What we do:


Saints Advocate is a Student Leadership Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) in St. Andrew's Junior College (SAJC) that aims to promote awareness and advocate changes for worthy social causes in both the local and overseas communities, by interacting directly with members of the community on a personal and sustainable level, with a clear focus towards being an agent of change.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Cultivating a Grateful and Gracious Society

Organization: Mercy relief

Mercy Relief was one of the major NGOs that provided aid during the Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 and Japan Earthquake 2011.
Like the hand extending help in the logo, Mercy Relief provides assistance to disaster stricken communities in Asia.

Mercy Relief also focus on long term development projects for the impoverished and locally aims to develop a caring and socially-conscience society.

What does Mercy Relief do?
Internationally:
  •  Disaster relief by providing first hand relief, rehabilitating victims and reconstructing affected areas.
  • Contributing to sustainable development through education, healthcare, shelter, water and sanitation and teaching people skills for people to have sustainable livelihood.


Distributing rations during the 2011 Bangkok Floods

Locally:
  •  School outreach to encourage students to appreciate and take action for humanitarian causes.
  • Cultivating a Gracious and Grateful Society, Cultivating a Gracious and Grateful Society
  • MOVE: Mercy Relief Volunteer Expeditions for volunteers to participate in projects complementing Mercy Relief’s current projects in Asia
Students on the MOVE expedition conducting English lessons for children

 Let’s play!

What we did:  
In 2011, Saints Advocate collaborated with Mercy Relief to organize the second Cultivating a Grateful and Gracious Spirit(CGGS) exhibition in school. Through CGGS, Mercy Relief aims to make Singapore a more gracious society and for people to appreciate and treasure more what they currently have.

Located at netball court, the CGGS tent showcased photo exhibitions of past projects by mercy relief in various disaster zones.  The exhibit included the amazing water purifying bicycle! This amazing bicycle could purify water as long as someone was peddling on it!
Saints Advocates teacher Mr Ho riding on the magical bike for CCA day!

As part of the exhibit, pledge booklets were also distributed to encourage people to pledge to become a more gracious member of society. 
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