PERTAPIS March - April 2014 Team Members Norasimah Sujai (Editor) Osman V P Mohamed Siti Rahmah Shamsudin Soraya Begum Nur Dina Amalina Nur Faizah Hairil Basar Advisors Abdul Wahab Hussein Mohd Jufri Haron Khairunnisa Rusli Mustika Alyssa Rashidah Rashid Syahir Iskandar Rosli Editorial Team: PERTAPIS Bursary Awards Presentation 29 March 2014 Fire Drill at PSCFH March Holidays in PCH PCWG Cultural Crafts & Camp Working with Families at PHH
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PERTAPISMarch - April 2014
Team MembersNorasimah Sujai (Editor)Osman V P MohamedSiti Rahmah ShamsudinSoraya BegumNur Dina AmalinaNur Faizah Hairil Basar
AdvisorsAbdul Wahab HusseinMohd Jufri Haron
Khairunnisa RusliMustika AlyssaRashidah RashidSyahir Iskandar Rosli
Editorial Team:
PERTAPIS Bursary Awards Presentation29 March 2014
Fire Drill at PSCFH
March Holidays in PCH
PCWG Cultural Crafts & Camp
Working with Families at PHH
Emergency preparedness is crucial in ensuring the safety of staff
and residents of Pertapis Senior Citizens’ Fellowship Home. Thus, the Home takes an important stance in equipping its staff members and residents with proper evacuation knowledge.
Assuch,afireemergencyevacuationdrill was conducted on 22 March 2014 at the Pertapis Senior Citizens’ Fellowship Home. SCDF officers were present duringthe exercise to assess the Home’s existing emergency response plan and evaluate the competency of staff members and residentsinrespondingtoafireemergency.They provided important insights on correct evacuation procedures and gave constructive feedbacks on the ways for the Home to improve.
Residents making their way to the assembly area
Fire Drill
By Nur Faizah Hairil Basar
PERTAPIS Senior Citizens’
Fellowship Home
SCDF Officers’ input on the Home’s performance
Evacuating the home
Some members from the Potong Pasir Zone 2 Residents’ Committee attended to witness the drill and shared their expertise on this life saving event. This is part of the community partnership forged between the Potong Pasir Residents Committee’s commitment in providing the Home with necessary assistance in the event of a fireemergency; in which, committee members can be triggered to help out in the evacuation process. We look forward to such collaborations and engagements in the future.
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CIP Activity:NUS Youth Expedition ProgramA group of NUSMS students came down to PCH to conduct an interactive session with the children. They conducted “The Amazing Race“game and a motivational talk for the children regarding the importance of education. This program, conducted on 15th March ended the month of March holidays for children on a good note.
CSR ACTIVITY: AIGAIG Singapore visited PCH on 9th April 2014 to conduct some activities with the residents. The girls had an art & craft session in the Multi Purpose Hall while the boys had a soccer match with the male AIG volunteers. The boys enjoyed themselves especially because there were volunteers who kindheartedly volunteered to maximize their energy in a mini soccer telematch. During the telematch, PCH boys were proud of themselves as they victoriously won the game against the male AIG volunteers 5-3. At the end of the day, AIG expressed their interests in working even further with PCH.
CSR ACTIVITY: BataOver the span of the 10th and the 11th in April, Bata initiated a Bata Children’s Program. For the first day, the kind volunteers from Bata planted new breeds of flowers in our garden. The other half of the volunteers gave a fresh coat of paint in the girls building with new colours and decorations.
On the second day, the volunteers conducted a design-your-shoe contest where it unleashed the creativity of the children. At the end of it, the volunteers gave each resident a pair of school shoes. It made the day for the residents as it was one of the most precious gift that they could ever ask for.
Children’s Home
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PCH Mini Telematch (March Holidays 2014)During the March holidays this year, on 12th March 2014, PCH staff members organised a mini in-house sports telematch for the residents during the day.
The aim of the telematch is for the residents to mainly work on teamwork and have an effective communication skills with another. Both staff and children enjoyed the telematch as it strengthened the relationship between staff and residents.
