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Principal Volunteers
SPLAT!'s volunteers are headed by a Principal Volunteers Group which sets strategic directions, plans programmes and proactively engages with stakeholders. It comprises of Group Heads tasked with mentoring volunteers and developing their competencies and Team Heads tasked with facilitating programmes and realising volunteers' potential.
Collectively, SPLAT!'s volunteers will collaborate to lay the foundation, sustain the momentum and ensure that SPLAT! achieves its movement-level objectives in a timely manner while responding swiftly and decisively to the concerns, challenges and opinions of its stakeholders.
Strategic Management Group
Dominic LIM
Group Head, Strategic Management
and Founder
Dominic leads SPLAT!'s Strategic Management Group in spearheading strategic thrusts, enhancing organisational capacities and developing synergies between its policy, planning and information management domains. He facilitates workshops about service-learning and youth delinquency in Singapore for educational institutions and social service organisations. Dominic is SPLAT!'s founder.
Dominic is reading Social Work and Political Science at the National University of Singapore. He volunteers at the Aftercare Service of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, the Meet-the-People Sessions of Tampines Central, and as a social work associate at The SBL Vision Family Centre. Dominic has been appointed by the National Committee on Youth Guidance and Rehabilitation as a Member of its New Media Task Force and a Youth Motivator. He is Singapore's national representative to the 4th UNESCO Asian Youth Forum held in Korea.
Dominic's professional and service-learning portfolio encompasses experiences in the arts, community development, education, food and beverage, human capital, non-profit, research, social policy and social services sectors. He has consulted for the Guidance Programme for juvenile offenders delivered by a family service centre. Dominic is a Member of the Industrial & Services Co-operative Society, the UN Women and the Singapore Association of Social Workers, and was the Head of Outreach of the Society of Social Work Students. He is an alumnus of Catholic Junior College and Dunman High School, and served his National Service in Headquarters Republic of Singapore Air Force.
Dominic has been commended with the NUS Student Achievement Award for Community Projects and the Dean's Commendation Award by the National University of Singapore and the Outstanding RSAF Serviceman of the Month Award by the Republic of Singapore Air Force. He led SPLAT! to clinch the prestigious Gold Award for the Youth Service-Learning Award at the national level and conferred by the National Youth Council, within two years of founding it.
Pirapong SEE
Master Specialist, Art and Design
Pirapong specialises in conceptualising, managing and developing SPLAT!'s public communications platforms.
Pirapong is reading Political Science at the National University of Singapore and is the Team Manager of its Dragon Boating team. He works part-time as a freelance designer. Pirapong holds a Diploma in Interactive Media Design from Temasek Polytechnic.
Pirapong's professional and service-learning portfolio encompasses experiences in the arts, community development, food and beverage, information technology and non-profit sectors. He is an alumnus of Temasek Polytechnic and Tanjong Katong Secondary School, and served his National Service in a Signals battalion.
Programmes Group
CHU Yiu Tak
Adjunct Advisor, Programmes
Yiu Tak advises SPLAT!'s Programmes Group in spearheading programme planning, implementation and evaluation, and developing synergies between its productions, publications, engagement and exhibitions programmes.
Yiu Tak is reading Psychology at the National University of Singapore and is a member of its Canoe Polo team. He is a Senior Officer of the Singapore Civil Defence Force.
Yiu Tak's professional and service-learning portfolio encompassess experiences in the community development, food and beverage, and non-profit sectors. He previously served as SPLAT!'s Group Head of Implementation. Yiu Tak is an alumnus of Hwa Chong Institution and Dunman High School, and served his National Service in Clementi Fire Station and Central Fire Station.
Yiu Tak was awarded the Local Uniformed Study Award by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Taha MATTAR
Team Head, Productions and Publications
Taha leads SPLAT!'s Productions and Publications Team in managing the planning, implementation and evaluation of productions and publications, and implementing programmes for youths-at-risk and ex-youth offenders to interact with educators, volunteers and the public.
Taha is reading Social Work and Sociology at the National University of Singapore. He volunteers at the Meet-the-People Sessions of Tampines West.
Taha's professional and service-learning portfolio encompassess experiences in the community development, non-profit, research and social services sectors. He is a Member of the Singapore Association of Social Workers and was the President of the Society of Social Work Students. Taha is an alumnus of Tampines Junior College and Victoria School, and served his National Service in a Singapore Armed Forces overseas training detachment.
Taha was awarded the Social Work Training Scholarship by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, and the National Council of Social Service. He was an Executive Committee Member of the NUS Community Service Club which has been commended with the NUS Student Achievement Award for Distinguished Leadership by the National University of Singapore.
Lydia Melissa CHAN
Programme Manager, Public Education Book
Lydia manages the conceptualisation, drafting, editing and publishing of SPLAT!'s public education book.
Lydia is pursuing her General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) at Dunman High School, and is the Vice Captain of its Bowling Team, Assistant Student Conductor of its Choir and Community Involvement Representative of her Class Management Committee .
Lydia's service-learning portfolio encompasses experiences in the community development and social services sectors.
Services Group
Regina TAN
Group Head, Services
Regina leads SPLAT!'s Services Group in spearheading services thrusts and developing synergies between its stakeholder management, volunteer capital and success generation domains.
Regina is reading Banking and Finance at the University of London through a distance learning program. She works part-time as an administrative staff at the Yew Tee Citizens' Consultative Committee. Regina volunteers at the Meet-the-People Sessions of Yew Tee. She is a Member of the Industrial & Services Co-operative Society.
Regina's professional and service-learning portfolio encompasses experiences in the community development, education, non-profit, retail and social services sectors. She is an alumnus of Catholic Junior College and CHIJ Toa Payoh.
Augustine CHAN
Team Head, Stakeholder Management
Augustine leads SPLAT!'s Stakeholder Management Team in creating, managing and developing partnerships with stakeholders.
Augustine works as an adjunct General Paper tutor at Dunman High School and a private tutor. He volunteers as a project coordinator at the Cheng San Zone 'A' Residents' Committee and the UN Women, where he assists in developing the latter's public education initiatives to educational institutions in Singapore.
Augustine holds a Second Class Upper Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature and a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Merit in English Literature and Political Science from the National University of Singapore, and a Post Graduate Diploma with Merit in Education from the National Institute of Education.
Augustine's professional and service-learning portfolio encompasses experiences in the arts, community development, education, entrepreneurship and non-profit sectors. He was a General Paper tutor and teacher-in-charge of the Drama Club at Catholic Junior College between 2003 and 2009. Augustine is a Member of the Industrial & Services Co-operative Society and the National Committee for UNIFEM, Singapore. He is an alumnus of Millenia Institute and St Gabriel's Secondary School, and served his National Service in a Combat Engineers battalion.
Augustine has been conferred the Certificate of Honour for Inspirational Mentorship by the Nanyang Technological University and His Excellency President S R Nathan, the President of the Republic of Singapore. He is the published author of a poetry collection Maiden and was mentored by Emeritus Professor Edwin Thumboo.