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#280 From: Melissa Kwee <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Wed Nov 4, 2009 2:33 pm
Subject: LKY Green Talk with IUCN hosted by SIIA Simon Tay 		melissa_kwee
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#279 From: Melissa Kwee <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:12 pm
Subject: Pls help improve the conditions of Foreign Workers' Housing 		melissa_kwee
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Dear Friends,

Two young NUS social work grads have initiated a small campaign to raise awareness amongst Singaporeans and residents to voice their support for MOM's initiatives to improve the housing for Foreign workers in Singapore.

As you may have read, MOM has been doing some serious cracking down on errant employers who house their workers in conditions not worthy of human beings.  They need to know that more Singaporeans DO support the push for better standards for the people who come to build our city.  We owe them more than what many are getting.

Please take 2 minutes to watch this short video of a Chinese construction worker who 'lives' on Orchard Road.

To express your support for better housing, please visit:

Singaporeans and residents of Singapore do care.  Let us not be a silent majority but continue to love our neighbours as ourselves.

With love,
Melissa

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#278 From: Melissa Kwee <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:26 pm
Subject: Talk: Demystifying the Business and Human Rights Agenda 		melissa_kwee
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My good friend and HR expert Sumi will be speaking on 23 Sept.
Her bio from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is noted below if you're keen to attend, it will be worthwhile. 
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Sumi Dhanarajan

Sumi Dhanarajan is a trustee of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. From 1998 to 2008 Sumi was the Head of the Private Sector Team at Oxfam GB, the international development organisation addressing poverty issues worldwide.

Based in Singapore since August 2009, she is an independent consultant specialising in the field of business, human rights and sustainable development.  Recent assignments include a research fellowship on the Public Roles of the Private Sector at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the National University of Singapore.  She is the Regional Adviser for East/Southeast Asia to the Institute for Human Rights and Business, serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Human Rights Practice (Oxford University Press) and Development in Practice (Kumarian Press), and sits on the Steering Committee for BASESWiki, an initiative under the mandate of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights to document non-judicial grievance mechanisms for resolving disputes on corporate-related human rights harms.  She also serves on the Advisory Board of Responsible Research, a firm that conducts research on responsible investment in Asia for institutional investors.

Sumi’s publications include:

• Business and the Millenium Development Goals, co-author Penny Fowler, Briefings for Business Series (Oxfam GB, 2008)

• Investing for life: Meeting poor people’s needs for access to medicines through responsible business practices [PDF] by Helena Viñes Fiestas with Sumi Dhanarajan et al. (Oxfam International, 2007) 

• “Faster, Longer, Cheaper: The nexus between poor labour standards and supply-chain management in the apparel industry” (European Retail Digest, Fall 2004)

• Play Fair at the Olympics [PDF] (Oxfam International, ICFTU, Clean Clothes Campaign, 2004)

• “Multinational companies and ethical issues” in Macdonald, Tuselmann & Wheeler, International Business Adjusting to New Challenges & Opportunities (Palgrave, 2002)

• Managing ethical standards: when rhetoric meets reality [PDF] (Development in Practice, 2005)

• The impact of patent rules on the treatment of HIV/AIDS in Thailand [PDF] (Oxfam GB, 2001)

She has previously served as a trustee for the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, on the Board of Directors of the Ethical Trading Initiative, and as a research adviser for the Human Rights & Business Project (International Council for Human Rights Policy).

Sumi was educated in Malaysia, Singapore and the UK.  In 1994 she worked as Human Rights Officer for the Malaysian Bar Council.  From 1995 to 1997 she worked as Senior Legal Officer for the Democratic Party of Hong Kong at the Legislative Council.  Sumi became a barrister in the UK in 1997.  In 1998 she received an M.A. in Understanding & Securing Human Rights, at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.



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From: Vijay RAMANI <vramani@...>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:20:42 +0800
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Subject: CSR Briefing (Wednesday) 23 September - "Demystifying the Business and Human Rights Agenda"
“Demystifying the Business and Human Rights Agenda”

Date: Wednesday 23 September 2009, Singapore
Venue: Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre
Time: 5.00 pm - 6.30 pm
Despite much attention, numerous public campaigns and any number of attempts to define and clarify the connection between business activities and human rights, there is still a fair amount of uncertainty about how companies could respond to the challenges posed within supply chains, host communities and markets.
This briefing will provide insight into contemporary understandings of how to identify human rights impacts within your business and comprehending what they mean in terms policy and practice changes. We will also discuss current frameworks and tools available to companies to enable practical approaches that deliver optimal outcomes for individuals and communities affected.

Please find more information in the brochure online at:
http://www.csr-asia.com/upload/news/953897091916.pdf
Speaker:
·         Sumi Dhanarajan – CSR Asia


Registration is free and on a first-come first served basis. To register, please email: csrbriefings@...
Please provide your name, business title, company name and contact details.  
The briefing will be held in Room 209, Level 2  - Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Our Sponsor
We would like to thank our sponsor HP for their support for the CSR Briefing series, helping us to build the CSR Briefings as an information sharing and networking platform.  

Venue Partner
Thank you to our Venue partner, Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre for providing the space for the briefings.

Supporting partners
Thank you to our other partners the World Bank, the British of Chamber of Commerce and the Australian Chamber of Commerce.

CSR Training

Our next training course in Singapore is the “Reporting and Communications” on 12th October 2009, for more information please visit:
 http://www.csr-asia.com/course_detail.php?id=34
Our Training Programme Calendar for the Year is online at:
http://www.csr-asia.com/course.php

Kind regards,
Vijay Ramani
CSR Asia
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Tel: (65) 6438 0677
Fax: (65) 6438 6800

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Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia
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Upcoming Event -
CSR Asia Summit 2009: 27 & 28 October, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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#277 From: Willy Ong <merynx@...>
Date:: Mon Sep 7, 2009 4:12 pm
Subject: Sinema Presents International Social Action Film Festival 		merynx
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#276 From: Melissa Kwee <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:08 am
Subject: Invitation to Circle Painting in Singapore, June 25-26 (ONLY) 		melissa_kwee
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**circle of friends, SG**

PUBLIC PAINTING WORKSHOP, 25-26 June

Join us for an empowering afternoon of fun to celebrate and create beautiful art with the rich diversity of our community. Beautiful People is hosting a community art platform to showcase the power of collaboration and cooperation: young and old, able and differently-abled in a multi-cultural environment.  Join original Circle Painting artist Hiep Nguyen for 1.5hr sessions of creative movement and fun! 

June 25-26 -- 2 Days ONLY (11am-4pm)
Donation: $10 adults. $5 children p/hour (all funds to support Beautiful People)
Reserve your place by June 19 at: circleoffriendssg@... or call Ayu 6434 9859

WHERE?
Millenia Walk ‘Great Hall’, opposite Marina Square and Suntec Carrefour
9 Raffles Boulevard , Millenia Walk, Singapore  039192

WHY COME?
  • Enjoy a rare chance to create a large scale public painting
  • Learn from the originator of Circle Painting, artist, teacher and aikido practitioner Hiep Nguyen
  • Fun and meaningful activity for young & old
  • Teach and learn about diversity and compassion
  • Show your support for the community!

* Facilitators Workshops 23-24 June - Please enquire for details: circleoffriendssg@... or call Sophia/Ayu 6434 9859

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WHAT IS CIRCLE PAINTING?

Circle Painting is an enlivening, engaging, and positive process that brings people together to make art at social or community events.  It empowers participants to make stunning large-scale paintings designed around the circle theme.

Facilitated by a US-based Vietnamese artist Hiep Nyugen, this beautiful painting will be created by young and old, abled and differently abled individuals from many walks of life.

The interactive, simple, and colorful nature of Circle Painting has made it a phenomenal success at festivals and community events around world.

Join us to showcase your talent and celebrate our diversity!


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Circle of Friends is organised by Beautiful People as a community project to celebrate the beauty and joy of diversity. www.beautifulpeople.org.sg


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#275 From: Melissa Kwee <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:34 am
Subject: [Needed] Volunteers to help Migrant Workers 		melissa_kwee
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Friends,
Please note the need for volunteers below.  Hope you or someone you know can help.
Blessings,
M

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If you want to build a ship, do not drum up people to collect wood and assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery


Help desk/Help line volunteer (Training will be provided)

Responsibilities:
1) Assist workers with employment related difficulties
2) Provide information on migrant rights
3) Case documentation
4) Call and write emails to the authorities on behalf of migrant workers
5) Referral services
6) Distribute information leaflets to migrant workers

Skills needed:
1) Good listening and inter-personal skills. Patient and persistent
2) Able to speak Tamil, Bengali, Mandarin or Burmese an added bonus but not necessary

Commitment:
1) Choose either of the following time slots:
Weekdays:  4 hours: 9:30am - 1:30pm OR 2pm to 6pm
Weekends: 3 hours: Saturday: 930am to 1230pm OR 1230pm to 3pm;
Sunday: 530pm to 830pm :"

Please contact: Jolovan at - jolovan@...

