NTU Welfare Services Club

Regular Service Projects (RSPs)

		RSP Elders RSP Elders pride ourselves in being the avenue for like-minded youths to engage in activities revolving around the elderly, to bring them joy and accompaniment through our volunteers' vibrancy and enthusiasm. We aspire to fulfil the elderly's physical and emotional needs, and strive to foster strong and lasting bonds between our beneficiaries and volunteers.

		RSP Friends Of Children RSP Friends of Children volunteers with the underprivileged children and teenagers. We seek to mould their young minds and help them realize their fullest potential by meeting their educational, psychological and behavioral needs through our mentoring and character building programmes.

		RSP Hearing Impaired Regular Service Project for the Hearing Impaired (RSPHI) was set up under NTU Welfare Services Club in July 1991 with the objective of helping the hearing impaired community through our weekly tuition programme for Hearing Impaired children and teenagers, and also enrichment courses held for the Hearing Impaired adults. With the mission "To embrace volunteerism as a life-long experience, focusing on helping to realise the potential of all HI", RSPHI seeks achieve the following objectives through its programmes and activities: 1. To improve the academic results of the Deaf, especially their standard of English through weekly tuition. 2. To help them acquire essential skills that will help them better integrate into society. 3. To widen the social cycle of the Deaf and gain more social skills through interaction with volunteers and the public. 4. To promote volunteerism and social awareness of the Deaf among NTU undergraduates.

		RSP Intellectually Disabled We aim to raise public awareness of the Intellectually Disabled (IDs) as well as to aid them in integration into the society. Our sessions are conducted in songs, dances and games to let them learn lifeskills through fun and laughter. Therefore, STAND OUT! Volunteer- Dare to commit to RSPID.

		RSP Visually Handicapped RSPVH seek to reach out to the visually handicapped community in Singapore, empowering and enriching their lives through tuition & IT sessions as well as fun-filled events.

		RSP Youth RSP Youth is a dedicated portfolio aimed at reaching out to youths from the Singapore Boys' Home, Singapore GIrls' Home and our newly added partner institution, Boys' Town. Youths from all three centres are between the ages of 11 to 18. Youths currently staying in the Girls' and Boys' home have entered for a myriad of reasons, from juvenile delinquency to requiring protection due to unstable living conditions at home, whilst those at the Boys' Town come mainly from large or single-parent, troubled and financially-needy families. Our volunteers essentially act as befrienders to these youths, offering academic assistance and a listening ear, whilst also learning from the unique experiences of the youths themselves. Aside from weekly sessions, volunteers also organise annual camps, swimming meets, family day carnivals and outings for these youths. Our motto, Encourage, Enhance, Excel: A Vibrant Us, A Better Youth captures the spirit of wanting to reach out to youths to make a positive impact not only only the lives of the youths we interact with, but also on ourselves.

		RSP Physically Challenged Regular Service Project for the Physically Challenged, better known as RSPPC, envision a future where the physically challenged will be fully integrated into our society, allowing them to BE A PART OF US, and NOT APART FROM US. We endeavor to achieve this vision through a series of enrichment courses that aim to empower the physically challenged and facilitate their harmonization with the society. Annual event(s) are also organized to raise public awareness of the physically challenged. The nature of volunteering coupled with planning for the activities provide our volunteers with countless holistic development opportunities. With unyielding support from all our dedicated volunteers, RSPPC will continue its contribution for the future we envision.

Special Projects

		Camp Outreach (COR) Camp OutReach (COR) is an annual project organised under the umbrella of the Welfare Services Club (WSC) of Nanyang Technological University with the key mission of empowering the hearing-impaired (HI) community. Pioneered in 1994 as a computer class to equip the Deaf with basic computer skills, COR has evolved over the years to become a yearly camp that, through the elements of adventure, culture and education, provides a platform for the Deaf to step out of their comfort zone. The Deaf face numerous challenges in their daily lives. By leading them out of their comfort zone and engaging them in various physically and mentally challenging activities, COR strives to bring to the Deaf an enriching experience and empower them to live life to the fullest! In recognition of its significant contribution to society, COR was awarded the Commonwealth Youth Gold Award in 2004. From then on, COR has been venturing overseas and has not looked back ever since!

