Project Awesome
Service Learning Project
(Overseas)
Executive Summary
Our
team consists of 16 students from the School of Science and Technology,
Singapore. We are proposing to do a project through service learning,
targeted at helping and serving the less fortunate at neighbouring
countries, specifically, Pulau Batam. We are proposing the installation
of solar panels at Alaqsho Orphanage located near Batam Centre, as well
as a clothes donation drive for the children living there.
Objective
As
fellow youths, we will hopefully be able to better communicate with the
children at Batam. This way, we would be able to relate to them better
and easily be able to generate a positive impact on their lives. Our
main objectives is for us to learn through service to the community and
hopefully, we would be able to benefit the lives of these children.
Proposed Approach
After
much research, we have realized that many orphanages in Batam are
unable to pay for their other needs such as repairs for the orphanage,
due to power bills they often are unable to afford. To combat this
problem, we propose to install solar panels at one of these orphanages
help offset these electricity bills so that funds could be used for
their other needs. This project is estimated to be taking place from the
21st to the 23rd of March (during the March Holidays) and is to be
continued by another group of students every year. The goals of the
project include making a positive impact on the lives of the children,
learning to communicate with the young, having exposure to real world
situations and contributing back to the community.
We
plan on splitting up the groups into groups of 4 or 5 with each group
focusing mainly on one aspect of the project (Installation of Solar
Panels, Distribution of donated clothes, etc.).
Impact
As
mentioned above, we hope to benefit the lives of the children there,
possibly starting a chain of service learning whereby a group of
students from the school will continue the project every year by serving
the orphanages in areas of service learning. In this way, through
service learning, the students of SST will benefit from this by
experiencing how to serve the community, as well as learning the real
life applications of their learning by helping serve the less fortunate,
and the various beneficiaries will benefit from this on an yearly
basis.
Timeline of Events
Date
|
Activities
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17 June 2012
|
Reconnaissance Trip (1)
|
20 January 2013
|
Reconnaissance Trip (2)
|
4 February 2013
|
Selection of Orphanage
|
5 February 2013 - 8 February 2013
|
Planning of Donation Drive
|
13 February 2013 - 15 February 2013
|
Collection of Clothes for Donation Drive
|
15 February 2013
|
Sorting of Donated Items (1)
|
22 February 2013
|
Sorting of Donated Items (2)
|
25 February 2013 - 6 March 2013
|
Confirmation of Details for trip to batam
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8 March 2013
|
Parents Briefing Session
|
21 March 2013 - 23 March 2013
|
Service Learning Trip at Batam
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24 March 2013 - 25 March 2013
|
Project Reflection
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