COMMUNITY CHEST CHILDREN’S DAY APPEAL RESOURCE KIT

Section Content Page

A Recommended Programme 4

B Experiential Activities and Beneficiary Stories 5

C Administration of Children’s Day Appeal Donations 10

D Sharity Programmes and Resources 13

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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 Children’s

Day celebrations this year, Community Chest would like to share our

knowledge on understanding and interacting with persons with

disabilities through the Community Chest Children’s 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

Children’s Day Appeal, as well as for your significant role in moulding the future of our

nation.

Warm regards,

Ng Ling Ling Assistant Chief Executive Officer of the National Council of Social Service and Managing Director of 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 Children’s Day Appeal donation envelopes (delivered in hardcopy

by 9 September 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 CHILDREN’S DAY APPEAL DONATIONS

After the activities, teacher can elaborate that Community Chest Children’s 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.

Students can also visit comchest.sg/sharity to learn more ways to care and share from

Community Chest’s mascot, Sharity. More information on page 13.

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.

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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 Children’s 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 Children’s 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 – Children’s 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 18 November 2016.

2. Collection of Donations

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

a. Banking of Donations (by 18 November 2016)

If your school wishes to count and bank in the donations, please inform us by 18 November 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.

b. Collection by appointed vendor (Logistics Security Solutions Pte Ltd) (24 October to 18 November 2016)

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

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

The appointed vendor will collect the donation envelopes from 24 October to 18 November 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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Should you have any ideas or

opportunities to Care & Share,

please share them with my

colleague,

Cheryl_LIEW@ncss.gov.sg

SHARITY PROGRAMMES AND RESOURCES

For Primary Schools To foster the caring and sharing spirit in our young,

Community Chest offers the following educational

resources and programmes for you to “Care & Share” with

your students!

SHARITY TOURING SHOW – IT’S SHARITY TIME!

Sharity goes on a tour to schools to bring a 30-minute fun, educational and interactive skit to your school. Join Sharity in his adventure to nurture our young of the caring and sharing values and how they can be stewards of Sharity in school, communities and at home! Limited availabilities, book an assembly touring show slot by 30

th September 2016. Available window period: September

2016 – February 2017. For bookings, email Cheryl_LIEW@ncss.gov.sg Find out more at www.comchest.sg/sharity

SHARITY DAY 2016

Lookout for the annual Sharity Day where we inclusively unite children from mainstream and special education schools for a fun-filled and educational musical! This Sharity Day, Sharity goes to River Safari with some primary school students and children with special needs on 30 September 2016 (Friday) for a musical and a meaningful learning journey! All slots are booked, email Cheryl_LIEW@ncss.gov.sg to join us next year! Find out more at

www.comchest.sg/sharityday FAMILY TIME WITH SHARITY (Primary 1) In partnership with Ministry of Education’s Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) branch, Family Time with Sharity, a new initiative under Sharity Club, aims to reinforce the Caring and Sharing values within family first. All Primary 1 students will each receive a Care & Share pack consisting of 12 Care & Share acts of service stickers and an activity sheet this Children’s Day! Students will select 4 acts of service to complete and upon completion of these acts, receive a limited edition Sharity badge.

Find out more at

www.comchest.sg/sharityfamilytime

GOOD DEEDS WITH SHARITY (Primary 3)

In partnership with Ministry of Education’s Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) branch, Good Deeds with Sharity, one of our initiatives as part of the Sharity Club, aims to reinforce the Caring and Sharing values to nurture the younger generation to become socially responsible citizens. Primary 3 students are challenged to perform 6 good deeds between June and July in the journals provided. Every student who has completed his/her journal will receive a Sharity collar pin that comes with flashing lights from their respective teachers.

Find out more at

www.comchest.sg/sharitygooddeeds

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