		Challenge Your Limits (CurL) Challenge ur Limits (CurL) is a special project brought to you by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Welfare Services Club (WSC). Indeed that our lives are full of challenges. In fact we face challenges everywhere and almost all the time in our workplaces, schools and back at our homes. Project Challenge ur Limits is the place where these challenging environments are created to challenge the physical and mental limits of the Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (PWIDs). These challenges are not meant to be daunting and discouraging. Instead, they are formulated, handpicked and marketed in a unique manner for volunteer to understand the PWIDs and to foster interaction between them. With one nation-wide scale main event and a series of intriguing pre-events organised each year, CurL is striving for a transformational change in our volunteers' attitude and perception towards the PWIDs. The activities will provide platforms for the PWIDs to showcase their talents and understanding from the public that our beneficiaries are capable too, of doing their part for the society. CurL also reaches out to people without prior volunteering experience. We provide a platform for them to embark on future volunteering activities. We believe that a heart as tiny as that of a mustard seed is all it takes for us to launch the first step to understand and to interact with the PWIDs. In CurL, you can be the change that you want to see and through Curl, you can be the challenge that shapes lives.

		Overseas Volunteering Expedition (OVE) Overseas Volunteering Expedition (OVE) aims to keep the spirit of volunteerism alive and advocate the cause of volunteering overseas by working closely with beneficiaries abroad, nurturing the passion of volunteering in the hearts of our volunteers.

		Ignite Change Ignite Change is a freshmen orientation camp with a differentiating factor from other orientation camps, which is the opportunity for our participants to experience volunteering with WSC's different beneficiaries while having fun during the camp. Both at the same time!

		Volunteer Management (VM) In Volunteer Management, we hope to spread the spirit of volunteerism among NTU students by organizing various challenging events to engage student volunteers. In addition, we hope to serve as a platform to reach out and gain better understanding of different types of beneficiaries in Singapore. To find out more about us and our events, you can visit our blog at wsc-vm.blogspot.com.

Supporting Committees

		Finance Committee The Financial Committee is instrumental in ensuring transparency and efficiency of the club's financial operations. We are responsible for the formulation of budgets, setting standards of reimbursement and preparation of financial statements that reflect a true and fair view.

		Publicity and Publications (PnP) PnP offers a wide range of services to WSC and consist of five main teams: Video, Photography, Journalism, Design & InfoTech. We publicise the Club's activities through the boundless world of the Internet and multimedia presentations and provide technical support in the field of media productions.

		Public Relations (PR) WSC Public Relations (PR) is a branch of WSC's supporting committee. Its roles include the handling of club administrative matters, as well as overseeing the planning and execution of the annual WSC Recruitment Drive. Additionally, PR also aims to bridge inter-portfolio interactions and increase overall club cohesion through the organisation of several club-bonding events throughout the year. Previous club-bonding events include WSC Bowl-o-rama, WSC Food Hunt and WSC Dinner Hop.

		Growth & Opportunities (GO!) Established in 2011, the Growth and Opportunities Committee (GO!) is a supporting committee under the umbrella of NTU Welfare Service Club (NTU WSC). GO! traces its roots from the merger of the Growth and Development Unit (GDU) and the widely acclaimed Patchworks project of NTU WSC. GO! focuses on socio-entrepreneurial and developmental projects of the club. The acronym "GO!" inspires zeal which aptly represents a vibrant and dynamic committee. Besides actively seeking sponsorship for supporting the volunteering activities, GO! prides itself in organizing annual events for the entire NTU WSC. The 3 key objectives of GO! are set out to be: Increase the society's awareness of socio-entrepreneurship and volunteerism. Expanding NTU-WSC's stature and increasing volunteering avenues by outreaching to external organizations. Initiating socio-entrepreneurship activities for purpose of funding volunteering activities undertaken by NTU-WSC.