CATHOLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE ANNUAL 2015 CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
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Interact Club Teachers-in-charge: Ms Tan Mei Qi Ms Renee Chong Ms Sharon Soong Mr Desmond Chan Mr Gabriel Fu Executive Committee Members 2014/2015: President: Tan Kun Lan 2T22 Vice President: Pao J-Hao 2T24 Secretary/Treasurer: Ho Zi Feng 2T27 International Understanding Director: Nurul Hana Bte Norizan 2T23 Community Involvement Programme Director: Lim De Wei 2T33 Public Relations Director: Marc Orsborne Koong 2T31 his year, the Interact Club embarked on a fruitful journey in serving the local and the international community. The projects were aligned with the club’s theme of ‘Caritate’ and reflected our desire to serve the underprivileged through sustainable projects. Our collaboration with Sustainable Cambodia to build bio-filters for the villagers in Cambodia is a step towards creating more impactful projects. It was an encouraging nod to our efforts when we clinched the Gold Award for Best Interact Club Project from the Rotary Club.
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Over the year, the club has initiated various projects to help the diverse segments in our community. The Interactors held a half-day workshop at the charity organisation Very Special Arts Singapore to help individuals with mental disabilities better express their thoughts and emotions. They also held a rice donation drive for the low-income families in Whampoa Estate and the organisation Willing Hearts. Students also initiated projects to help raise funds for the needy students in the college and made small tokens for their peers to motivate them during the Mid-Year Examinations. Members of the club also showed commitment in their participation in weekly community involvement programmes (CIPs) at several locations. These include the Asian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA), Youth with a Potential (YW@P), Holy Innocents’ Primary School (HIPS), Beyond Social Services, St. Luke’s Eldercare, Caregiving Welfare Association (CWA) and Bishan Home. Interactors went beyond their weekly CIPs by initiating several projects at their locations, including math and science workshops at YW@P and a Chinese New Year celebration for the aged at AWWA.
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In addition, the club had an Overseas Service Learning Programme to Cambodia where the Interactors taught English to the pupils at Don Bosco Salabalath. It was an enriching experience as they helped out at the school’s rice plantation and found out more about Cambodia’s socio-political climate from the students at Mgr Paul Tep Im Centre, cultivating their empathy in the interaction process. The Interact Club is grateful for the support from the College and the community stakeholders in our service learning and fundraising projects.
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1 40th Interact Installation - Executive Committees with VIP and Sch Rep 2 Executive Committee - 2014-2015 3 Interact Cambodia OSLP - Passing the daily necessities to the Cambodians 4 Interact Cambodia OSLP - Group Photo at Farming
5 Interact Cambodia OSLP - Home Visit 6 Interact Cambodia OSLP - Installation of the bio-filters 7 Interact Cambodia OSLP - Group photo with the primary school children