Good morning! My name is IlyaInsyirah and these are my groupmates, Lyana, Melissa, and Kathy.We represent an organisation called Fight Like A Girl SG.
We are here to request for funding from the Young ChangeMakers Grant, administered by the National Youth Council under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.
Who are we? We are a group of girls from the Diploma in Applied Drama and Psychology course in Singapore Polytechnic and we have come together for a cause.
Our mission is to raise awareness about cervical cancer amongst youths.
We have a vision for all Singaporean youths in junior colleges and polytechnics to be aware of cervical cancer by the year 2016.
SO WHY DID WE CHOOSE CERVICAL CANCER? WELL. ACCORDING TO OUR SURVEY, OUT OF EVERY 19 PEOPLE, ONLY 1 KNEW WHAT THIS RIBBON REPRESENTED. CERVICAL CANCRE
WHEN ASKED WHAT THE REASONS FOR NOT WANTING TO GO FOR A PAP SMEAR WERE, THE TOP RANKED ANSWER WAS.....
WHEN ASKED ABOUT INCENTIVES TO GET YOUNG GIRLS TO GET VACCINATED, THE WORD THAT CAME UP THE MOST NUMBER OF TIMES WAS ‘FREE’. THIS SHOWED A LACK OF AWARENSS THAT MEDISHIELD COULD BE USED TO COVER THE ENTIRE COST OF THE VACCINATION, MAKING IT FREE
SO WHAT SETS US APART???/???? BECAUSE......
LET US COMpARE. 600 MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LOT. UNTIL YOU COMAPRE IT TO THE 10000 REQUIRED FOR TREATMENT. I AM SURE WE WILL AGREE THAT 600 IS A BETTER DEAL, FOR EVERYONE.
BUYER PeRSONA. 17-23 YO, STUDENT, SURROUNDED BY FAST FOOD AND LIVING AN UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE. SO WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO THEM TO MAKE THEM AWARE ABOUT THEIR RISK OF CONTRACTING CERVICAL CANCER
WE CHOSE AN APPLIED THEATRE FORM, THEATRE IN EDUCATOIN. EXPLAIN LATER
WE WILL TAKE 240 PEOPLE DURING THE PEROFMRANCE AND WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD IN GROUPS OF 60
SO WHAT IS TIE? TIE IS A PERFORMANCE FLANKED BY 2 WORKSHOPS. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
GIRLGIRL HAS CERVICAL CANCER, WISHES SHE GOT THE VACCINATION, WANTS TO ENCOURAGE YOUnG GIRLS TO GET the vaccination
PRE PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP WATCH VIDEOS OF SURVIVORS AND THEIR STORIES. ALSO STATISTICS