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Answer the questions below for a chance to win a $50 voucher. Simply submit your answers together with your particulars to SINDA Connections Contest c/o SINDA Corporate & Marketing Communications Division, No. 1 Beatty Road, Singapore 209943. Your entries have to reach SINDA by 31 May 2018.
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IN HER WORDS What is one piece of advice you have received that you would like to pass on to others?
This contest is open only to primary and secondary school students, who are Singaporeans or Permanent Residents. Three correct entries will win a $50 voucher each. The winning correct entries will be picked in a draw and the judges’ decision is final. Winners will be contacted by SINDA to collect their prizes and the winners’ names will be published in the next issue of SINDA Connections.
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Circle one answer for each question: (You can find the answers in the articles in this magazine) Question 1 How can one benefit from the SINDA Bus? a) Treat it as a place for social gatherings b) Find out more about SINDA's programmes and services and national help schemes c) Use it for excursion purposes Question 2 What did Abbas Akbar start out as in the media industry? a) Camera Assistant
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Yashaswini: “If you would like to see positive change in society, do something about it. Do not blame society for the way the world is, because YOU are part of society and you have the power to make a difference.”
Congratulations to the winners of the previous contest! 1) Ifra Fatima Yumin Primary School 2) Kavinaya Ganesan Northland Primary School 3) Fadhrisa Illiyana Qashrina Junyuan Primary School
Question 3 What were the two competitions that the SINDA LIONS won in 2017? a) Under-18 Youth League and Cup b) Under-25 Youth League and Cup c) Under-21 Youth League and Cup
About Us VISION To build a strong and vibrant Singaporean Indian community together MISSION To build a well-educated, resilient and confident community of Indians that stands together with the other communities in contributing to the progress of multi-racial Singapore VALUES Respect, our culture Integrity, our foundation Service, our promise Excellence, our pursuit
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Term Trustees Ms Indranee Rajah Patron Mr Ravi Menon Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Mr R Jayachandran Mr Girija Pande Chairman Mr Gautam Banerjee Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam Mr Ravinder Singh Life Trustees Justice Judith Prakash Prof S Jayakumar Mr K Kesavapany Mr S Dhanabalan Mr Viswa Sadasivan Mr S Chandra Das Mr Shabbir Hassanbhai Mr J Y Pillay Mr Timothy Chia Mr Sat Pal Khattar Mr Piyush Gupta Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam Dr Sudha Nair Mr K Shanmugam Advisors Dr N Varaprasad Dr Vivian Balakrishnan Mr S Iswaran Mr Vikram Nair Mr Murali Pillai
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Ms Indranee Rajah Vice Presidents Mr Shekaran Krishnan Mr K V Rao Secretary Mr Sarjit Singh Treasurer Mr R Subramaniam Iyer Members Dr Joshua V M Kuma Mr R Chandra Mohan Mr K Ramamoorthy Mr Sarbjit Singh Mr T Thambyrajah Mr Darryl David Mrs Rathi Parimalan Mr Mohamed Nasim Dr Rakhee Yash Pal Mr Ramesh Narayanaswamy
When Yashaswini signed up to help with Project Read, she didn’t think of the impact it would have on the children. Having since seen how her efforts have made a real difference to her charges, Yashaswini is now a regular force and firm advocate for volunteerism.
“It is the least I can do as a youth,” Yashaswini says about volunteering. Like many others her age, she had other commitments, juggling school and work, but still desired to make a difference. She explored the SINDA website for volunteering opportunities and settled on Project Read, “thinking all I had to do was read to the child”. As it turned out, Yashaswini was surprised to find that the K2 child assigned was unable to read threesyllabled words. Worried about how he would adapt to primary school, she went back to basics and drilled him in phonics for a good three months. When, at the
end of the year, his teacher reported tremendous improvements in his reading and oratory skills, Yashaswini says, “That was truly the most satisfying experience I have had!” She hopes youngsters will not view volunteering as a one-off event, but a long-term commitment entailing responsibility and time, and one that is definitely worthwhile. She likens it to nurturing a plant until it bears fruit— “a very fulfilling experience”. “It is important to make a difference within our own community, in whatever ways we can,” she says.
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