YFC: Reflection/Testimonials (CSL)

Volunteers' Testimonials

Being part of this charity concert has made me realize that I can always use my God-given talent to serve the community. No matter how insignificant it is, I learnt that if something is done whole-heartedly, no effort will be in vain. 

-Efrata, performer in the concert

It is a very tough job to hold a concert, from preparing the technical aspects of the concert to ticket selling. However, when we earn some profits and use it to help the VWO, all our hard work is paid off and I am satisfied.

-Winnie, backstage crew

Team's Reflection

Through the looking glass:

We have learnt that for a project to be successful, We have to take into consideration many possibilities that can arise instead of making assumption. A project which is only based on assumption will not be realistic, thus, the chance of success is very low.

We have also learnt publicity plays a very important role in determining the success of the project, especially a concert. With a strong publicity, the audience will be more impressed and more willing to support the group. This also helps to raise their awareness regarding the social causes that we are trying to advocate. Sometimes, it is not about how much fund we can raise but rather how much more other people understand and sympathise with the disadvantaged children who we are trying to help.

Finally, we have learnt that team work is extremely important as it lays the foundation for a project to succeed. Without co-operation of all the members in the team, we cannot go far. We need to make use of everyone’s strengths to make this project work. If we want to go fast, we go alone. However, if we want to go far, we have to go together.

Looking Within:

Through the project, I have learnt about time management i.e how to manage project without sidelining my academic work. I also learnt how to control my temper even when things seem to go wrong. Besides, the lesson of patience and understanding is also something essential that I have picked up from executing the project with my teammates.

I have learnt a lot from my teammates who manage to work really well even when they are under tremendous stress. They always keep their minds straight and focus in the project regardless of all the obstacles along the way. Their encouragement in hard times helps me to hold on to the project until the very end as well. I really appreciate for having teammates like them. I also learnt how to reach out to other people by demonstrating understanding, care and sympathy. I learnt to persuade people to support our social cause as well.

After the project, I realize that I have grown so much as a person. I know I still have to learn more and participate more in various projects to support more social causes so that I can gain more experiences, understand more and reach out to the less fortunate people in this society.

Youth For Causes Project has changed my perspective of life. I believe that a happy life is not only about having money or being rich but it is more about understanding other people, caring and sharing.

This experience has changed the way I view people. The sales of our tickets for the concert was really bad and we were all extremely worried about not being able to cover the cost, much less make profits. Thankfully, the Saints Advocates (CCA in our school) helped us by manning the booth for the sales of tickets, volunteered as ushers, runners, backstage crew on the day of the concert, helped clean up and tried to garner people to buy the tickets to our concert. Thanks to them, the concert was a huge success and we managed to fill up more than half of the 1000 seats.  It showed me how help can be rendered so generously and willingly by others around us, and how fortunate we are to have people around to help us.

Looking Ahead:

We can contribute to this community by volunteering as a tutor to the young children at the home. These young children need help in their school work and as junior college students, we are equipped with sufficient knowledge in order to aid them in their assipgnments and pull their grades up. In addition, we can also help this community by involving them in our class CIP projects, raising awareness of the home as well, so that more people will know more about the home and the lives these children lead.