Hi all thank you
for giving me the opportunity to write a blog post here =P
We had attended the 3rd
parenting workshop out of 4 workshop and we had a great time volunteering at Clementi
rotary Family Centre. Our task is basically taking care of the children when their parents
attending the parenting workshop.
What flash across
your mind when you think of volunteering?
They gave us a
briefing before the event start. They told us the DOs and DON’Ts that a
volunteer should take note with. They are actually quite serious with the
clients and volunteers personal information. I just knew that we can’t take
photo with the orphans when we volunteer at orphanage and post it on any social
media platforms. I didn’t think of these things before and fortunately I didn’t
do so last time when I went. That’s really important. They also gave us a
foresee on what we may encounter as a volunteer whereby in most of the
situations we need to act rationally but not only emotionally (even if u are pity
on what had happened to them)
We get to know
that some of these children are actually from broken family background. No
doubt we are actually much more blessed than them. So BE GRATEFUL =)
So the event start
and what happen was the children were given choices whether they want to learn origami,
play games or watch movie. We get to know that the person who teach origami is
actually a lecturer from Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). At first
there was nobody want to join the origami class and we felt so bad for the
lecturer as he spent his valuable time volunteering here. How I wish I can join
them! Most of the children want to play games *That’s expected*.
Lee Xun and I were
in charge of the games room. At the beginning we gave them balls to play but
after some time the scene was like uncontrollable. Hahaa. They start to sabo
Lee Xun by throwing the balls to him *LOLLLL*. So ends up we kept all the balls
quickly and put it to another room. So from today’s experience we know that we
really need to learn how to deal with children! Hahaa!
This is what the
lecturer did ------ Roses made from plastic bag! He told us this is actually SG
flower that specially design for next year NDP when Singapore turns 50 years
old!
Interested in
joining us for volunteering events? Feel free to join us for the upcoming event
which is on 14 OCT 2014 ! ^_^
With metta,
Clover
