National Day Celebrations 2011
OnePeople.sg celebrated our National Day Celebrations on 8 August 2011 at Christalite Methodist Home. With a 200-resident population, this home is a haven for the socially disadvantaged. As part of our continuous efforts to reach out to the community, we wanted to celebrate our National Day in a meaningful and significant way so as to contribute back to the nation.
We started off with serving afternoon tea-break to the old folks. We had catered for some local delicacies such as vadai, otak-otak and red bean pau. After the hearty refreshments, the old folks were treated to an upbeat community drumming by the youth volunteers from South East Community Development Council. Music was a way to say that harmony can be achieved when we all play as ONE. All of them enjoyed the music and it was heartening when we saw them singing along too! After that, Mr Ramesh Ganeson, Director of OnePeople.sg gave his welcome address to the residents of Christalite Methodist Home. He thanked the home for giving us this opportunity and wished all of them good health, happiness and peace.
Following that, we sang the national anthem and recited the pledge to commemorate our National Day celebrations. We even had a cake to celebrate Singapore’s 46th birthday. Some of the old folks joined us to cut the cake for their contributions to the nation are never forgotten. After that, we distributed the cakes and took the opportunity to interact with the old folks.
It was indeed a sightful moment to see the smiles on their faces. It was heartening for staff of OnePeople.sg as it added to our fulfillment for the good deed. Certainly, a memorable event!
National Day Celebrations
OnePeople.sg celebrated its first National Day Celebrations on 7 August 2009, together with about 80 multi-racial children from Jamiyah Children’s Home, Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home, Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home and Kids United Home. To signify the celebrations, most of them were dressed in red or white – the colours on our national flag.
The event kicked off with a robust community drumming circle with children beating their musical instruments to the sound of the bigger drums from One HeartBeat. Music was definitely a way of to conveying how harmony can be achieved when we all play as ONE. To get the childrens’ off their chairs to dance the SB Vibrant Line Dance Troupe performed the “Go Go Stomp” and guided the children with all smiles to dance along. A short 3min video was screened where the children watched “My Home”, featuring the pledge moment competition. Questions pertaining to the pledge and its significance were asked and the children answered all correctly, much to the astonishment to all adults present!
With full assistance from the Circus Outreach team, children had a chance to try their hands on some juggling tricks. It was indeed a heart-warming moment to see the smiles and laughter on children having lots of fun with others from different races, a rare chance for some of them.
The programme came to an end with all the children and staff singing the national anthem and reciting the pledge. The children quickly gathered around the cake to celebrate Singapore’s 44th birthday and to tuck in to a hearty dinner to commemorate OPSG’s first National Day celebrations. Certainly, a memorable event!
One Charity Golf 2011
Held on the 24th March 2011 from 12-9 pm at the Orchid Country Club, the inaugural Charity Golf Tournament is a charity drive to raise funds for OnePeople.sg's programmes and initiatives in the mission of championing Racial Harmony.
OnePeople.sg is a registered charity and has been accorded the Institution of Public Character (IPC) status. Since its launch, the organisation has implemented significant initiatives to foster deeper understanding between our diverse ethnic and religious communities.
Donors were invited for a round of golf with our Guest of Honor, Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister of State, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Home Affairs.
OnePeople.sg held its inaugural One Charity Golf 2011 on Wednesday, 24th March 2011 at the Orchid Country Club. This golf tournament is a charity drive to raise funds for the organisations’ programmes and initiative for the next 2 years to help further its cause in fostering deeper understanding between the diverse ethnic and religious communities in Singapore.
To date the organisation has managed to raise a total amount of $155,000 from donors from the various organisations who have supported either via sale of flights or outright donations.
A total of 29 golf flights with 177 participants took part in the charity golf tournament on the day. The tournament was teed off exactly at 1.30pm with Mr. Vincent Chua from Taman Jurong CCC bagging home the champion’s trophy with the highest score of 39 points for the day. Golfers were then treated to a sumptuous buffet dinner spread at the Emerald Suite where the winners for the day were presented with their prizes and trophies.
Once again OnePeople.sg would like to thank our major donors and sponsors toward this charity golf which includes Ho Bee Foundation, Far East Organization, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple (Singapore), PSA International Pte Lte, NIPSEA Group, Keppel Corporation Limited, Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis), Lee Foundation, Tote Board, Wing Tai Holdings Ltd Singapore, Singapore Pools (Private) Ltd and RHB Bank.
For enquiries, kindly contact Ms Heryanti at 6258 6828 or send an email to: heryanti@onepeople.sg.
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Partnership with Ministry of Education – Racial Harmony Forum 2011
OnePeople.sg partnered Ministry of Education, National Education Branch (NEB) in their annual Racial Harmony Forum which aims to raise awareness on issues relating to racial and religious harmony amongst leaders, teachers and parents. Guest of Honour, Mr Hawazi Daipi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Education graced the forum held on 6 July 2011 (Wed) at Nanyang Polytechnic Auditorium.
The theme for the RHD 2011, ‘HOME-Joint HOpes, Shared MEmories’, seeks to bring together the projections of our future together as a nation (Joint Hopes) and the recollections of past moments of joy that are shared with our friends from all the different races (Shared Memories) within our “Home”.
OnePeople.sg invited Pastor James Wuye and Imam Muhammad Ashafa to speak on racial harmony, social cohesion and social resilience based on their personal experiences in Nigeria and the importance of teacher’s role as ‘mentors of tomorrow’ to advocate peace as well as racial and religious harmony. Vice-Chairman, OnePeople.sg, Mr Gerald Singham also moderated the dialogue session with Pastor Wuye and Imam Ashafa to draw the relevance of their experiences to the local context.
Following this segment, OnePeople.sg facilitators also led an except of Explorations in Ethnicity Basic Course to demonstrate how schools and National Education educators can facilitate discussions on the topic of ethnicity in schools. OnePeople.sg also showcased information of our Orange Ribbon Celebrations and youth programmes at the Gallery Walk (exhibition).
OnePeople.sg is pleased to collaborate with MOE National Education Branch in promoting our shared objectives and showcasing the current Racial Harmony efforts for schools at the Racial Harmony Forum.