More info at: www.home.org.sg


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#274 From: Melissa Kwee <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:28 am
Subject: 2009 Agents of Change Seminar Series by CAG 		melissa_kwee
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Perhaps something some of you may be interested to catch!

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#273 From: Melissa Kwee <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Mon Mar 2, 2009 3:24 am
Subject: Seeking an Administrative Assistant (Good Company & Healthserve: Migrant Workers Initiative) 		melissa_kwee
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Dear Friends, 

I am seeking an Administrative Assistant to help on an initiative to use business to transform the recruitment and integration process for foreign workers.  The person will also be required to assist with the HealthServe Migrant Research Project which will run complementary to the Good Company business.

The person will report to me and Peter Hsu. Please circulate to your contacts. We noted that the application closing date will be March 20th.

 Thank you for your help,

 Melissa & Peter

 www.healthserve.org.sg

www.good-company.com

 

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Community is a place where people can live truly as human beings, where they can be healed and strengthened in their deepest emotions, and where they can walk towards unity and inner freedom.  As fears and prejudices diminish and trust in God and others grows, the community can radiate and witness to a style and quality of life which will bring a solution to the troubles of our world.  The response to war is to live like brothers and sisters.  The response to injustice is to share.  The response to prejudice and hatred is forgiveness.  To work for community is to work for humanity.
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#272 From: Melissa Kwee <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:14 pm
Subject: 3rd Singapore Indie Doc Fest - Fringe Programme starts 27 Feb 		melissa_kwee
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Thought some of you may find this of interest! M

3rd Singapore Indie Doc Fest - Fringe Programme starts 27 Feb

FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY - Programmed by The Substation
1) Yang Ban Xi (The 8 Model Works) / China & The Netherlands / 2005 / 90 mins / Yan Ting Yuen / PG
The director revisits the country's recent past to explore the history and legacy of one of the strangest byproducts of totalitarian madness: the revolutionary spectacular… "Absorbing, shrewdly intelligent." – Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
2) Remember Chek Jawa / Singapore / 2007 / 48 mins / Lin Youwei Eric / PG
Chek Jawa, discovered only in 2001 on Pulau Ubin, is an inter-tidal area with amazingly rich marine biodiversity. However, unknown to many, in 1992 the area had been slated for land reclamation. This film is about a group of people who helped change the Government's course of action.

SUNDAY 1 MARCH - Programmed by Underneath the Radar
1) ¡Salud! / USA & Cuba / 2006 / 96 mins / Connie Field
 A powerful film about conflicting values and the urgency of ensuring the universal right to health care. Filmed in The Gambia, rural South Africa, coastal villages of Honduras and river settlements in the Amazon.
2) A Second Hand Life / India / 2005 / 30 mins / Nutan Manmohan
Through the eyes of 2 children, the film investigates the murky side of information technology, whereby tons of hazardous e-waste is seeping into developing countries like India.

SATURDAY 7 MARCH - Programmed by Underneath the Radar
1) Poetry Reading!
Featuring award winning writer, poet and performer Ng Yi-Sheng and civil society activist Sha Najak.
2) Voices in Wartime / USA / 2005 / 74 mins / Rick King
 A documentary film and anthology that assembles voices of witnesses to war. Soldiers, journalists, historians and experts on combat provide diverse perspectives on war's effects on soldiers, civilians and society.

All Fringe Programme screenings are at Singapore Art Museum

Please click here for further information.



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Community is a place where people can live truly as human beings, where they can be healed and strengthened in their deepest emotions, and where they can walk towards unity and inner freedom.  As fears and prejudices diminish and trust in God and others grows, the community can radiate and witness to a style and quality of life which will bring a solution to the troubles of our world.  The response to war is to live like brothers and sisters.  The response to injustice is to share.  The response to prejudice and hatred is forgiveness.  To work for community is to work for humanity.
~ Jean Vanier, Founder of L'Arche Daybreak




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#271 From: Jared Tham <theflyinguniversity@...>
Date:: Fri Jan 2, 2009 3:03 pm
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Events

The 11th Hour: Screening (10 Jan)

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio produces and narrates this urgent and transformational look at where we've been, where we are going - and most important - how we can change. Two screenings at Singapore Botanic Gardens, Function Hall, Botony Centre, from 10.30am-1pm, and 2-4.30pm.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=51517929480

 

Global CSR Summit (13-16 Jan)

http://www.tpgi.org/globalCSR2009/

 

Fair Trade & Ethical Shopping

FairTrade SG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairTradeSG/

 

Food court to introduce biodegradable disposables

One outlet of food court chain Banquet will be using biodegradable disposable wares from Cornware from 14 Dec onwards.  Olive Green Marketing is working with Banquet's other food courts to introduce them at more outlets.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/395700/1/.html

 

Fair Trade chocolate @ Liang Court

Anthon Berg FT chocolate now just $1.30 from Meidi-Ya Supermarket, in the basement of Liang Court Shopping Centre.

www.anthonberg.com

 

Greenwash Guide

A useful guide to consumer discernment.

http://www.futerra.co.uk/downloads/Greenwash_Guide.pdf

 

Social Enterprise

Social Enterprise SG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialEnterpriseSG/


Giving Forward: Spirit of Social Enterprise
Consumers enjoy exclusive offers while contributing to a social cause. 20% of all revenue from the sales of the Giving Forward membership programme is donated to adopted charities. The beneficiaries bear no upfront costs or risk, and do not pay to be included.
http://www.givingforward.com/


Startup and Change the World

This is a guidebook published by the Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative.

http://www.slideshare.net/xmergnc/startup-change-the-world-guide-for-young-social-entrepreneurs?type=powerpoint

 

Open Source

 

Succeeding at open-source innovation

Mozilla’s chairman and former CEO, Mitchell Baker, explains the power of the participatory, open-source model of collaboration.

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Strategy/Innovation/Succeeding_at_open-source_innovation__An_interview_with_Mozillas_Mitchell_Baker_2098


Teaching

Teaching SG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teachingsg/

TeachingSG is an online networking session for all teachers, ex-teachers and tutors who are passionate about education to support one another.  This is the place to share news about the latest teaching methodology, resources in IP and non-IP areas, news and opportunities in the area of professional development, ideas and thoughts, latest happenings in schools and centres, and just about anything that got to do with teaching.

 

Volunteering Overseas
Expedition SG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ExpeditionSG/

 

Project Yuksam

Read about the challenges and triumphes of Project Yuksam’s 17 members from SMU on their 3-week eco-tourism mission to Yuksam village in west Sikkim, northeast India.
http://yuksam.wordpress.com/

 

Environment

Sustainability SG: http://sustainabilitysg.ning.com/

 

The Really, Really Free Market movement

From Wikipedia: "The RRFM movement is a non-hierarchical collective of individuals who form a temporary market based on an alternative gift economy. The RRFM movement aims to counteract capitalism in a non-reactionary way. It holds as a major goal to build a community based on sharing resources, caring for one another and improving the collective lives of all." The Singapore chapter of this movement is starting, with its first event at Post-Museum on 18 Jan, 2-8pm.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55373428641

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Really,_Really_Free_Market

 

LETS (Local Exchange Trading System)
LETS are local, non-profit exchange networks in which goods and services can be traded without the need for printed currency.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Exchange_Trading_System
http://www.community-exchange.org/

 

Freecycle
A grassroots and nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns.
http://www.freecycle.org/

 

Refugees

Refugees SG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RefugeesSG/

 

'The Revolving Door': Plight of Burmese refugees in Malaysia

In the first ever instance of highlighting the lives of refugees, particularly Burmese, Malaysian rights campaigners have launched a new book compiling eight stories on the pathetic situation of Burmese refugees. The book titled, 'The Revolving Door', highlights the precarious state that Burmese refugees are in, in Malaysia while seeking refuge from persecution in their home country – Burma.

http://www.mizzima.com/news/regional/1093-the-revolving-door-plight-of-burmese-refugees-in-malaysia.html

 

Child Rights

Child Rights SG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChildRightsSG/

 

