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Developing Youths in Dance, Drama and Vocals
- Preparations for the Musical Showcase of the
SPLAT! Talent Showcase Mapping Our Aspirations
04 Aug 2010 - 65 youths from Assumption Pathway School completed their milestone tenth training session in dance, drama and vocals. Aged between 12 and 18, these participants are preparing for the musical showcase of the SPLAT! Talent Showcase Mapping Our Aspirations, which will be held on 15 Oct 2010 at the Republic Cultural Centre at Republic Polytechnic.
"The dance trainings have been fun and I have learnt a new skilI. My trainers have been encouraing and patient. I am excited and nervous about performing, and will do my best," said Mohammad Hussein, 14, a participant in the dance team,
Adapted from the true experience of an ex-youth offender, our musical showcase is an inspring experience about how and why some youths descend into delinquency, and how rehabilitation in partnership with the community help them in realising their potentials and inspire them to give back to the community. Besides the musical showcase, a culinary art exhibition and a visual art exhibition will provide platforms for other youths from APS to showcase their strengths and talents in these areas.
There are two showcases, a matinee and a concert. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports will be the guest-of-honour for our matinee and Ms Jessica Tan, Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC and a Member of the National Committee on Youth Guidance and Rehabilitation will grace our concert as the special guest.
Said Shirlynn Koh, a member of the SPLAT! Talent Showcase Mapping Our Aspirations Coordinating Committee and a participant of our Pioneers in Community Development Programme, "I believe that in partnership with the participants' family and the community, our talent showcase will enrich and bring out the best in the them." --- SPLAT!
Speaking, Acting, Changing
- Raffles Community Leaders Forum
09 Jun 2010 - "Faced with the challenge of motivating youths-at-risk in our results-driven and achievement-oriented society, it is often convenient and tempting to pigeonhole them within the confines of our preconceptions and prejudice. Yet it is these youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders who taught me compassion and resilience. They inspire me to answer the call of service to our community and challenge our conventional notions of success," said Dominic Lim, SPLAT!'s Group Head of Strategic Management and Founder. He was the dialogue session speaker at the Raffles Community Leaders Forum organised by Raffles Institution.
Themed Speak, Act, Change, the forum was a platform for youths to gather and collectively engage in specific community issues. It aimed to encourage advocacy work and youth activism, harnessing the spirit, creativity and dynamism of youths to actively participate in their communities. The participants comprised student leaders from secondary schools.
Dominic shared about the life experiences which inspired him in giving back to the community. He spoke about the contributing factors and behaviours of youth delinquency, the challenges in rehabilitating and reintegrating youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders, and the importance of the Many Helping Hands approach and the people-public partnership in community work.
The participants actively engaged Dominic with their thoughts and questions, reflecting their desires to change the community for the better. Dominic concluded by encouraging them to harness their capacity for social change to engage and work with disadvantaged individuals to shape our societal destiny, that it matters to every individual that every individual matters. --- SPLAT!
Changing Mindsets, Providing Opportunities
- Sales of Public Education Memorabilia at Yishun
24 Apr 2010 - 24 volunteers from Anderson Secondary School, CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) and River Valley High School went door-to-door at Yishun in the morning. They interacted with residents, encouraging them to offer second chances to youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders, and inviting them to make a donation to the Student Advisory Centre (SAC) in return for a specially designed 3M post-it pad commisioned by SPLAT!.
SPLAT!'s volunteers raised S$654 which will fund educational programmes conducted by the SAC for youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders. As a volunteer development platform, our sales of public education memorabilia developed their confidence, persevearance and resilience. SPLAT! commends our volunteers for their commitment in contributing their best to society, especially since their mid-year examinations will be held in a fortnight.
Since 2008, SPLAT! has held nine rounds of sales to 6,825 households from four housing estates, raising S$14,182.36 for the Children-At-Risk Empowerment Association, Singapore (CARE Singapore) and the SAC --- SPLAT!
Building Bonds, Forming Friendships
- Experiential Activities with Assumption Pathway School
17 Mar 2010 - Youths from Assumption Pathway School (APS) and Dunman High School (DHS) participated in dragon boating activities at Kallang River, building bonds and forming friendships with each other. APS and DHS are SPLAT!'s partnering educational institutions.
The participants from APS are part of the 25 youths from APS who will produce and perform the musical showcase of the SPLAT! Talent Showcase Mapping Our Aspirations on 15 Oct 2010 at the Republic Cultural Centre at Republic Polytechnic. Recognising that experiential activities are excellent platforms to engage youths with artistic and kinaesthetic inclinations, our dragon boating acitvities are part of our musical's volunteer engagement and development phase.
To provide the participants from APS with positive influences and role models, the volunteers from DHS organised and participated in the dragon boating activities with them. They will continue mentoring and providing the participants from APS with vocal training for our musical. "This experience has been enjoyable. I was provided with the opportunity to work with individuals hailing from different backgrounds and lifestyles. I was helped to understand them better. This experience and the fulfilment felt can neither be taught by schools nor bought with money," said Mr Ng Min Jie, 18.
With Pirapong See, SPLAT!'s Master Specialist of Art and Design as their coxwain, our youths rowed their dragon boat under the Benjamin Sheares Bridge, past the Singapore Flyer and the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort, in the direction of the Marina Barrage. It was heartwarming to experience the team spirit forming slowly but surely in the unity of rowing and cheers of encouragement amidst the choppy waves. --- SPLAT!
Drawing Attention, Encouraging Action
- YEP A.ten.tion!
13 Mar 2010 - SPLAT! was a participating partner for the YEP A.ten.tion! Celebrations at *Scape Youth Park organised by the National Youth Council. Comprising a 10-hour service-learning marathon, concert and exhibition, the event encouraged and showcased the impact of youth volunteerism and celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Youth Expedition Project.
At SPLAT!'s booth at the exhibition, guests watched a montage of our programmes, viewed artworks produced by residents in the Singapore Boys' Home and Singapore Girls' Home, and penned words of encouragement for youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders. Regina Tan, SPLAT!'s Group Head of Services and Pirapong See, SPLAT!'s Master Specialist of Art and Design shared with guests about the concerns and challenges which youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders face.
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The event's guest-of-honour, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports was one of the guests to our exhibition booth. He said, "What you do to reach out to and help youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders is important. Keep up the good work." --- SPLAT!
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