COMMUNITY CHEST YOUTH DAY APPEAL RESOURCE KIT

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A Recommended Programme 4

B Experiential Activities and Beneficiary Stories 5

C Administration of Youth Day Appeal Donations 9

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Dear Teacher,

A survey of persons with disabilities released in June this year by the

National Council of Social Service (NCSS) found that 62 per cent of

them do not feel they are included, accepted, given opportunities to

contribute or reach their potential by society. As part of the Youth Day

celebrations this year, Community Chest would like to share our

knowledge on understanding and interacting with persons with

disabilities through the Community Chest Youth Day Appeal 2016.

The key lessons include:

Understanding persons with disabilities

Experiencing the challenges faced by persons with disabilities and learning how they overcome them

Giving hope through donations and sharing joy through volunteering With your support, we hope the spirit of building a compassionate and inclusive society will blossom among the students. In turn, their contributions of money and time will not only give hope, but bring joy and make a lasting impact on our beneficiaries, including children with special needs, adults with disabilities, families in need, frail and lonely elderly and persons with mental health issues. Finally, we would like to thank you for your support of this year’s Community Chest Youth

Day Appeal, as well as for your significant role in moulding the future of our nation.

Warm regards,

Ng Ling Ling

Managing Director, Community Chest

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SECTION A: RECOMMENDED PROGRAMME

This programme is specially prepared for teachers as a reference to guide your lesson plan

to help students understand the following topics:

Understanding persons with disabilities

Experiencing the challenges faced by persons with disabilities and learning how they overcome them

Giving hope through donations and sharing joy through volunteering

Before you start, please check that you have the following:

Presentation Materials:

o Look Beyond My Disability, See the True Me – A Social Experiment Video (click

link on PowerPoint slide)

o Help Sufian Realise His Vision Video (click link on PowerPoint slide)

o Activity and Beneficiary Slides

Community Chest Youth Day Appeal donation envelopes (delivered in hardcopy by

24 June 2016)

Recommended Programme Overview

Duration Programme Instructions

10 mins

Understanding persons with disabilities

Screen Look Beyond My Disability, See the True Me – A Social Experiment Video.

Discuss on the message of the video.

10-30 mins Experiencing the challenges faced by persons with disabilities and learning how they overcome them

Refer to Section B of this kit

5 mins Giving hope through donations and sharing joy through volunteering

Refer to Section C of this Kit

Total Duration: About 25-45 mins

Please feel free to mix and match programme items to suit available time.

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SECTION B: EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES AND BENEFICIARY STORIES

Help your students understand the challenges faced by persons with disabilities through

these activities. Each activity takes about 5-10 minutes.

After each activity, you may wish to share the story of a Community Chest beneficiary to

illustrate to your students the challenges they face and how they overcome them.

Activity 1: Drinking without sight

Objective: To understand the challenges people with visual impairment face when conducting activities of daily living

Items required:

Blindfold

Jugs of water

Cups

How to play:

Choose a number of students to be blindfolded. They have to pour water from the jug into the cup. Other students can help by giving directions.

Follow up after the activity by asking what challenges they faced.

After that, you can share the story and video of Sufian (on Powerpoint) to illustrate how he overcome his challenges.

Activity 2: Riddles in Braille

Objective: To understand how people with visual impairment read

Items required:

PowerPoint slide

How to play:

Flash the PowerPoint slide. Get the students to guess the answer to the riddles by decoding the Braille alphabets.

Answers:

(1) rain

(2) your breath

(3) bugs

You can follow up with Braille trivia if they are interested: http://braillebug.afb.org/braille_trivia.asp .

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Beneficiary story

Muhammad Sufian Lighthouse School

Muhammad Sufian is 14 years old.

He was born with visual impairment and attended school for the first time at the age of 10. Lighthouse School, a special education school supported by Community Chest, gave him the help he needed most.

Despite a late start in education due to financial difficulties, Sufian mastered Braille within three years and is now able to read story books. Through stories, he learned about perseverance and hope.

This led him to giving his best in everything he does – like how he is learning to play the piano. He hopes to play the piano so well that he can be a piano teacher when he grows up.

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Beneficiary story

Ang Meng Kiat Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore, Goodwill, Rehabilitation and Occupational Workshop (GROW)

Meng Kiat is 24 years old. He has spastic quadriplegia.

He progressed from a special education school, Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore

(CPAS) School to the CPAS’s Goodwill, Rehabilitation and Occupational Workshop

(GROW), a sheltered vocational training programme, in January 2006. Both CPAS

School and GROW are supported by Community Chest.

He enjoys his work at GROW and is able to do simple sorting and packing.

Activity 3: Going Places

Objective: To understand the mobility challenges of people in wheelchairs

Items required:

Office Chair with wheels

How to play:

Divide students into groups. Each group is to have 1 student on the office chair with wheels and the rest of the students can take turns to push the chair to perform the designated tasks. Students can take turns to be on the chair or push the chair.

Suggested tasks include bringing the student to the handicap toilet and the student to wash his hands, and/or bringing the student to the canteen to buy a drink.