NEPAL: Fighting back against the child widow taboo

Nepal, which has one of world's highest levels of child marriage, according to Nepal's Demographic Health Survey. Over 63 percent of girls marry before 18, and 7 percent marry before reaching 10. But for those who become widows, the stigma can be overwhelming: They are often looked upon with disdain and suspicion, and even blamed for their husband's death.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/7f02021b0e06a87d576f4d8ef0e49b0c.htm

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=61758

 

Sharks

lovesharks.sg: http://lovesharkssg.blogspot.com/

 

Shark will not be hunted: Aussie police

Australian authorities said Sunday they will not attempt to hunt down a shark believed to have killed a swimmer, as reports said the victim would not have wanted the predator to die.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081227/tap-australia-animal-shark-5a1703c.html

 

Whale sharks net a saviour

Once indiscriminately slaughtered by fishermen in the coastal areas of Saurashtra in Gujarat, the endangered whale shark has found an unlikely saviour in Dinesh Goswami. Goswami, who learnt about the fate of whale sharks in a documentary by environmentalist Mike Pandey, decided to make it his mission to save them.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Our_unsung_heroes_/articleshow/3921985.cms

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#270 From: "Willy Ong" <merynx@...>
Date:: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:10 pm
Subject: SAC National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) Training program 2009 		merynx
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Anyone interested in this NYAA volunteering gig, please contact adventuretraining@... directly. :)

Cheers,
Willy

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Date: Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Subject: SAC National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) Training program 2009

Dear all volunteers,
 
SAC has again been invited to conduct NYAA Training Program for our prison friends at Kaki Bukit Centre (KBC) and Changi Women's Prison (CWP) coming 2009.
 
These courses have helped our prison friends to learn a wide array of adventure skills and instil the core elements like self-confidence and teamwork. Recognition and interest of our training programmes have been overwhelming from past prison trainings like KBC and CWP. Volunteers and facilitators who participated in prison trainings often gain more than what they had imparted to our prison friends.
 
Coming this January 2009, SAC will be repeating this NYAA program for our prison friends of KBC and CWP. We are flashing out for volunteers / facilitators to assist SAC in this interesting program and make this again a memorable and fruitful experience for our KBC and CWP friends!
NYAA at CWP
Date: 10 January 2009, Saturday (1 day event)
Time: 8 am to 6pm
Note: due to CWP security policy, we request 99.99 % female volunteers for this. Experienced female volunteers will be place on priority first.
 
NYAA at KBC
Dates: 1, 17, 18 January 2009 (3 days event)
Time: 8 am to 6pm (be prepared as it may stretch further)
Note: males and females may apply as volunteers. We will try to balance a mix of experienced and newbie volunteers so that the "fire will keep burning."
 
But please note that super priority will be given to those who can volunteer for both NYAA at CWP and KBC. This is to maintain the continuity of the programs for our prison friends.
 
LIMITED VACANCIES AVAILABLE ONLY!!
 
Interested? You need to meet the following points:
1) Attend the compulsory briefing and crash - course training before on 4 January 2009 (Sunday), 10 am to roughly 3 pm at SAC Clubhouse. Those who failed to turn up for this briefing will not be able to participate in this program. Can wait for 2010.
 
2) Above 21 years old.
 
3) Good to have basic knowledge in first aid, rope work , navigation, survival cooking or jungle survival skills.You no need to be Tarzan or surgeon, just basic entry level of skills.
 
4) Most importantly, an open mind and willing to share experience and views. You will be need to be very disciplined in the prison settings and accept criticisms. We are not going to a play ground.
 
Please indicate your interest by emailing us at adventuretraining@... by 14 December 2009 in the format below:
(a) full name (as in NRIC)
(b) NRIC/FIN no
(c) Contactable numbers please!
(d) age. Please give, we don't want to guess.
(e) Address, including postal code pls.
(f) Email address that won't bounce back.
(g) Gender (M/F)
(h) any relevant experiences eg whether you have participated in any adventure trainings before or skilled in rope work, first aid etc.
(i) if you participated in our SAC NYAA programs before, pls help us refresh who you are!!
(j) whether you joining CWP or KBC or both. Note again: priority will be given to those who can participate both or at least 1 full event.
 
There is nothing more meaningful to start your 2009 than by sharing and learning from our prison friends! So sign up now!
 
Supporting community programs always,
Chan Kai Ler
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#269 From: "Melissa Kwee" <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:44 am
Subject: Workshop: How to Assist Foreign Workers 		melissa_kwee
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Dear Friends!

Please try to support to learn how you can help.

M

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TALKING ABOUT FOREIGN WORKERS

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Organized by Transient Workers Count Too  

Singapore today hosts close to one million migrant workers. We believe there needs to be a sustained effort made in promoting awareness and in improving welfare. Direct services can offer help in tackling problems as they arise, but many of these could be avoided through changes in policies and practices. To bring those about, awareness-raising initiatives on migrant workers need to continue. This requires on-going research that produces assessments of migrant workers' role and conditions, looks at the needs and expectations of all the parties concerned, and clarifies what the problem areas are. In addition, awareness-raising efforts such as public education, campaigns, engagement with the media and dialogues with stakeholders are encouraging changes in public attitudes, in the practices of agencies and official bodies in Singapore and in countries that send workers here, as well as in law and regulations. 

JOIN US!

7th December 2008

1 to 6pm

The Substation Theatre

45 armenian Street 

Registration is required.

Download the forms at our website. www.twc2.org.sg 
 

Twc2 gratefully acknowledges the support of the international labour organization 

This event is in support of U60, a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in Singapore. U60 seeks to bring Singaporeans together to discuss what human rights means to us. The U60 Team is supported by organising partners MARUAH and The Online Citizen. Please visit www.u60sg.org for more details.

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TWC2 is holding a free workshop this December to increase capacity in the work involving migrant workers. As such, we're extending invitations to member organisations who might find it useful to engage their volunteers in. I've attached here information for you. Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any queries.

Best wishes,

Sha Najak (Ms)
Helpline/Case Manager
Transient Workers Count Too

 

5001 Beach Road
Golden Mile Complex
#06-27, Singapore 199588
T : 6247 7001
F : 6396 0759
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#268 From: "Melissa Kwee" <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:12 pm
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Hi friends,

What's up? We have a module training coming up ...


Module Training for Integral Community Development Facilitators

On 22 November, we will be having our module training for Integral Community Development Facilitators.

Even if you have not been through the Overall Concept Module on Integral Community Development Concepts (that's Module 1), you can still be excited about how one committed person can make a difference in a low-income community.

You will learn how to translate a vision for empowering the low-income community into reality. You will better appreciate our 3 core values: culture sensitivity, grassroots identification and volunteerism. In addition, you will find out how you can effectively partner and mobilise low-income communities to carry out Integral Community Development projects that could change the low-income community's mindset and lifestyle away from poverty's vicious cycle towards sustainable future.

Date: 22 November 2008
Time: 9.00am to 5.00pm
Place: Vision Network Society Office , 125 Bukit Merah Lane 1, #04-166 (Opp Alexandra Hospital)

Register online, email us at module@... or call us at 6272-2492 by 5pm, Thursday, 20 Nov. (Minimum 5 persons)



Thank you. And please remember the school shoes!


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Tel: 6272 2492



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Date:: Thu Nov 6, 2008 12:58 pm
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Home > Programmes > 27 November 2008

Lien Centre, Institute of Policy Studies and HP Alumni present:

Social Conversation on Venture Philanthropy

Date: 27th November 2008

Time: 9:30am – 12 noon

Venue: Conference Hall, Admin Building , Singapore Management University

( Participants interested in the Social Ventures Partners (SVP) Model are invited to attend a Venture Philanthropy Workshop conducted by Ruth Jones from 2 – 5:30 pm on the same day)

Synopsis

To better address societal challenges, leading thinkers in the business and nonprofit worlds are working together on new social models that combine charitable missions, corporate know-how and social consciousness in ways that transcend traditional business and philanthropy. One example of this new generation of hybrid organizations is Venture Philanthropy, a grant making model designed to augment traditional philanthropic practices and methods.

Venture Philanthropy takes concepts and techniques from the Venture Capital funding model and applies them to achieving philanthropic goals. It eschews once-off giving in favour of a long term relationship between a grant recipient and a funder who provides both expertise and capital. How effective is this new social model? What are its limitations? Are benefits to recipients sustainable? Ruth Jones, Executive Director of Social Venture Partners International addresses these issues and shares her experiences on how this model of Venture Philanthropy has created significant social impact.

What is Social Venture Partners?

