A presentation showcasing, the elements of community work in a 2 day special event. :)

1. Project Title : Holding Hands

2. Team Name : Hands, Body & MINDS.
Members :
• Zheng Jie ( P1349539 )
• Trini ( P1349427 )
• Cliff( P1350355 )
• Ritchell ( P1350032 )
Organisation :
• MINDS ( Movement for the
Intellectually Disable of Singapore)
• Clementi Training Centre

3. Initial Organisation : Singapore Children Society

4. Eventual Organization :
MINDS(Movement for the Intellectually Disabled
of Singapore)
Accepted our proposal as of
20/1/2014 for our service.

5. Planning of Activities
Arts and Crafts
Simple Lantern
Making
Fortune Fish
making using red
packet
Appreciation Gift
Red Packet
containing
Chocolate Coins

6. Preparation for Beneficiary’s Activity
Sports and Wellness
Pentanque
Training/Competition
Dance + Singing Event

7. Dates & Activities:
22/01/2014 (Wednesday) , 2pm –
4pm.
Arts & Crafts ( Catered to the client’s
request )
Venue : MINDS training center
25/01/2014 (Friday), 1pm – 3pm
Pentanque Training
Venue : Clementi Hard Court

8. Equipment Bought :
• Coloured Paper ( x2 packets )
• Red Packets ( x 100 pieces )
• Chocolates Coins ( x 2 packets )
Items brought:
• Glue Stick(x4)
• Scissors(x6)
• Stapler(x4)
• Tape (x1)

9. Schedule for day 1
Date : 22/01/2014 (Wednesday) , 2pm – 4pm
Activities Expected timing
Introduction + Ice Breaking 2pm – 2:15pm
Fortune Fish Making 2:15pm – 2:30pm
Simple Lantern Making 2:30pm – 3:00pm
Dance/Singing Event + Tea Break 3:00pm – 3:45pm
Distribution of Red Packets + Farewell 3:45pm – 4:00pm

10. Activity 1 : Making of Fortune Fish
Cliff teaching clients
how to fold the red packet
Clients with their completed
fortune fish

11. Activity 2 :Making of Simple Lantern
Our helper showing clients how to cut
the lantern .
Client happy to have their lanterns
completed
Clients attempting to cut the lantern
shape on their own.

12. Trini and Ritchell with their completed
lanterns?
Cliff showing client how to cut the
shape of the lantern.

13. Ritchell, Cliff & Trini dancing.
Trini encouraging clients to dance on
the dance floor.
Activity 3 : Dance event

14. Our lanterns are used to decorate the
center for the new year season.
Activity 4 : Decorating
Team photo with facilitator after
successful day 1 

15. Schedule for day 2
Date : 25/01/2014 (Friday) , 1pm – 3pm
Activities Expected timing
Gathering + Journey to Venue 1pm – 1:25pm
Petanque Briefing and Practice 1:25pm – 1:40pm
Client Briefing and Practice 1:40pm – 2:00pm
Tea Break 2:00pm - 2:15pm
Competition SP vs MINDS 2:15pm – 2:45pm
Journey Back + Farewell 2:45pm – 3:00pm

16. Activity 1: Walk to Venue
Gather Clients Prepare Equipments Travel to Hard Court

17. Activity 2: Petanque Training
 Trini and Cliff being briefed and introduced
to the game.
*Instructor/Facilitator in red color shirt.

18. Activity 3: Petanque Training for Client(s)
Clients separated into 2 teams for Petanque
Training

19. Ritchell and helper assisting client
in throwing the ball
Trini guiding client into the throw
area

20. Activity 4: Tea-Break
 Refreshments were
provided to the clients.
Zheng Jie distributing the
biscuits to the clients

21. Activity 5 : Mini – Competition ( SP vs MINDS)
 We decided to hold a mini competition to pit our
skills against them.
Worst player of SP’s team
throwing
MVP of MINDS throwing

22. Score Tabulation
of steps between each ball Final ball placements
SP:MINDS
1:2
Instructors counting the number
We were no match for them!

23. Activity 6 :
Sportsmanship
Players exchanging hi-five’s
for having sportsmanship.

24. Activity 7 : Journey Back to the Centre
Trini and Client holding hands. <3 ZJ and Client carrying equipment
back

25. Group Photo with Facilitator of Day 2

26. 1) Before Implementation:
i. Hard time finding beneficiaries.
ii. Waiting duration of email replies were very
long and draggy.
iii. Many things went unplanned e.g. We did not
carry out our first plan.
Learnt how to improvise
Came straight to the point,
when negotiating
Able to accede to requests

27. 2) During the implementation:
i. Teamwork is the key to success.
ii. Carrying out individual responsibility is important.
iii. There is a need to adapt to the situation.

28. Role :
Events Planner & Project Manager
Things learnt:
1) Learn how to deal with people with special needs
2) How to source for activities
3) Became more patient
Difficulties :
- Clients had short attention span and cannot
well
Value Added:
- Facilitating the implementation + Activities planning
Trini Tan

29. Role :
Logistics Manager
Things learnt:
1. Managing my time well
2. How to interact with the clients
3. Teach what I’ve learnt
Difficulties:
- Didn’t know what to expect from the clients
Value Added:
- Materials purchasing and checking for logistic items
Cliff Chow

30. Role
Administrative which includes
sourcing of beneficiaries, email
writing and negotiation.
Things I’ve Learnt
1) Formal Emailing
2) Arts and Crafts namely
and fortune fish.
3) How to play petanque.
Difficulties
1. Being rejected multiple times by beneficiaries
2. Confusion in negotiations
Value Added :
- Making things organised,
- identifying major concerns within the group
Zheng Jie

31. Role:
Events planner & project manager
Things learnt:
1) Giving back to the community.
2) Appreciative of what I have.
3) Be flexible and adapt to the situation .
Difficulties :
-Hard time coming up with suitable activities
for the organisation
Value Added:
- Coming up with the activities and plans for
implementation
Ritchell Ho

34. What have we learnt?
1. Teamwork is vital. (Responsibilities)
2. Learnt how to deal with people with special needs.(Patience)
3. Self-learning.
4. Time Management

35. What would we have done differently?
1. We would have started searching for beneficiaries
earlier
2. Site Visiting to meet clients & build rapport
3. Come up with more activities for the clients.