Hey guys,
On the last Wednesday of school, 26th May 2010, our teachers in charge and my group members attended a community service sharing session hosted by and at the Singapore Management University. This initiative is called iGlocal, and is attended by groups from various schools who have initiated community service projects in the past. These schools were there to share with the other schools and other relevant parties about their projects. Although Raffles Institution was not one of the schools who presented during the sharing session, we were there to learn from the other schools and gain knowledge from their past experiences.
Groups from six different schools, ranging from United World College of Southeast Asia to Northlight School were there to share their projects. These projects ranged from helping disadvantaged children to raising awareness about the plight of endangered animal speci. They provided in-depth accounts of their community immersion projects and also shared the variys lessons they had learnt form those experiences as well as their reflections regarding their projects.
We had gained a lot from this sharing session. Fistly, we learnt that anyone, from different backgrounds and regardless of age, could take that first step and reach out to those who requir help and aid from the community. Anyone could take the initiative to initiate community projects, whether it is of small or large scale. All we need is a little help and support from our teachers and our friends and that little extra effort and we could already make a difference in someone else's life. Secondly, we are now more knowledgeabe of what to expct througfhout the course of our own community project, and roughly foresee the challenges and the rewards that are to be faced while doing this project. We have to remember that our main aim is not to gain CIP points, but to make the lives of our beneficiaries better. It is not about us or about me, but about them. In order to gain the most from this project, we haveto have the right mindset first.
Hence, from the iGlocal sharing session, many valuable lessons were reaped, and from then could we really improve on our project.
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