Social Venture Partners is a network of more than 2000 individuals in 24 communities in the United States , Canada and Japan who care passionately about making the world a better place and give of their time and resources to do so. Fundamental to the SVP model is engagement , meaning that SVP partners get intimately involved in helping organisations they have chosen to invest in, in order to build up their organisational capacity. Partners also find the engagement of value to their personal development as it broadens their understanding of societal issues that their recipients seek to address.

Is there scope for a Social Venture Partner model in Singapore ?

We believe that as more people are actively involved in their local communities – giving of their time, their individual skills and expertise, and resources – the more likely we are to find solutions to some of society's local social issues. This local engagement would reinforce the virtuous cycle of smart giving with social impact.

 

Join us in a conversation as we explore the evolution of this new philanthropic culture, its applicability to Asia and the factors that could potentially contribute to us remaking and revolutionizing the social space in Singapore and beyond.

Program Details

Date

Thursday 27th November

Session 1: Social Conversation on Venture Philanthropy

Time

9.30 am to 12 noon

Venue

 

 

Singapore Management University
Conference Hall 1
Admin Building
81 Victoria Street

Programme

 

9:30 am

 

10:00 am

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration and Refreshments

 

Opening Remarks

Mr. Gerard Ee
Board Member, Lien Centre for Social Innovation

Gerard will share his views about the organisational challenges facing the social sector

 

The Singapore Perspective

Dr Gillian Koh
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies

Citing studies on the emerging social enterprise sector, Gillian will outline support required by practitioners in the field

 

“High-Impact Philanthropy: The SVP Modelâ€

Ms Ruth Jones, Executive Director, SVPI (Social Venture Partners International). Ruth will explain the concept of high-engagement philanthropy, introduce the SVP Model and share case studies of the impact on founders & on recipient organisations.

 

11 am

 

 

Open Discussion

Join Ruth, Gillian and Gerard in a Social Conversation on Venture Philanthropy. The session will be moderated by Caroline Seow, Executive Director, Lien Centre for Social Innovation

11:45 am

Closing Reflections

Professor Howard Hunter
President, Singapore Management University

12 noon

End

Session 2: Workshop on the SVP Model

Participants interested in learning more about the SVP model are invited to attend a workshop conducted by Ruth Jones. Details as follows:

12 noon

 

2:00 pm

 

5:30 pm

Lunch

 

The Life Cycle of an SVP

Next Steps for SVP in Singapore

End

 

For registration:

Registration is open to businesses, organizations and individuals interested in idea generation and discussion to move the social space forward.

Please register by Friday, 14 November 2008

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Gillian Koh
Institute of Policy Studies
Tel: 6516 8369
Email: gillian.koh@...

Ms Farheen Mukri
Lien Centre for Social Innovation
Tel: 68280821
E-mail: farheenmukri@...

Mr. Tay Kok Chin
HP Alumni
Tel: 9822 4345
Email: kokchin.tay@...

About Social Conversations Social Conversations provides a platform for thought leaders and practitioners in the social space to share their work and to engage in a conversation with the community on ideas and innovations to enable positive social change in Singapore and beyond.


 

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#266 From: Jared Tham <theflyinguniversity@...>
Date:: Sat Nov 1, 2008 3:51 pm
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Why treat them like lepers?

By S. Murali

ALL RIGHT, here we go again.

Bright ideas to house foreign workers:

Put them on a floating platform, or perhaps a floating island.

Build separate roads for them. Provide them with their own shops, so that they don't have to mingle with the rest of us.

Hey, why stop there?

Why not dig underground and build them some tunnels to live in?

Better still, to save cost, just build extensions to existing MRT tunnelling.

Then we won't have to look at these workers at all, only when they come up for air and to do our dirty work.

Are you people listening to yourselves?

These are HUMAN BEINGS we are talking about.

Some of you won't even treat your precious pets this way. Is this what it means to become a 'first world' nation?

That you treat everyone else from the 'third world' like lepers?

I'm sorry, but some of the ideas that have been 'floated' on this issue make me nauseous.

Get off my sky-high horse and provide solutions, you say?

Here's a novel idea: Let them live amongst us.

Build good quality dorms in housing estates, so that they can get a good night's sleep and still be near amenities such as shops and post offices.

How would I like it if they built a dorm next to my house? Come do, I say.

There is an open field in front of my house at Block 261, Bishan Street 22, which is earmarked as a possible site to build another condominium.

Build a dorm there.

Could there be inconveniences to me and the others living there, as a result? Sure.

More people in a small area is a hassle.

But it is people that we are talking about here.

And I am okay with people.

It's bigots that I have a problem with.

This story was first published in The New Paper on Oct 24, 2008.

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#265 From: "Willy Ong" <merynx@...>
Date:: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:37 am
Subject: Fwd: Volunteers Needed ~ Podz Youth Mentoring 		merynx
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For anyone keen to help out as a youth mentor and nurture the next generation! :)

For more details, pls contact:
Benjamin Teo benjamin_teo@...
Seng Meng lee_sengmeng@...

Cheers,
Willy

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Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Subject: Volunteers Needed ~ Podz Youth Mentoring
To: Willy Ong <merynx@...>

Hello friends,

Please take a look at our Youth Mentoring Programme - Podz!   

 We are looking for volunteers who are above 21 years old, mature, responsible, enjoy interacting with youth and can commit to the programme.  Here's the email publicity / information / application form that we would like to request for you to forward to your colleagues and friends who might be interested.  Thanks much! 

 

Best regards,

Seng Meng 

 

Lee Seng Meng

Senior Social Worker

STUDENTS CARE SERVICE

437 Clementi Ave 3 #01-98 Singapore 120437

Tel: 6778 6867  Fax: 6775 4132  www.students.org.sg

For Students, With Students

 

We are looking for volunteers !!!

 

For the Podz Youth Mentoring ~ a programme for youths completing their rehabilitation programme from the Singapore Boys' Home.

 

The one-year programme aims to help youths be equipped with skills to withstand negative influences through friendship with a caring adult.   

 

Much appreciated if you could forward this email to people interested in volunteering their time to guide the youths.  Information as attached:

1.    All about Podz!

2.    Podz Application Form!

 

We are currently conducting the recruitment interviews. Interested people can contact Seng Meng @ 6778 6867 or lee_sengmeng@...  

  

 

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#264 From: "Melissa Kwee" <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Thu Oct 2, 2008 5:45 pm
Subject: CSR Briefing 29 October - Microfinance for Beginners 		melissa_kwee
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If you're keen.  Do sign up.  Btw, Chia Lee was based in Timor a few years ago.

M

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Date: 2008/9/30
Subject: CSR Briefing 29 October - Microfinance for Beginners
To: vramani@...


CSR Briefing: "Microfinance for Beginners"

Date: Wednesday 29 October 2008, Singapore
Venue: Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre
Time: 6.30 pm - 8.00 pm

Jamie will provide a brief overview of microfinance and the role it plays in Asia by providing access to financial services to those without access to the formal financial sector. He will discuss some of the central trends and challenges that will impact the microfinance sector in the future, including issues such as commercialisation and investment.

 

Chia Lee will discuss her experiences as a microfinance consultant working in countries such as East Timor and the Philippines. Her role in building the capacity of microfinance institutions provides her with a unique insight in to the challenges and opportunities facing microfinance practitioners.

  

Speakers:

·         Jamie Bedson – Asia Regional Representative, Foundation for Development Cooperation

·         Chia Lee Wong –  Microfinance Consultant


Please find more information in the brochure attached.

Registration is free and on a first-come first served basis. To register, please email: csrbriefings@...
Please provide your name, business title, company name and contact details.  

The briefing will be held in Room 203, Level 2 Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Our Sponsor
We would like to thank our sponsor HP for their support for the CSR Briefing series, helping us to build the CSR Briefings as an information sharing and networking platform.  

Venue Partner
Thank you to our Venue partner, Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre for providing the space for the briefings.


Supporting partners
Thank you to our other partners the World Bank, the British of Chamber of Commerce and the Australian Chamber of Commerce.

CSR Training
Our next training course in Singapore is From Ideas to Action from 17th to 18th November, for more information please visit:
http://www.csr-asia.com/calendar.php#2

Kind regards,

CSR Asia
271B New Bridge Road
Chinatown
Singapore
088748

Tel: (65) 6438 0677
Fax: (65) 6438 6800
www.csr-asia.com

CSR Asia builds capacity and promotes awareness of CSR to advance sustainable development across the region.
Save the dates for CSR Asia Summit 2008: Bangkok, 3-4 November 2008. Visit our website here: http://www.csr-asia.com/summit08




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It is difficult not to have plans, not to organize people around an urgent cause, and not to feel that you are working directly for social progress. But I wonder more and more if the first thing shouldn't be to know people by name, to eat and drink with them, to listen to their stories and tell your own, and to let them know with words, handshakes, and hugs that you do not simply like them, but truly love them.
-  Henri Nouwen

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#263 From: "Melissa Kwee" <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:10 pm
Subject: The Future of Business and The Business of the Future -- A Public Lecture by Dr. Ashok Khosla, Leading Global Enviromentalist 		melissa_kwee
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Hello friends,

A lecture this Friday afternoon for those who are interested and may be able to make it.

