The NUS community comes together every year to do good on NUS Day of Service (DOS).
The fourth NUS Day of Service held on last Saturday, 7 September 2019 garnered greater support from our LKYSPP alumni all over the world.
It has gone from strength to strength over the years and six of our alumni chapters [up from four in 2018] this year have rolled up their sleeves and carried out various activities worldwide such as cleaning the city, exhibition of arts discussing aesthetic education of children, food and books distribution, interaction and cooking with foreign workers respectively.
Check out some of the activities in action that took place in Singapore and overseas here.
SINGAPORE CHAPTER – Interaction and Cooking with Foreign Workers.
55 LKYSPP students and alumni visited the Madai Westlite Dormitory labour camp to interact with a group of foreign workers from India and Sri Lanka. They played football, basketball and badminton together. They taught the foreign workers to write Chinese calligraphy such as "Home" and "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival". The foreign workers were encouraged to translate the words into English at the back of the paper to send it to their family as souvenirs. The volunteers even cooked a delicious dinner for the workers.
BANGLADESH CHAPTER – Cleaning the City
This year, so far 169 people died of dengue in Dhaka. Mayor of Dhaka city corporation has requested all citizens of Dhaka to come forward to clean the city as well as the breeding grounds of mosquito. On 7 September 2019, LKYSPP Bangladesh Alumni Chapter conducted a drive against breeding grounds of mosquitos at Hathirjheel Lake (identified breeding areas). Besides, the alumni cleaned some waste near the lake area with the help of Dhaka City Corporation cleaning staff.
BEIJING CHAPTER – Exhibition of Arts and Aesthetic Education
China Beijing United Charity Foundation (BUCF) Secretary, Sun Liyong are an LKYSPP alumnus who led the event in our Beijing Alumni Chapter. They organised an exhibition of arts painted by children in Yushu, Qinghai Province. During the exhibition, one of the main organisers, also our alumnus, Zhang Bin explained the stories behind each painting. They discussed an interesting creative topic, “Aesthetic Education to children in Yushu”, and talked about the charity work of the children there as well. For the first time, the activity was broadcasted live to more than 5,000 netizens. Children from the Yushu area received loads of love from Singapore, which inspires and motivates them to pursue beauty in life.
PAKISTAN CHAPTER – Food Distribution
LKYSPP Pakistan Alumni Chapter raised funds and distributed food to construction workers in Islamabad, Karachi (on 7 September) and Lahore (on 14 September) respectively. The activity served 193 workers in Islamabad and Karachi alone. The wonderful spirit of participation in NUS DOS activities continued till 14th Sept 2019 in Pakistan. The Chapter spent their weekend (14 September) with children at Mashal Orphanage Karachi - a home for about 60 boys and girls aged 8-18.
UNITED STATES CHAPTER – Cleaning the Neighborhood
LKYSPP USA Alumni Chapter in New York cleaned up the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn during NUS Day of Service.
VIETNAM CHAPTER – Food and Books Distribution
Led by Harry Pham, President of ECO Vietnam Group, he and his fellow alumni members delivered textbooks and rice to children living in the hilly areas of Lam Dong Province. Totally five of our LKYSPP alumni contributed to the event.
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give”.
NUS DOS allows making an impactful influence on our society. The joy of giving, in return we get a smile from the fellow human makes our life beautiful.
With smiles from across the chapters worldwide, the curve which sets everything straight empowers us to be conscientious of more than just ourselves. NUS DOS is a special day every year, to be cherished in the chapters of LKYSPP.