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In your assigned groups, google some individuals or (in)formal groups that that have contributed to the good of society in Singapore. Describe and explain how the individual/organized group was able to bring about benefits to the community/country through their volunteering effort.

You may use the following questions to help you guide your explanation:
1) Who is the individual/group you have chosen? Provide some background information on them (e.g. age, occupation, vision/mission of organization)

2) What did they do? Who did they focus on? What was their intended goal? Describe the ways in which they were able to benefit the community (e.g. an event, a specific social cause).

3) Explain how this benefitted the community they helped. What was the background of the community? How did this group of people benefit from the help given to them?

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i have chosen salvation army, running charity shops, operating shelters for the homeless and disaster relief, and humanitarian aid to developing countries.

they focus on helping people during tragic instances such as earthquakes or they help the less fortunate such as the homeless  where they give used clothes

it allows them to reduce financial burden as their basic nessacities such as clothes have been covered for whilest their money can be used for other purposes such as rebuilding thier house during a disaster. it also reduces the stress of families which are big as they might have more trouble setting back up due to having more people. Parents might also have trouble as they have the burden of satisfying their child and keeping them safe while not even having access to basic nessecities.

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grp8 leeyuan yixuan weixin jiayee (informal)

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grp8 leeyuan yixuan weixin jiayee (informal)

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1) Mind the gap. It is an organisation that people can donate to during the pandemic, which will then give the money to those struggling to make ends meet.

2) They let you donate to low income families, in an effort to help them through the pandemic. They let you donate cash, items or offer employment opportunities for those who are jobless.

3) This ensured that everyone was able to cope well and feed their families during the pandemic. The community was able to recover from the losses made during the outbreak.

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We have chosen SG rescue haze. This organization focuses on calling for people to help and donate their excess masks. They started after seeing the pollutants standards index rise in 2013. This means that their goal is to help to maintain other peoples health by making sure everyone has a mask so that they do not need to be exposed to the air around them that may be polluted and the mask will filter out the pollutants. This benefits the country as less people will get sick, reducing risks and as such there will be more space in hospitals for other sicknesses and less regarding breathing in too much pollutants

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1. MINDS. The teachers there help the disabled students to express themselves with other means besides words, such as arts and music.

2. They taught the disabled students life skills such as cooking. When they graduate from the academy, they can apply the life skills the learnt from the academy into their lives.

3. this helps the people with disabilities. they get to be able to live life normally because they had learnt how to be able to carry on everyday lives because of them being able to express their selves.

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1) we are supporting the SG haze rescue group. It is called SG Haze Rescue. The 25-year-old started a Facebook page calling for people to help and donate their excess masks, almost immediately after seeing the Pollutant Standards Index rise to 321 on Wednesday evening.

2) They distributed masks to the needy in Toa Payoh. They wanted everyone to be safe from the haze and cared for them.

3) The needy of Toa Payoh could have masks to prevent haze particles from entering their lungs. This would help prevent cardiovascular diseases and lung problems

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1)  Food from the Heart is an IPC-status food charity that feeds the needy in Singapore. It is their second decade with the help of over 10,000 volunteers, they were able to provide sustainable food security with $7.22 million worth of food to more than 59,500 beneficiaries in 2021.

2) Their food distribution programmes are run with sustainable charity in mind. This means that they are committed to providing continued food security to others beneficiaries for as long as they need it. Food from the Heart has also made the most of our unique position to reduce food waste.

3) Helping to feed the needy in Singapore, the poor that cannot afford food will face lesser financial burden. Given the food, the poor wont have to worry daily about having to fill their stomach, have a sense of relief and those who volunteer to help have peace in mind. This improves mental health for both giving and receiving sides, making society a better and kinder place for each other. As those needy know that they are not alone and they can always rely on these formal groups. While those that helps the needy will hold pride and joy for being able to contribute and lend a helping hand.

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Group 7 (Aizzul, Lucas, Collin, Hifzhul)

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Group 7 (Aizzul, Lucas, Collin, Hifzhul)

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The formal organisation affiliated by the government is called TOUCH Community Services. It is a not-for-profit charity organisation in SG that was registered in 1992. Its mission and vision is to inspire hope and impact lives and aims to create strong families, caring generations and enabled communities respectively. Their target audience is individuals from all backgrounds.

This organisation has embarked on projects such as the TOUCH Elderly Group, where they enable seniors to access useful resources to help them stay active physically and mentally. They also enable charities and fundraisers for causes that we, as a society, should be concerned about.

The TOUCH Elderly Group benefits the community by allowing elderly that do not have anyone to talk to, be able to connect with other elderly from similar or different backgrounds. On the other hand, by enabling charities and fundraisers, us individuals are able to donate to support the causes that we believe in.

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We chose Engineering Good, where Darin Lobo, a 20 year old self taught engineer volunteered in. He is a diploma graduate in biomedical science and a self-taught engineer and was struggling to cope with fixing the large number of computers that have been donated to their organisation.

They fix the computers so less fortunate  students can use them for HBL. During covid there were many students in need of laptops and tablets, therefore people donate their old devices to Engineering Good so that they could fix them for the students.

This ensured that students who are less well off would be able to have a working electronic device for online learning.

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Group 9(Individual) hazim, ethan, hirdik

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Group 9(Individual) hazim, ethan, hirdik

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1)I have chosen chef benny(63 years old). Before he became a chef, he was a drug addict at a young age, due to influence from his father, who was a drug trafficker. He wanted to follow his dreams of being a cook and it came true.

2)He focuses on making good food and also helping other drug addicts to quit and also shows others that if you work hard and work for your dreams anything is possible.

3)His advice and his success gave people hope that they can always improve themselves and follow their dreams. The people who most benefited where those whop abused drugs before and were in a very bad state. They benefited from his advice and stopped taking drugs.

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we have chosen the salvation army of singapore, established in 1935. their headquarters was first located on Killiney Road. In meeting the needs of vulnerable women at that time, a home to care for women who were destitute and victims of forced prostitution.

They help children and youth who need care, protection and rehabilitation due to a lack of parental supervision, risk behaviours or family breakdowns. They develop care plans to meet their individual needs through programmes that build positive values and resilience. Their professional team provides support for our residents and their families with the aim of achieving successful family reunification.

They met the needs of underprivileged seniors and families, provided referral services to link people to relevant agencies for further assistance, and made people less sad in general