Community Builder Week was a truly meaningful and memorable one. It started off with the video presentation to the cohort in CC. The video made me realize that the importance of showing our care and support to the disabled.
Activities held at the booth by the canteen were interesting. For example, I find the Braille keychain an appropriate souvenir as it is related to the theme of empathizing with the disabled. Students who got it will most likely hook it to the zip of their bag, which will serve as a frequent reminder that they should always put themselves in the disabled people’s shoes.
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The board of opinions on disabilities at the canteen |
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Monique (4th Advocate) is making a Braille keychain |
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Saints are making Braille keychains |
The activity I like the most is ‘I believe, I can’. I was one of the helpers in the activity during my 1 hour break. As not many students came forward to the booth, I went around the canteen to persuade my fellow schoolmates to write on the board, while explaining to them the rationale of it. It was heartening to see some of my schoolmates write aspirations that they have on the board, clinging on to the hope that they have the ability and will achieve it someday. I feel that this activity is meaningful as it gives students some time to think about something they want to achieve. Through this activity, they are actually declaring that their dreams can be achieved, which can be a turning point of life for some students.
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"I believe I can..." |
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Wheelchair bound challenge at the canteen |
During the last day of Community Builder Week, we attended the Service Learning Convention where we listened talks and participated in activities on a specific scope of the disabled. The videos ‘Invisible people’ made me realise that we often neglect the homeless people on the streets. I then asked myself this question, 'if I could love my family members, why can’t I show a least bit of concern to the homeless people?’ I attended the “autism’ workshop and I managed to learn more about how people with Autism behave. For example, information that they want to share with others cannot be well-understood. Through the activity of conveying a message via paper without writing, it helped me to put myself in the shoes of those with Autism and be better aware about who they are.
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Student-led workshop on "Wheelchair bound" disability |
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Student-led workshop on Visual impairment |
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Service Learning Seminar |
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Community Builder Week task force with teachers and seniors |
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