Ashok is a truly visionary thinker and actor. 

This will be good - hope you can make it.

x
M




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Date: 2008/9/22
Subject: The Future of Business and The Business of the Future -- A Public Lecture by Dr. Ashok Khosla, Leading Global Enviromentalist
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Cc: Camilla Hall <camilla@...>, Ozlem Budeiri <ozlem@...>


cid:3304953055_4985362      

cid:3304953055_4925501

and

 

Diane Fay (S)

 

 

The  Future of Business and the Business of the  Future   


  cid:3304953055_4943504

Dr Ashok  Khosla Chairman,  Development Alternatives Group
President, Club of Rome

 

You are cordially  invited to attend the following lecture hosted by the Lee Kuan Yew  School of Public  Policy:


 
Topic: The  Future of Business and the Business of the  Future

 

Speaker: Dr  Ashok Khosla, Chairman, Development Alternatives  Group; President, Club of Rome

 

Moderator: Dr Darryl Jarvis, Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

 

Date: Friday,  26 September  2008

Time: 4.00  pm – 5.30  pm

Venue: Lecture  Theatre, Level  3, Block B, Faculty of Law, NUS Bukit Timah  Campus, 469G Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259772

 

about  the speaker

Dr Khosla is one of the  world's leading experts on the environment and sustainable development and  a former director of the United Nations Environment Programme.  He  taught the first course on Environment at Harvard University, a course that inspired  ex-US Vice President, Mr Al Gore, a Nobel Laureate, to be an  environmentalist. Dr Khosla is the founder and chairman of the  Development Alternatives Group, a consortium of organisations based in  India whose mission is to  create technologies, enterprises and markets for large scale generation of  sustainable livelihoods. Dr Khosla was awarded the 2002 UN Sasakawa  Environment Prize, the 'Nobel Prize of the Environment World' and the  Schwab Foundation's Award for Outstanding Social Entrepreneur in  2004.


Please contact Ms Neo Sey  Huay at 6516 4767 or email at sppnsh@... for confirmation of  attendance,  latest by 25th September 2008.  

You may also confirm attendance to rsvp@....

Diane Fay (S)

 

 

 

 


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It is difficult not to have plans, not to organize people around an urgent cause, and not to feel that you are working directly for social progress. But I wonder more and more if the first thing shouldn't be to know people by name, to eat and drink with them, to listen to their stories and tell your own, and to let them know with words, handshakes, and hugs that you do not simply like them, but truly love them.
- Henri Nouwen



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It is difficult not to have plans, not to organize people around an urgent cause, and not to feel that you are working directly for social progress. But I wonder more and more if the first thing shouldn't be to know people by name, to eat and drink with them, to listen to their stories and tell your own, and to let them know with words, handshakes, and hugs that you do not simply like them, but truly love them.
- Henri Nouwen

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#262 From: "Melissa Kwee" <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:37 am
Subject: The HAO Summit - Registration is Open! 		melissa_kwee
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Something I think would be really interesting for those of you keen to learn more...

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Hi all,
This upcoming summit co-convened by The Substation has some extraordinary speakers/thinkers and facilitators discussing 'the future as we see it'; vital information as we enter unchartered social and business territory.  I would really appreciate it if some of you could attend and also if you could let others know about it.  Beyond the obvious 'we must break even' thing (!) - there is the added dimension of venturing into some serious, expansive and timely discussions with like-minded people across many industries.  

Particular highlights will be Matt Mason, author of 'The Pirate's Dilemma' - for all you marketing/future-thinking types and Marco Kusumawijaya, eco-architect and innovator the Green Maps movement for those who are also considering our planet!

I do hope to see some of you there!
Best regards
Julie
 


HAO: CONFRONTING THE FUTURE OF ARTS AND CULTURE FROM ASIA
A 3-day Summit organised by The Substation
9 - 11 Sept 2008
NTUC Costa Sands Resort, Sentosa

CALL FOR REGISTRATION

Piracy and copyright. Ecology. Branding. New media. Tourism. Sustainable development. What do these have to do with creativity and the future of arts and culture? 

Quite possibly, everything. After all, the world is interconnected and wired up, and we know that in today's creative economy, your edge comes from your knowledge of trends in other sectors that might impact your own work-sphere. Creativity and the ability to forecast future trends, is the key to survival.

So, if you're interested in taking a peek into the future with artists and creatives, join us at the 3-Day Summit "HAO: CONFRONTING THE FUTURE OF ARTS AND CULTURE FROM ASIA", organised by The Substation - Singapore's first independent arts centre. 

The HAO Summit runs from 9 - 11 Sept 2008, at NTUC Costa Sands Resort, Sentosa. Join us for a day, two days, or three days by the beach, and hear from experts with a wealth of personal and professional experience, including:

- Dr Kirpal Singh, creativity guru & professor at Singapore Management University
- Matt Mason, from the UK, author of the Amazon bestseller "The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Reinvented Capitalism"
see: http://www.thepiratesdilemma.com
- Marco Kusumawijaya, from Indonesia, eco-architect, innovator of the Green Maps movement and chairman of Jakarta Arts Council 
- S. Karthik, founding chairman of Global Brand Forum
- Russell Storer, contemporary Asian art curator, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
- Abdul Rahman Mohammad Abdullah, Total Quality Management specialist, Sanden International Singapore
- Sukaimi Sukri, Martin Loo, Steven Jo, interactive web/advertising professionals
- Kong Nam, Nano Equipment Pte Ltd

Plus, meet 30 young artists, curators and art managers from Asia who will share their dreams and ideas. 

Registration is open NOW for the HAO Summit. All are welcome, particularly those from the creative industries, urban planning and leisure sectors! 

Please visit:
http://www.haofellows.wordpress.com

Plus, free admission passes to Singapore Biennale for the first 20 registrants!

Closing date for registration: 3 Sept 2008

Queries, please email: audrey@...

More details on the HAO Summit are attached.

Best regards,

Audrey 

Audrey Wong
Artistic Co-director
The Substation
http://www.substation.org






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"You have been my friend.
That in itself is a tremendous thing.
I wove my webs for you because I liked you.
After all, what's a life, anyway?
We're born, we live a little while, we die.
A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies.
By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle.
Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that."

~ Charlotte, "Charlotte's Web"


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#261 From: "anntat" <anntat@...>
Date:: Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:31 am
Subject: Studying International Volunteerism Trends in Singapore - Pls help.. 		anntat
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Hi everyone,

Today we are seeing more volunteers venturing out of Singapore doing
various form of overseas community service project with the intention
of wanting to make a difference in another's life.

For organisations involved in International Volunteerism (IV)
projects to sustain its effort for a long haul, it depends not only
on the mere size of its volunteer pool, but also how volunteers are
developed. Different organisations have different means to develop
their volunteers based on the organisations beliefs, values and
purpose, reflecting the diverse ways they generate their activities.
As every organisation has our own strengths, there is much to learn
from one another and even more to share, as each other's efforts are
synergistically leveraged upon.

While there is no common model of volunteering that works for every
organisation, there are however common trends that various
organisations can come together to strengthen. Amongst IV
practitioners, there are huge amounts of resources, information and
experiences that are worth archiving for sharing and serving as
reference for future development.

International Volunteerism Association (IVA) targets to get all
practitioners to share these valuables resources and be the central
repository for all IV practitioners as a continual process of
knowledge management. IVA is in a process of embarking on a research
project to understand Singapore's IV sector better. This is the first
phase of our study to collate essential data for us to identify and
study useful trends. Pls click (or cut and paste):
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/59511/iv-in-sgp

This survey is important to IVA's effort to understand the sector
better. This is crucial in building the IV's sector future. It will
only take 7 minutes of your time. We hope to receive as many
responses as possible by 31 August 2008. Pls help us to forward to as
many organisations as possible who are engaged in IV in Singapore. We
hope to cover as many organisations and as many sectors as possible,
i.e. educational institutes, faith-based organisations, non profit
organisations, for profit organisations, companies etc.

