Community Outreach

Project Belanja! on 1 April 2023 to 15 May 2023

Project Belanja! is an SSS community outreach initiative where we collected monetary contributions from SSS Faculty, staff and alumni during the period 1 April 2023 to 15 May 2023 near Hari Raya Puasa to bless the underprivileged children living in homes with meals. $1,550 were raised which were used to bless 100 children from Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home, 70 children from Melrose Home and 65 children from Salvation Army Gracehaven with meals and Darul Ihsan Orphanage with 22 bottles of body wash and 20 bottles of shampoo for the children’s use. 

Contributions received from SSS Faculty, Staff and Alumni for the NTU SSS, Let's Belanja! have been used to bless the following beneficiaries.  

Current Beneficiaries for Meals:

• Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home (100 Meals delivered at 4.45pm on 3 May 2023)
• Melrose Home (70 Meals delivered at 5.15pm on 3 May 2023)
• Salvation Army Gracehaven (65 Meals delivered at 5.30pm on 6 June 2023)

Current Beneficiaries for Household Necessities:

• Darul Ihsan Orphanage (22 Body Wash and 20 Shampoo delivered at 2pm – 4pm on 15 May 2023)

Project Shoebox on 14-30 November 2022

The NTU School of Social Sciences has organised “Project Shoebox” in collaboration with Collins Aerospace (a world leader in aeronautical engineering) to give Christmas gifts to the children from orphanages and homes. This is the first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project which NTU School of Social Sciences is collaborating with Collins Aerospace.

The Project Shoebox campaign runs from 14 November to 30 November 2022 where SSS faculty, SSS staff, CoHASS faculty, CoHASS staff, family and friends of CoHASS and Collins Aerospace staff are invited to participate in this campaign by donating giftboxes and filling them with gifts to be given to about 200 children in homes/orphanages. We have distributed the giftboxes to the children in homes/orphanages on 7, 20 and 21 December 2022.

Prof Yohanes Eko Riyanto (Chair of School of Social Sciences), Prof Jonathan Tan (Assistant Chair, Internship, Exchange, Alumni & Communications) and Belinda Lim (Manager, Continuing Education, Alumni & External Relations) of School of Social Sciences at NTU have visited all 7 homes together with 2 representatives from Collins Aerospace while delivering the giftboxes to the homes.

The homes that have benefitted from the “Project Shoebox” are The Salvation Army Gracehaven, The Salvation Army The Haven, MWS Girls' Residence, HCSA Community Services, Singapore Boys' Hostel, Willing Hearts Orphanage and Darul Ihsan Orphanage. 

Project Refurbishment 2022 on 22, 23 & 29 January 2022

The SSS-Boon Lay Community Engagement Project Refurbishment is a collaboration between SSS Alumni, SSS Student Club and Boon Lay Youth Network to reach out and serve low-income households in rental flats in need of refurbishment and improvement in basic living conditions on 22, 23 and 29 January 2024. It was heartening to see the students putting utmost effort to help the elderly spring clean their flats and impart sustainable cleaning and organizational tips (guided by the organisers) that residents can carry on beyond the event. We are happy to have Minister Desmond Lee join us on 29 January 2024. 

Project Gift Packing and Distribution Exercise on 13 August 2022

The NTU School of Social Sciences had organised a gift packing and distribution exercise in collaboration with Boon Lay Youth Network on 13 August 2022 to bless 150 elderly resident homes of Boon Lay rental flats.  SSS alumni, SSS faculty, SSS staff & CoHASS alumni and Boon Lay Youth Network volunteers were invited to collaborate to pack the gift packs at Boon Lay Community Centre, add the encouragement notes hand-written by our SSS Alumni with the pencil calligraphy skills learnt from the pencil calligraphy workshop held in July 2021 and send the gift packs with the encouragement notes to the elderly residents of Boon Lay rental flats to let them know that they are loved and they are not alone. The gift packs comprise of milo packs, biscuits, ART kits, wet wipes, Vitamin C, gardenia bread and encouragement notes.

The recipients of the gift packs were pleasantly surprised and expressed their appreciation and thanks for this gesture of love. We are thankful for all who participated in this event and contributed to community care and volunteering.

Our grassroot advisor, Minister Desmond Lee visited and thanked the members of the Boon Lay Youth Network and NTU SSS Alumni Club who packed and distributed 150 care packs to the families living in our community.