within a shortest period of time as possible. Seeing how everyone appears to be very friendly and approachable made me once again feel warm and glad to be back home. This further reinforce my view that the common belief we have in Block D, is the strong SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM.

Weekly session at the Boys' Home was something for me to look forward to. Part of what impressed me deeply during the session was the opportunity in warming up to them and getting to know each one of them better. Although I had prior experience in leading youths in various orientation programmes and events, but this group of youths needed more effort in handling them. It was not easy to get them started on completing tasks when they feel unfamiliar with the environment and the people. However, I enjoyed the challenge of capturing their attention and these sessions provided us an opportunity to train in maintaining the engagement of a group. They required more guidance and prompting from us in carrying out various tasks. After every session, I gained a better understanding of them and hopefully in the next coming session we will be able to see a greater change in them.

RSP Youth Block D.
Joan

Friday, 24 February 2012

sign language alphabets and numbers


Hi all!

For those coming to session this week, please familiarize yourself with the following yeah! Let me know if you have problems with your fingers' flexibility! hahha!

~yeh lin~

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Session activities for the period of 15th Feb to 1st March

Hi fellow volunteers!

Here are the schedule of activities for the period of 15th Feb to 1st March.

Please bear in mind that the functions of the games serve as a tool for interaction between the boys and the volunteers:)

Further briefing will be conducted prior to the session at the boys home.

Main Objective of the 3 sessions:
To allow the volunteers to interact with boys and to break down any existing barriers of communications.

Volunteers are advised to stick with the group of boys they are more comfortable with for the 3 weeks to reinforce communication efficiency.

15/02/2012 and 16/02/2012
Pictionary
Logistics: Facial Masks, White Board Markers, Card boards

Themes for the pictionary: Movie, Songs and Sports

How is the activity conducted:
The boys will be split into groups. Each group will take turn to send a representative up to the whiteboard area to draw the words given out by the game master. The person who's drawing needs to wear a mask to prevent cheating.
The winning group will be the one with the most number of correct guesses.

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22/02/2012 and 23/02/2012
Board Games

Logistics - available games from blk D's inventory

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29/02/2012 and 01/03/2012 (NTU Recess Week)
Sign Language Game

Logistics - Sign Language Cards, Masking tape, markers.

How is the activity conducted:
The boys will be told that they will be learning sign language and a short sign language lesson will be conducted before the start of the game. Everyone will be given a sign language card.

At the end of the introductory sign language lesson, everyone will stand up and write their name on the masking tapes provided and paste it on their chest. A boy will be chosen at random and be asked to come to the front.

He will be asked to sign the following "My Name is XXXXX" " My friend is XXXX"
the person who sees/or is able to interpret that his name is spelled out will be rotated to the front and the original sign-er will be allowed to sit. otherwise, the process will continue.

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