I look forward to your support to develop inspired and committed IV
practitioners with IVA.

Thank you.

Your Sincerely,

Dr Chan Yew Wing
Chairman
International Volunteerism Association

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#260 From: "Melissa Kwee" <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Sat Aug 9, 2008 6:36 am
Subject: Invitation: DVD Launch of Remember Chek Jawa and Invisible City 		melissa_kwee
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Hi,

Objectifs Films is pleased to invite you to the the DVD launch of 2 award-winning documentaries "Remember Chek Jawa" by Eric Lin and "Invisible City" by Tan Pin Pin, which is released as part of an exclusive limited edition box set. Eric and Pin Pin will be speaking about their films and signing DVDs at Kinokuniya bookstore next Saturday, Aug 16. We will also be giving away autographed posters for Invisible City to the first 30 customers who purchase Pin Pin's box set.  Here are the details:

Venue: Kinokuniya @ Ngee Ann City, Level 3
Date: 16 August 2008, Saturday

Remember Chek Jawa
Speakers: Lin Youwei Eric (Director) and Joseph Lai (Botanist / Nature Guide)
Time: 2pm -2.45pm

Tan Pin Pin Box Set
Speaker: Tan Pin Pin (Director)
Time: 3pm - 3.45pm

Please feel free to email or call us at +65 6339 3068 if you have any questions in the meantime. 

We hope you will be able to join us at the event. Thank you! 

Regards,

Kenny Lim
Objectifs - Centre for Photography and Filmmaking

12A Liang Seah Street
Singapore 189033
t: + 65 6339 3068
f: +65 6339 6930 





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"You have been my friend.
That in itself is a tremendous thing.
I wove my webs for you because I liked you.
After all, what's a life, anyway?
We're born, we live a little while, we die.
A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies.
By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle.
Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that."

~ Charlotte, "Charlotte's Web"


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#259 From: "Melissa Kwee" <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Thu Aug 7, 2008 6:28 pm
Subject: "Embracing the Enemy: Reconciliation in a World of Religious Conflicts" Miroslav Volf in Singapore! 		melissa_kwee
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Friends,

Greetings from LA!
One of my FAVOURITE theologians, Miroslav Volf  is speaking in SG next week (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_Volf)

Earnest Lau Lectures:
Embracing the Enemy: Reconciliation in a World of Religious Conflicts
by Prof Miroslav Volf
12-13 Aug 2008 (Tue-Wed)
8 pm
Chapel, Trinity Theological College

Address:
490 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678093   Tel: (65) 6767 6677

http://www.ttc.edu.sg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=79

Please go if you can. I wish I could attend. I visited him at Yale and was and continue to be moved by his commitments to explore what it means to be a minister of reconciliation.

All the best,
Melissa

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"You have been my friend.
That in itself is a tremendous thing.
I wove my webs for you because I liked you.
After all, what's a life, anyway?
We're born, we live a little while, we die.
A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies.
By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle.
Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that."

~ Charlotte, "Charlotte's Web"


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#258 From: "Melissa Kwee" <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Tue Aug 5, 2008 4:24 am
Subject: Beautiful People Seeking Malay Dance Teacher: 		melissa_kwee
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Hi friends,
 
My Beautiful People Co-Leader from Northlight School is looking for a Malay Dance teacher.
 
If you have any suggestions, we'd be most grateful!
 
Please revert to Shindy directly.
 
xx
Melissa

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Hi Big Sisters
 
Anyone can help me look for a Malay Dance teacher for my girls at Northlight.
 
Tkns

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Shindy Vij
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
"If you judge people you have no time to love them" (Mother Theresa)
He who has never learned to obey
cannot be a good commander.
Aristotle



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"You have been my friend.
That in itself is a tremendous thing.
I wove my webs for you because I liked you.
After all, what's a life, anyway?
We're born, we live a little while, we die.
A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies.
By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle.
Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that."

~ Charlotte, "Charlotte's Web"


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#256 From: Safwanah Marican <kuestion_mark@...>
Date:: Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:47 pm
Subject: Re: Beautiful People: Looking for Tutors & Big Sisters (Info Session July 26, 3pm Beyond Social Services) 		kuestion_mark
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Hi Melissa,

 

Im 19 but i really wouldnt mind volunteering with BSS.

Is it a law thingie or self imposed just to outsource a more mature

group of volunteers.

 

-Safwanah



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From: Melissa Kwee <m.aratani.kwee@...>
To: global_cafe@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, 7 July 2008 4:14:43
Subject: [global_cafe] Beautiful People: Looking for Tutors & Big Sisters (Info Session July 26, 3pm Beyond Social Services)

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beautiful people
* VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT *
* 26 July ~ 3pm ~ Beyond Social Services *
------------ --------- --------- ----
Are You Beautiful?

Recruitment-&-Clothes Swop Party - Info Session

Hey there! 

Are you 21 or older, positive, with a big heart and a desire to sow good seeds into teenage girl's life?  

You could be a Big Sisters, Tutor or general volunteer with Beautiful People.  Our requirements and standards are pretty high because above all, we're looking for women with a heart to love, serve and care for others who are just starting their journey to reclaim their dreams. 

Join us and enjoy an afternoon of fun and female networking and learn about what it takes to be a Big Sister or volunteer with Beautiful People.

      Date:    26 July Saturday

      Time:   3-430pm (Registration 245pm)

      Venue: Beyond Social Services, 26 Jalan Klinik. #01-42/52. S(160026) - Behind Tiong Bahru MRT

      Program:  Getting to know Beautiful People, The Big Swop, makan & a whole load of fun! 

Please RSVP by 24 July with your name and contact information to: contactbeautifulpeo ple@gmail. com

And just for fun, we've added a Clothes Swop.  Do you have clothes you can't see yourself wearing but it's still nice and wearable? Come and swop it with another gal. Women of all sizes are welcome.*

*All clothes not swopped at the end of the day will be donated to the lovely girls of Beyond Social Services. (These teenage girls usually come from underprivileged households in the neighborhood. The clothes will come in handy, especially for part-time work.)

------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
Recruiting: Big Sisters & Tutors

------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------

THE OPPORTUNITY: Being a Big Sister or Tutor

If you are aged 21 and older looking for a meaningful way to spend your time together, come visit our Big Sisters' Orientation and learn what it's like to volunteer with Beautiful People and what on the horizon and how you can join a neighborhood Team of Big Sisters. Individuals are also welcome.

THE COMMITMENT

We are seeking Big Sisters with a BIG heart, Time, and an Attitude of Possibility.

Time Commitment:

1. Minimum 4 hours a month (preferably once a fortnight). No maximum time.

2. Orientation session and regular participation in evaluation and skills-training sessions

3. Minimum 6 months commitment in a neighborhood team

Training & Coaching Support:

1. Training courses will be organized to Big Sisters interested in honing their skills and capabilities

2. All Big Sisters have a group Coach and/or Co-leader to help support them to be the best Big Sister they can be

 OBJECTIVE

Big Sisters will start off befriending the girls we work with, e.g. from Pertapis and Andrew & Grace Homes. As you build a relationship with them, you graduate to mentoring or being a compass for them in their lives. The main pre-requisites:

      -  Positive attitude – you speak life and encouragement

      - Persistent and perseverant â€“ it takes a while sometimes for you to change a girl's attitude but you are not easily fazed and take on the challenge.

      - Any background as long as you are committed doing something outside of your social circle

      Your reward- Good friends and the sheer satisfaction that you have a made a significant change in another woman's life.

THE ORGANISATION

Beautiful People is a volunteer program aimed at inspiring, educating and encouraging teen girls from shelters and youth service programs to be their best and highest selves. Beautiful People reaches out through organizing fun activities, camps and life-skills workshops to befriend and encourage the girls. We do not offer pity but friendship and a challenge to make good choices and rise above their circumstances with a stronger sense of self-worth, dignity and purpose. Our ultimate goal is to translate these life-skills into dignified jobs, stable family lives, and active participation in their communities.

------------ --------- --------- --------- -----
Also Recruiting: other positions
------------ --------- --------- --------- -----
Beautiful People also needs volunteers to help with program administration and development as well as marketing and sponsorship.  

