1. The Adventures of the Pet Rangers
Authors :
Teacher Mentor :
Lim Jia Qian
Mr Tan Yee Kee
Lee Jia Yi
Tan Tian Le
David
Erika
Lew Jun Wei
Stephanie Lee
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2. Contents
Prologue…………………………………………………………….. 3
Starting from the Start…………………………………………4
Ups and Downs……………………………………………………5
Our Revival………………………………………………………...6
The Pet Rangers are on the case……………………………..7
After Work…………………………………………………………..8
Spread the Love…………………………………………………….9
Acknowledgements………………………………………………..10
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3. Prologue
A group of students were selected for this all rounded program and
also to join this Design For Change competition. It all started with a
pamphlet. 7 of us were told by our teacher mentor, Mr Tan Yee Kee that
we were selected to take part in this project. We had our first
workshop which was conducted by our teacher mentor, in our school
library on a Saturday morning. During this briefing, we were
introduced to this project known as Design For Change, a project
whereby we needed to think of what really bothered us in the
environment and work towards changing it. After much discussion, we
decided to take on the problem of water saving.
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4. Chapter 1 – Starting from the Start
Although water conservation efforts in Singapore was widespread and
effective , all of us felt that we still needed to step up efforts to
save water. Water saving is crucial as we can‟t live without water and
we also need to conserve our already limited water resources for
future generations because they, too, need water to survive.
After the first briefing and our first discussion, we started our
research on this topic and the brainstorming ideas to solve and
possibly change Singapore‟s „dry‟ fate.
After a few weeks, we attended a second workshop at Raffles
Institution, conducted by experienced trainers. During that workshop,
we met most of the other teams from other schools and were pleased to
be working hand in hand with such enthusiastic and brilliant minds to
change Singapore and eventually the world. After listening to the talk
conducted by the trainers, we were given time to discuss our chosen
topic.
As we were discussing, one of the trainers came over to advise us on
what we were planning to do. After listening to our brief summary of
the discussion, she advised us not to do this topic as this problem
had been taken up by other team and it would be very hard to come out
with creative and feasible ideas. Also, it was unfortunately a
difficult problem for us to change. After much discussion, we came up
with a second topic which was to stop animal abuse. This problem was
indeed a much easier problem and solutions were easier to achieve. As
expected, ideas flowed freely and thus the pet rangers were born!
As members of The Ministry of Pet Abuse aka M.O.P.A. ,
„We, the Pet Rangers pledge to commit ourselves to making a change for
the pets in Singapore and all over the world!.‟
It might not be in our lifetime but I know one day, the world will
be pet abuse free. Pets are not there for their owners to lash their
anger at. They are not there to be cute. Like all living things, pets
deserve to be loved until the day they die.
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5. Chapter 2-Ups and Downs
Apprehensive, the pet rangers held their first official meeting and
finalised the plan for their first mission. Pet ranger, Lim Jia Qian
had already drafted the plan as discussed. Each ranger was assigned a
task. The pet rangers either contacted our mother organisation, the
SPCA for their cooperation or collaboration and to find out what we
could do in this mission or did proposals, powerpoint slides, videos
or posters and a „pledge‟ board to make new allies against the
despised pet abusers. As we glance at our given tasks, I know our
minds have started to imagine our adventures as the pet rangers!
As expected, we received all the support we could ever need. We
received flyers, badges , certificates and posters to help us in our
quest for justice and a pet-friendly world -or at least a
neighbourhood. Although there were a few delays and a few pet rangers
still in „holiday‟ mode, our first stepping stone was to begin at a
nearby primary school. We were to share our experiences and passion
for pets there. I could just imagine us giving out leaflets and
laughing along with the cute primary school students as they scribbled
their pledges on colourful heart shape stickers. I could almost
picture the 7 of us hopping into the mini van to visit our parent
organisation as well as represent the SPCA to give badges to the
future pet rangers.
However, it was not meant to be. It was not smooth sailing ahead.
Instead, so as to not affect the primary school students‟ at a crucial
time of preparation before their PSLE and preliminary examinations or
examinations, we let our dreams fade but not to dust.
„ We can fail, but we must never fail to try!‟
Somehow,we knew we could get through. We worked hard to reach to where
we are now, so we just can‟t give up now. We won‟t give up
because ,somewhere, there might be a pet waiting to be rescued…
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6. Chapter 3 – Our Revival
Just a few days before our implementation week, we managed to come
out with a second backup plan which was to work in our own school,
Unity Secondary School. We were facing a severe shortage of time, but
we still managed to plan our time well and made do with whatever we
had to make this exhibition booth a success.
We decided to use the posters and pledge boards that we had done
previously. For the pledge boards, we decided to use some post-it
notes as well as stickers for the Unitians to write down their pledges
and stick them on the pledge boards. Secondly, we decided to display
our PowerPoint presentation on automatic mode in the booth as we did
not have any available time slots to do our presentation talk. One of
our team mates also agreed to design a donation box and bring it on
the actual day.
After the materials needed for the exhibition booth were settled, we
started to prepare the logistics. We decided to have the exhibition
booth at our school foyer after school. This venue and timing was
selected because this way, those going out for lunch or going home
would pass by the foyer and visit our booth out of curiosity. We also
borrowed 3 display boards to hold 2 posters and 1 pledge board. We
also used the tables at the foyer to display our boards as well as set
up the booth. Lastly, we asked one of our friends from the multimedia
club in our school to help us videotape and also take pictures as we
manned our booth.
