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JC 2 Service Learning Day 2011 (1 st March 2011) Briefing for SL Reps/Saints Advocate. 19 th Nov 2010 Reading Room. Every Saint a Servant Leader. Community Builder. …about people from the community, taking steps to find solutions to issues within the community.
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JC 2 Service Learning Day 2011 (1st March 2011) Briefing for SL Reps/Saints Advocate 19th Nov 2010 Reading Room
…about people from the community, taking steps to find solutions to issues within the community.
…members of the community working together to strengthen community.
…based on collective participation of people, individually and as a community, who act together to create change
What makes a good SL Project? PARTNERSHIP Meeting a real community need The class & yourself learn something new. Publish it at blog/class scrap book PARTICIPATION Everybody has a role to play PUBLICATION PREPARATION Planning & Preparation
Feedback (JC 2 SL Day 2010) • More prepared for activities • Not enough time/more time spend interacting with beneficiaries • Briefing • CIP Project • Awareness of organization • Awareness of social needs • Better organisation, communication and understanding
Feedback (JC 2 SL Day 2010) - Conclusion BETTER ORGANISATION Planning and Preparation BETTER COMMUNICATION Briefing on the project such as task allocation, job scope, how to handle beneficiaries etc. BETTER UNDERSTANDING Briefing on the organization (their work, social issues etc) Understanding of beneficiaries
Timeline Refer to SL Day admin package (Pg 2)
Post SL Activity Individual Blog Entry Surveys (Organisation) (Individual) Scrap Book Personal Learning Raising Awareness
Post Activity Personal Learning Experience Contributions Accomplishment Learning What have you learn? What have you gained? Raising Awareness Organisation Beneficiaries Staff Social Needs
“Chinese New Year is a time of celebration and joy for most people in Singapore. The advent of a new year and the new opportunities it presents fill people with anticipation and hope. However, for those facing terminal illness, perhaps the festival is a bitter sweet experience, as they thank fate for the mercy it shows for allowing them to see one more New Year, but fearing that this might be the last one they will ever celebrate.”
Debt: $9000 Earn $2 per hour 12-14 hours work day Emotional Problems
…doing physically demanding jobs that are being shunned by Singaporeans, remember that they too are human beings with a heart. They have their problems. They have their families. They too have their stories to tell. All they want is to be heard … and to be treated like a human being.