Other volunteers positions available:

    Beautiful People also needs volunteers to help with program administration and development as well as marketing and sponsorship.  Please get in touch with us to find out how you can help, or send a completed Volunteer Registration Form to us at contactbeautifulpeo ple@gmail. com. (This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it.) We are presently recruiting:

  • Website Administrators - to develop and maintain our website, no HTML-background required
  • Newsletter Editor - to help publish a quarterly newsletter on Beautiful People's activities
  • Volunteer Communications Administrators - to manage volunteer and manpower deployment as well as information dissemination within Beautiful People
  • Business Enterprise Team Members - to explore and manage the creation of small businesses under the Beautiful People umbrella to encourage social enterprise and entrepreneurial opportunities for teen girls
  • Fund-Raising Team members - to assist with Beautiful People's fund-raising efforts
  • Training Support Team members - to assist with the training needs of Big Sisters

Only able to help on an ad-hoc basis?  We are also recruiting:

  • Camp Team Members - to organize Beautiful People's mid-year and/or end-of-year camps in June and/or Nov of each year
  • Event and Workshop Coordinators - to work with Youth Worker Coordinators to organise Beautiful People events and Saturday workshops, including the sourcing of workshop leaders and the management of logistical requirements (e.g. venue coordination, refreshments and publicity (can be on ad-hoc or regular basis)
****
 Please get in touch with us to find out how you can help 
OR send a completed Volunteer Registration Form to us at contactbeautifulpeo ple@gmail. com. 

(This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it.)    

For more information, please visit our website http://www.beautifu lpeople.org. sg/

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#255 From: "May-Ann" <mayann@...>
Date:: Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:19 am
Subject: Invitation to the ASEAN Day Student Forum, 7 Aug 08 9am-2pm 		limmayann
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The Singapore Institute of International Affairs would like to invite you to the ASEAN Day Student Forum 2008, to be held on the 7th of August 2008 at The Regent Hotel Singapore.

DETAILS
Date & Time: 7 August 2008, 9am-2pm
Venue:              The Regent Hotel Singapore, One Cuscaden Road Singapore 249715
Programme:     Please refer to http://siiaonline.org/?q=ASEANday2008  for details
Admission:    FREE

2008 has been an interesting year for ASEAN thus far, with a new Secretary-General, H.E. Surin Pitsuwan, the signing of the ASEAN Charter, and the adoption of the ASEAN Economic blueprint, amongst other notable changes.

The ASEAN Day Students Forum aims to provide a platform for experts and student leaders to come together and share their opinions and views on ASEAN's achievements and future challenges.

Registration can be done via email or online at: http://siiaonline.org/?q=ASEANday2008

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#254 From: "Melissa Kwee" <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Mon Jul 7, 2008 8:14 am
Subject: Beautiful People: Looking for Tutors & Big Sisters (Info Session July 26, 3pm Beyond Social Services) 		melissa_kwee
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----------------------------------
beautiful people
* VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT *
* 26 July ~ 3pm ~ Beyond Social Services *
----------------------------------
Are You Beautiful?

Recruitment-&-Clothes Swop Party - Info Session

Hey there! 

Are you 21 or older, positive, with a big heart and a desire to sow good seeds into teenage girl's life?  

You could be a Big Sisters, Tutor or general volunteer with Beautiful People.  Our requirements and standards are pretty high because above all, we're looking for women with a heart to love, serve and care for others who are just starting their journey to reclaim their dreams. 

Join us and enjoy an afternoon of fun and female networking and learn about what it takes to be a Big Sister or volunteer with Beautiful People.

      Date:    26 July Saturday

      Time:   3-430pm (Registration 245pm)

      Venue: Beyond Social Services, 26 Jalan Klinik. #01-42/52. S(160026) - Behind Tiong Bahru MRT

      Program:  Getting to know Beautiful People, The Big Swop, makan & a whole load of fun! 

Please RSVP by 24 July with your name and contact information to: contactbeautifulpeople@...

And just for fun, we've added a Clothes Swop.  Do you have clothes you can't see yourself wearing but it's still nice and wearable? Come and swop it with another gal. Women of all sizes are welcome.*

*All clothes not swopped at the end of the day will be donated to the lovely girls of Beyond Social Services. (These teenage girls usually come from underprivileged households in the neighborhood. The clothes will come in handy, especially for part-time work.)

------------------------------------------------
Recruiting: Big Sisters & Tutors

------------------------------------------------

THE OPPORTUNITY: Being a Big Sister or Tutor

If you are aged 21 and older looking for a meaningful way to spend your time together, come visit our Big Sisters' Orientation and learn what it's like to volunteer with Beautiful People and what on the horizon and how you can join a neighborhood Team of Big Sisters. Individuals are also welcome.

THE COMMITMENT

We are seeking Big Sisters with a BIG heart, Time, and an Attitude of Possibility.

Time Commitment:

1. Minimum 4 hours a month (preferably once a fortnight). No maximum time.

2. Orientation session and regular participation in evaluation and skills-training sessions

3. Minimum 6 months commitment in a neighborhood team

Training & Coaching Support:

1. Training courses will be organized to Big Sisters interested in honing their skills and capabilities

2. All Big Sisters have a group Coach and/or Co-leader to help support them to be the best Big Sister they can be

 OBJECTIVE

Big Sisters will start off befriending the girls we work with, e.g. from Pertapis and Andrew & Grace Homes. As you build a relationship with them, you graduate to mentoring or being a compass for them in their lives. The main pre-requisites:

      -  Positive attitude – you speak life and encouragement

      - Persistent and perseverant – it takes a while sometimes for you to change a girl's attitude but you are not easily fazed and take on the challenge.

      - Any background as long as you are committed doing something outside of your social circle

      Your reward- Good friends and the sheer satisfaction that you have a made a significant change in another woman's life.

THE ORGANISATION

Beautiful People is a volunteer program aimed at inspiring, educating and encouraging teen girls from shelters and youth service programs to be their best and highest selves. Beautiful People reaches out through organizing fun activities, camps and life-skills workshops to befriend and encourage the girls. We do not offer pity but friendship and a challenge to make good choices and rise above their circumstances with a stronger sense of self-worth, dignity and purpose. Our ultimate goal is to translate these life-skills into dignified jobs, stable family lives, and active participation in their communities.

--------------------------------------------
Also Recruiting: other positions
--------------------------------------------
Beautiful People also needs volunteers to help with program administration and development as well as marketing and sponsorship.  

Other volunteers positions available:

    Beautiful People also needs volunteers to help with program administration and development as well as marketing and sponsorship.  Please get in touch with us to find out how you can help, or send a completed Volunteer Registration Form to us at contactbeautifulpeople@.... (This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it.) We are presently recruiting:

  • Website Administrators - to develop and maintain our website, no HTML-background required
  • Newsletter Editor - to help publish a quarterly newsletter on Beautiful People's activities
  • Volunteer Communications Administrators - to manage volunteer and manpower deployment as well as information dissemination within Beautiful People
  • Business Enterprise Team Members - to explore and manage the creation of small businesses under the Beautiful People umbrella to encourage social enterprise and entrepreneurial opportunities for teen girls
  • Fund-Raising Team members - to assist with Beautiful People's fund-raising efforts
  • Training Support Team members - to assist with the training needs of Big Sisters

Only able to help on an ad-hoc basis?  We are also recruiting:

  • Camp Team Members - to organize Beautiful People's mid-year and/or end-of-year camps in June and/or Nov of each year
  • Event and Workshop Coordinators - to work with Youth Worker Coordinators to organise Beautiful People events and Saturday workshops, including the sourcing of workshop leaders and the management of logistical requirements (e.g. venue coordination, refreshments and publicity (can be on ad-hoc or regular basis)
****
 Please get in touch with us to find out how you can help 
OR send a completed Volunteer Registration Form to us at contactbeautifulpeople@.... 

(This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it.)    

For more information, please visit our website http://www.beautifulpeople.org.sg/

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#253 From: Bernise Ang <bernise@...>
Date:: Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:28 pm
Subject: SYINConnect is here! July 26 		bernise_ang
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** Apologies for cross-postings **

Hey folks,

Yes yes, being shameless here. Please come to my little group's inaugural conference! It's our first proper baby step in the big bad (not always) world of social change work, and I would love for you to be there.

Programme includes a mix of interesting thematics (rights-based education, interfaith dialogue, sanitation, animal welfare, etc) and skills-sharing workshops (pulling in $$, project planning, developing partnerships, etc).  

There'll be interesting people there - names like Viswa Sadasivan, Jack Sim, Claire Chiang, and some of you might know Jared Tham, Aaron Maniam, Siew Kum Hong :)

And - I'll be delivering my first-ever opening address for Syinc! :O 

Application details and the works below. The hotline: syinconnect@...

You can also grab me for more information! (And yeah, we have a facebook group btw ;) )

Bernise

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Dear all,

Applications to the inaugural SYINConnect conference are NOW OPEN! http://syinc.org/syinconnect/apply.php

Saturday, 26th July 2008
8.00 am – 6.30 pm
Republic Polytechnic

Be there!