We also invited our fellow Unitians to come and support us. One of our
team mates even went on stage during the morning assembly to introduce
our project to the school. Besides these efforts to publicize our
cause, we also went around the school to put up posters about abused
animals. We sincerely hope our fellow Unitians would come to our booth
to know more about the abused animals and how they can prevent it as
well as rediscover their love for pets.
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7. Chapter 4 –The Pet Rangers are on the Case
The week we had been waiting for had finally arrived – our
implementation week. As planned, we would be only doing the exhibition
booth for 2 days due to the time constraint. Minutes before the
official opening of the booth, we started setting up the booth. The
posters and pledge board were brought out and placed beside our tables.
The PowerPoint slides were done and placed on the table on automatic
for everyone to view. The donation box was made in a haste as one of
our team mates did not manage to find a suitable one. Small tokens
from the SPCA were also placed on the table. Each person is entitled
to 1 token after they donated as a token of appreciation. Brochures
and pamphlets were placed on the table for people to take and
understand more about animal abuse and what we can do to help them.
During the booth, Unitians, from secondary 1 to secondary 4 & 5,
even the teachers, came to support us. We receive great response
during our time at the booth and a lot people came to write down our
pledges. Most of our Unitians were generous enough to donate money to
the SPCA to allow them to buy better facilities for the animals in
SPCA. One of our Unitians even donated $50 to us.
For the both days of our booth, we received great support from each
and every Unitians and also the teachers. There is always a reason to
whatever had happened. We would not be so successful on the both days
without what happened on the first day of our booth…
On the first day of our booth, a stray cat was found on the roof
above our school library. People had the thoughts that everything was
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8. being set up for a show but it was not. Members of the SPCA were there
to help rescue the cat from the roof but the stray cat refused to be
rescued. Crowds of Unitians were there to witness what had happened
and after this incident, more people went to our booth and write down
their pledges and even donated money to help the SPCA.
Chapter 5 – After Work
After two long days of working at our booth, we finally managed to
take a break. We counted the number of pledges and donations collected
and raised during the campaign. We were satisfied with the results and
responses we received from our school. Even though we did not have an
assembly talk to explain more about our campaign, the school still
participated actively in helping us to reach our goals.
Initially, we targeted 200 pledges from our fellow Unitians and
teachers. Surprisingly, we collected around 250 pledges which were
beyond our target. That may not seem like a very large number; however
each of the pledges shows the care, feelings and awareness towards the
abused animals that the school has. We feel that no matter how many
pledges we have collected from the two-day campaign, be it little or
many, this is an experience and opportunity to let our fellow Unitians
and teachers to think and reflect thoroughly on what they feel and how
they can be part of it.
While selecting the best 3 pledges from the students and best 2
pledges from the teachers, we came across different pledges which
express different thoughts towards animal abuse. We are delighted to
see some of them who were actually committed to help by stopping
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9. animal abuse when they see it happening. Number of words written in
the pledge doesn‟t matter, is the thought which counts. A simple two
word “Protect them” portrays how the person felt at that time. Perhaps
animals do mean a lot to him, or maybe animals aren‟t as happy as they
were before, they fear of how humans abuse them, till the state where
we have to protect them. Isn‟t it scary?
After that, we counted the amount of money raised in the donation
drive during the campaign. We raised a total amount $215.55 and we
appreciate the support given by the school. As we have said before,
the amount donated does not matter as it is the thought which counts.
We did not expect to collect a huge sum and even a small amount makes
a difference. As little as $50, could actually provide a cat a full
day meal on canned food for probably 1 to 2 days.
Chapter 6 – Spread the Love
Although we have reached the end of our journey, but the care and love
for the animals continues. Our love for the animals does not just end
here. It continues and would never ever stop.
After this whole campaign, we had learnt a lot of things and also
gained some experience of public speaking and also a lot more. We all
felt that it could be done better if we had more time and if we could
co operate better. This project had allowed us to work better
together as a team and managed our time better. We learnt the sprit of
teamwork and knew that we would only succeed when we work together as
one.
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10. Acknowledgements
Firstly, we would like to thank our teacher mentor, Mr Tan Yee Kee,
for his unconditional guidance, encouragements and advices for us. His
positive thinking has greatly motivated us to finish this project
successfully even with our busy schedules. We are really grateful to
have Mr Tan as our teacher mentor, guiding us through this project and
overcoming the obstacles with us.
Secondly, we would like to thank our school, Unity Secondary School,
for giving us this rare opportunity to participate in this design for
change competition, thus allowing us to make a change in the
environment. Our school has given us this chance to let us strive our
best for this competition and make the school proud. Besides that, our
teachers have supported us throughout this competition during the
exhibition booth and believed that we are able to help the abused
animals.
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11. Finally, we would like to thank our dear families and friends for
their optimistic thinking and continuous support for us. Some were
there to help us lighten our burden when we are stressed with our work.
We really appreciate their support and compassion for us. Without the
aid of the above mentioned, we would not have finished this project
successfully. We sincerely thank them for their guidance and support
towards us.
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