NUS Day of Service 2019

VISITING SEMAKAU LANDFILL AND BEACH CLEAN-UP

Champion: NUS Master of Science (Environmental Management) (MEM) Alumni
The group visited Singapore’s only landfill and learned more about waste reduction, and went to Labrador Park to pick up trash.

WILLING HEARTS SOUP KITCHEN

Champion: Tembusu College
NUS Provost Professor Ho Teck Hua (Engineering ’85) joined volunteers to prepare food for distribution to needy families.

MANGROVE CLEAN-UP WITH EVBIG

Champion: Environmental Biology Interest Group, Life Sciences Society
NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye (Science ’85) and volunteers kicked-off the day at the Sungei Pandan mangrove for a cleanup, and collected 59 garbage bags of trash weighing 214 kilograms.

GIA BAC AT VIETNAM - SHARING THE LOVE WITH ETHNIC CHILDREN 

Champion: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Vietnam Alumni Chapter
Volunteers visited the villagers at Gia Bac (a mountainous village in the Central Highlands of Vietnam) with stationery and rice for needy local kids.

Contemporary Dance Workshop with Elderly 

Champion: NUS Dance Synergy
Students spent time with the elderly and shared with them the joy and benefits of contemporary dance.

Sing-Along @ Ling Kwang Home

Champion: NUS Alumni Sing-Along
Alumni treated the residents to a dim sum breakfast, and entertained and engaged them with popular sing-along songs.

Ubin Kampong Clean-up Project

Champion: King Edward VII (KEVII) Hall
Students helped to clean homes, courtyards and gardens at Kampung Durian on Pulau Ubin.

Food Distribution

Champion: NUS Food Science & Technology Alumni
Volunteers collected ‘ugly’ but still good-to-consume fruits and vegetables at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre for distribution to needy families and charitable organisations.

DAY AT LEE AH MOOI OLD AGE HOME (SILAT)

Champion: NUS Alumni Relations
Staff spent the morning interacting with the elderly through games and karaoke, as well as painting a mural wall and helping to set up a mini garden.

Day at Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum 

Champion: NUS Office of Human Resources
Staff from NUS Office of Human Resources spent an afternoon with clients of Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore and their families at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum.

Learning Journey at Foreword Coffee 

Champion: Ms Velda Wong (Arts and Social Sciences ’18)
Participants, including NUS Deputy President (Research & Technology) Professor Chen Tsuhan and NUS Alumni Advisory Board member and Member of Parliament Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar (Science ’98), learnt how to make coffee from the café’s differently-abled baristas.

Distribution of Food to Roadside Construction Workers 

Champion: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) Pakistan Alumni Chapter
Alumni distributed lunch to the informal construction workers who gathered at intersections to wait for jobs.