Details for SYINConnect 08 can be found at http://www.syinc.org/syinconnect. Please forward this along to  friends whom you think would benefit from the conference!


  • Want to meet like-minded people who are passionate about making a difference?
  • Want to learn from respected and experienced community leaders and social entrepreneurs?

SYINConnect is a one-day youth conference that connects participants to urgent social issues, and what people are doing about them in Singapore. Participants will get the opportunity to meet the community leaders making change in our society today, and build the skills, networks and confidence to be effective agents of change.

For more information, visit http://www.syinc.org/syinconnect

If you have any further queries, do not hesitate to contact us at syinconnect@...


For more information about Syinc, please go to http://www.syinc.org.

Yours Sincerely,
The Syinc Team







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#252 From: "Melissa Kwee" <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Fri May 9, 2008 10:05 am
Subject: Fwd: Information on Myanmar 		melissa_kwee
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Friends, 

This is from a good friend who has worked extensively in humanitarian relief.

You may find this of help.

Our prayers are with the affected families and people of Burma.

Love,
Melissa


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Date: 2008/5/9
Subject: Information on Myanmar
To: mongcs@...


Dear Friends, 

i know many of you are looking at the situation in Myanmar and would like to do something to help so i thought i would put together some information for you. The information here is all based on my personal opinion, experience in the aid sector and current information from friends working in NGOs so please feel free to use it as you please and note that the point of this email is not solicit funds for any organisations but to help you make a more informed choice. unfortunately the information i have on NGOs in Myanmar is limited to international NGOs as there is little or no information on national NGOs on the web. however agencies will probably be working with local partners in varying capacities.

as you all probably already know, the situation there is grim and likely get worse in the coming days due to flooding, damage to infrastructure and lack of basic goods including safe water and sanitation. It is estimated that 1 million people are affected. The immediate priority for many aid agencies is get medical attention and basic food and non-food items items to affected populations as soon as possible. many teams can only cover a small area due to flooding, lack of communications and other logistical issues. there are some emergency items that can be procured in-country but most of it will have to be flown in. 

a few countries, including singapore (US$200,000 worth) have sent supplies. however, this is bi-lateral and will be up to the Government and army to distribute, so who knows where it will really end up. The Singapore Red Cross is also raising funds and will be sending in a medical assistance team. i think that they might have to work with the Myanmar Red Cross, a prospect that makes me instantly suspicious as i don't have any information on the Myanmar Red Cross and who heads that operation, it could be a government official or representative - same problem with the army or government handling the distribution. 

If you are thinking of donating funds, my advice would be to give it an NGO that has established operations there already. This usually means that they have staff in country and are able to mobilise without having to wait for the government to issue visas. The other advantage to funding an operation that is in Myanmar already is that you know that they are not going to leave when the real re-construction work starts after the hype and media coverage is over.   Here are a list of international NGOs and websites who were already working in Myanmar prior to the cyclone:

1. Care International, www.careinternational.org.uk - have been working there since 1995. 
2. Save the Children, www.savethechildren.org.uk - probably one of the two biggest. they have 21 international staff and 500 local staff permanently based there.
3. Merlin, www.merlin.org.uk - Small medical NGO with limited reach, i think they've been there for 5 years. 
4. World Vision, www.worldvision.org - Christian faith-based NGO who has been there about 30 years and has as many staff as Save the Children
5. Actionaid, www.actionaid.org - has a small team in country and are trying to get more staff in to support. 
6. Medicins San Frontieres, www.msf.org - Very strong in healthcare and emergencies, not sure how big their team is in Myanma

i hope you find this helpful, feel free to distribute this to anyone that might be interested and let me know if you need any more specific information and i'll try to find it. 

Peace
Melissa




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If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person.
If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house.
If there is harmony in the house,there will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation,there will be peace in the world.
~ Chinese Proverb

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#251 From: "Melissa Kwee" <m.aratani.kwee@...>
Date:: Fri May 2, 2008 11:21 am
Subject: May 8&9 in SG: Gawad Kalinga: The World's Solution to Poverty? 		melissa_kwee
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Hello!
I'm sure this will be a fascinating session.  Please note that you must RSVP and that it will require a Confirmation from the organiser, before your attendance is confirmed. MK
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GAWAD KALINGA - the World's solution to Poverty? 

Gawad Kalinga ("GK"- means to give care.), an organization founded in the Philippines, is an alternative solution to the blatant problem of poverty, not just in the Philippines but the world. GK strives to provide homes for the homeless, food for the hungry, education for pre-school children.  

Save the date and meet the champion of GAWAD KALINGA – 
ANTONIO 'TONY' MELOTO 
Accompanied by BEBET GOZUN & Paolo Domondon


 
Tony Meloto at the 'Highway Of Peace (HOPE)' Caravan 2006 
– GK restoring, building & healing for Muslim communities in Mindanao.




Evening Public Lecture 
"Building the Heart of a Nation" 
Supported by Youth Expedition Project, National Youth Council





Date 
8 May 2008 

Time 
7.30pm – 10.30pm 

Venue 
Singapore Management University (SMU) 
Lee Kong Chian School of Business 
Level 2, Seminar Room 2.5


Attendance is FREE, with priority given to invited guests and those who RSVP early. 
  
To RSVP, please email Ms Siti, with the subject header "Building the Heart of the Nation", at siti_salimah_rosli@..., by 5 May 2008 (Monday). 


Tony Meloto (2006 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee) 

Antonio "Tony" Meloto leads "Gawad Kalinga" - a growing global movement involved in building holistic and sustainable communities for a slum-free, squatter-free Philippines.  He travels the Philippines and the rest of the world spreading the blazing spirit of heroism amongst Filipinos and non-Filipinos alike.


He represents the many ordinary Filipinos living extraordinary lives in service of the poor in the Philippines.  His work now focuses on building the GK global network of partners and expanding advocacy abroad.  This creates the possibility and access to open Gawad Kalinga in other developing countries like India, Nigeria, South Africa and Nicaragua, in addition to the fast-growing GK work in Cambodia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. In the span of 4 years since the vision of GK777 (building 700,000 houses in 7000 communities in 7 years) was launched, GK has built over 1700 communities nationwide and has helped hundreds of thousands of families.

 "I am really sorry for the state of things, because of my failure to do something about it.  And many are now sorry, just like myself because of this state of degradation… But feeling sorry is not enough. Sorry does not restore beauty, sorry does not restore dignity, sorry does not restore the plan of God for man.  Sorry begins it, but sorry is not enough.

What needs to be done is to bring sorry to action, to convert regret to reform, to lift apathy to compassion and development.  We who have not done well by the talents and treasures we have been gifted with, we who have abdicated our responsibility of shepherding the poor and the young to their birthright of enjoying the treasures of a beautiful and abundant country, we who have seen the errors of our ways and are sorry --- we must now restore what we destroyed… or allowed to be destroyed."

-  excerpt from  Commencement Speech at Ateneo University, March 2006.

 Elisea 'Bebet' Gillera Gozun 
(2007 Awardee of the UNEP Champions of the Earth)

Mrs. Elisea "Bebet" Gillera Gozun's commitment to public service and her passion for the environment has given her the energy to overcome obstacles, persuade disbelievers and shape alliances.  Her leadership in World Bank projects resulted in tangible results such as   the introduction of pollution charges for industrial effluents in the Philippines, the establishment of the ECOWATCH programme – an innovative public disclosure programme of environmental performance of priority industries – and the "Brown Fund"- the first tripartite funding source for local urban environmental initiatives, jointly managed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), business and government.

Mrs. Gozun recognized that without the local communities, the private sector and local governments on board led by mayors, no national policy could succeed. She has pushed for the introduction of community-based waste recovery, recycling and reuse in the Philippines and has also worked for the establishment of materials recovery facilities and on upgrading the quality and capacity of landfills for the residual wastes. Her personal integrity, combined with a keen pragmatic sense for what is politically feasible to constitute a viable solution, have won her the trust of business leaders, NGOs and political decision-makers alike.  www.unep.org/champions/Winners/ winners2007/bebet.asp

Paolo Domondon 
Executive Assistant to Tony Meloto, Gawad Kalinga 
1st Magna Cum Laude in BS Psychology in De La Salle University, Manila Philippines 
Student Leadership Awardee, De La Salle University, Manila Philippines 
Commissioner Mission Task Force, Lasallian Youth Commission (umbrella youth organization of all 32 Lasalle Schools in the Philippines) 

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