You may wish to ask the students about the difficulties in doing these tasks. Apart from these difficulties, you may explain to students that people with disabilities are also afraid of falling from their wheelchairs and the overwhelming sense of helplessness and fear that may arise from the fall.

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He enjoys spending time with his family, helping to look after his nephew, watching

television, playing computer games and listening to music.

He also enjoys theme park rides. He took the carousel for the first time at a

Community Chest event. He got on the carousel on his wheelchair with the help of a

ramp.

You may wish to highlight that with inclusive facilities, people on wheelchairs can

also enjoy theme park facilities like the rest of the students.

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You may also wish to share more about disability etiquette. In general, when speaking to

persons with disabilities:

1. Ask before you help

Some appreciate help, while others are able to move around on their own and do not

require help. Do not be offended or embarrassed if your help is declined.

2. Speak directly to him/her

Speak directly to the person, not to his companion (e.g. sign language interpreter,

caregiver).

3. Be sensitive about physical contact

Wheelchairs, white canes and guide dogs are considered personal space. Do not touch

these without first asking the person for permission.

4. Don’t make assumptions

Persons with disabilities know themselves best. Allow them to make their own decisions

about participating in any activity.

Disability Terminology Tips

USE AVOID

Persons with disabilities Disabled persons

Person who has… Person suffering from... victim of…

Children with special needs Disabled children

Persons with autism Autistic persons

Persons with physical disabilities Physically disabled, crippled, invalid, lame

Wheelchair user Wheelchair bound

Persons with intellectual disabilities Mentally retarded, intellectually disabled

Persons with cerebral palsy Spastic

Deaf, hard of hearing Deaf and dumb, deaf and mute (deaf individuals can use their voice)

Visually impaired Blind

Persons without disabilities Normal

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SECTION C: ADMINISTRATION OF YOUTH DAY APPEAL DONATIONS

After the activities, teacher can elaborate that Community Chest Youth Day Appeal is part of

Values In Action (VIA) where students learn values (3As) through authentic experiences in

serving the community to make a difference and improve the lives of others. This will lead

to students feeling a stronger sense of belonging to the community.

Students can take action, promote awareness and/or advocate in the following ways. You

can encourage them not to be limited to these examples and to keep these values in their

everyday activities:

Act – Students can act to improve the lives of the less fortunate by volunteering with a

charitable organisation or helping to raise funds for these charities and donating them to

the Community Chest. Students may use the donation envelopes provided. Please visit

http://www.comchest.org.sg/careandshare/tovolunteer_atof.html for the contact

details of some charities they can approach to volunteer.

Awareness – Students can create awareness about Community Chest and the charities

we support by sharing their experiences and reflections with friends and family.

Advocate – Students can inspire and influence their friends and family to also make a

difference. Students could be encouraged to share the ‘Look Beyond My Disability, See

the True Me – A Social Experiment’ video through social media or encourage their family

to go to charity events for family bonding e.g. Community Chest Heartstrings Walk, a

4km charity walk on 31 July 2016. You can visit comchest.sg/heartstrings for more

details.

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NOTES WHEN HANDLING THE DONATION ENVELOPES

Use our supplied donation envelopes or organise your own fund-raising activity to support Community Chest Youth Day Appeal! When using the envelopes, please follow the procedure below for collecting donations. Alternatively, we are happy to work with you to plan your fund-raising activity.

1. Using Donation Envelopes

a) Distribute the donation envelopes to your students on the day of your Youth Day celebrations (or earlier if you wish).

b) Advise students to:

Place cash or cheques in the donation envelopes. Cheques should be made payable to “Community Chest – Youth Day Appeal 2016”.

Fill in their particulars on the envelopes.

Refrain from using the envelopes for any public or door-to-door collection.

Return the envelopes by 22 July 2016.

2. Collection of Donations

For collection of donations, your school may also choose either option below:

a. Banking of Donations (by 28 August 2016)

If your school wishes to count and bank in the donations, please inform us by 29 July 2016. Please bank your donations to “National Council of Social Service”, A/C No: DBS 100-000150-5.

Fax the bank-in slip to 6468 3410 (Attn: Teo Bee Hoon) with your school stamp for our records by 28 August 2016.

b. Collection by appointed vendor (Logistics Security Solutions Pte Ltd) (25 July to 25 August 2016)

Place all donation envelopes in A4 or bigger-sized envelopes.

Write “Community Chest Youth Day 2016” and the date and time of sealing on the envelopes.

The appointed vendor will collect the donation envelopes from 25 July to 25 August 2016 between 9am to 5pm. Refer to the enclosed collection schedule for your school’s scheduled collection date. Please prepare the donation envelopes beforehand.

The appointed vendor will issue a trust receipt to the staff-in-charge during collection. Please check that your school’s name is written correctly on the trust receipt and counter sign on the receipt.

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Enquiries:

If you have questions or feedback, please contact us during office hours (Monday to Friday,

9.30am – 6.00pm):

Nor Mohamad (Mr) Tel: 6210 6552 Email: nor_mohamad@ncss.gov.sg Teo Bee Hoon (Ms) Tel: 6210 2593 Email: teo_bee_hoon@ncss.gov.sg

Wileen Chen (Ms) DID: 6210 2591 Email: wileen_chen@ncss.gov.sg

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