Girl’s Soccer Clinic by Republic Polytechnic Women’s Soccer Team (RPWST)
During the March Holidays, the in-house girl residents had a soccer clinic with RPWST, who then organized a half-day carnival on the 14th of March for our girls as well as other girls from external family service centres. The girls enjoyed themselves as soccer is one of the sports that they love to play. Our girls went home with soccer paraphernalia awarded to them. The girls were also reminded on the importance of hard work and teamwork through the game of soccer.
CSR ACTIVITY: Resorts World SentosaOn 6 March 2014, Resorts World Sentosa conducted a CSR activity for a social bonding session with PCH residents. The theme of their activity was “Pirate“. Through this interaction session, the children learnt how to design their own pirate hats. The children enjoyed themselves with the activity conducted by the volunteers, who helped carve a smile on the children's faces at the end of the day.
A group of NUSMS students came down to PCH to conduct an interactive session with the children. They conducted “The Amazing Race“game and a motivational talk for the children regarding the importance of education. This program, conducted on 15th March ended the month of March holidays for children on a good note.
Children’s Home By Mustika Alyssa &
Khairunisa Rusli
PERTAPISCENTRE FORWOMEN & GIRLS By Nur Dina Amalina
A volunteer group who inspired our girls residents to be more confident and resilient
17 residents were involved in ‘My Beautiful Life’ programme camp from 29th to 30th March 2014, held at Camp Challenge. Participants took part in activities such as Financial Literacy Education workshop, tent pitching, sandcastle building, outdoor cooking, and low elements. They learnt about teamwork, confidence-building skills and being open to challenges. Overall, the girls enjoyed spending time with their peers and big sisters during the camp!
About10in-housegirlsatPCWGwereinvolvedintheJapaneseHandicraftsprogrammeconductedbyShinnyo-enSingapore.Theywereintroducedtocross-stitchingandmakingcustomisedkeychainswithmaterialsspeciallybroughtfromJapan.Residentswhowere involvedinthesessions learnttobepatientwhenmakingthecraftsandwerecooperativewithcloseguidancebytheJapaneseladies.They appeared to enjoy the sessions, and had even wanted to give their creative pieces to staffs and peers. Such activities bring out the creativity in the girls and encourage them to be proud of their own work.
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Different Culture, Similar Skills
Japanese handicraft
PERTAPIS Halfway
House
TRUST THE ENVIRONMENT … IT WORKS!Core Curriculum for Halfway Houses
The HSM (Halfway House Service Model) version 2 kickstarted its empowering programme on 10 March 2014 as part of the efforts to empower the clients with coping skills. This is the core programme for Halfway Houses.
10 residents participated in the programme. The programme was conducted by IMH once a week but for future runs, we will be conducting the programme ourselves. The programme is known as SAFE outside was developed by Singapore Prison. It has 4 modules spread over 12 weeks as shown below. We hope that the programme will help residents cope better with life upon their release.
Family Workshop – “Ke Arah Keluarga Bahagia”
On 8 Mar 2014 a total of 30 family members came to our family workshop. The objective of the workshop is to provide the relevant knowledge and skills on drug addictions and create awareness among the family members on the importance of social supportandresponsibility.Thisisthefirstmodule for the year. We received positive feedback from participants who felt that thecoursebenefittedthemandenhancedtheir understanding on the various types of drugs available and the nature of addictions.
The workshop is the brainchild of our Family Support Group who meet-up the familyafter the session to ensure understanding of the topics that were discussed.
Family members were receptive to the help rendered by the volunteers in our Family SupportGroupandsomewent furtherbylearning even more from the group.
Visitors from Youth Reach
We also received a visit from the boys and staff ofCWS-BTYouthReach on 26April2014. This group is a joint youth outreach project by Catholic Welfare Services (CWS) and Boys' Town to serve the youths in our community. We had a sharing session with the boys and they felt the session benefittedthemalotespeciallyonlearningthe predicaments of being a criminal and drug offender.
